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Evening star., 1945-08-05
The Cloudburst
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
BY Mary Frances Devlin, 8
c. q. Campus School

One there was little cloud who
was very sad. And once there was
little boy who was very sad. The
little boy was farmer boy and he
had many crops planted but they
were not growing.
Going back to the little cloud
the reason for his sadness was that
he couldn't help the people down
below. Sometimes the little cloUd
looked down at the little boy and
the the little boy looked up at the
little cloud.
One day 1t was SUMMER than ever.
1t was beautiful day but too hot
for every one. The little cloud was
so unhappy this day. The boy was
very sad, too, because his crops
were almost dead and everybody
wished that cloud would break.
And so the little cloud had an
idea! He hurtled himself against
another cloud. 1t rained for two
days and every one was happy. But
the little boy was especially happy,
for his crops were as straight as
could be.
The next day was Sunday and
the little boy went to church and he
thanked God with all his heart for
letting the little cloud burst!
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Girl who Prized Her Bouquet
Invented Ice Cream Cone
By Florence Hornaday Summers.

Throw her flowers away? Mary
frowned. She didn't want to throw
away such a pretty bouquet. Still
she didn't know what to do.
She looked at one hand and there
she held the ice cream sandwich. In
the other, of course, she held the
flowers.
Here" she said to Charles, hold
these flowers for minute"
Taking the top wafer from her ice
cream sandwich, she rolled 1t into a
cone and made vase for her
flowers.
There now" she said, laughing
as she looked at the vase she had
made.
But" Charles reminded her.
you've ruined your ice cream sand
wich. Now it'll melt and drip before
you can eat It'll"
"Oh, I don't know about that"
laughed Mary. Then she quickly
took the bottom layer and rolled 1t.
with the ice cream still in it, into q
cone.
"See now!" she said. II have q
cone for my ice cream, tool" And
she commenced to eat the first Ice
cream cone in the whole world.
All this happened at the st. Louis
Fair at st. Louis, Mo-, In 1904.
Thus. it is II years since the ice
cream cone was invented by acci-
dent, all because a girl didn't want
1 to throw away her flowers.
Evening star., 1945-08-05

Charles E. Menches and his best
girl were hurrying to the fair. They
didn't want to miss thing!
Here were people-great crowds
of people-riding erry-go-rounds,
swirling whips and swing ferris
wheels. Others were buying pink
lemonade and eating candy which
looked like fluffy cotton. And there
were ice cream booths-but no ice
cream cones. For nobody had ice
cream cones then-nobody had ever
heard of them.
Mary looked hungrily at the
drippy ice cream.
"Oh," said Charles, IT nearly for
got. Here is an ice cream sandwich
that brought for you."
He took the ice cream sandwich,
wrapped up in oiled paper, from his
pocket Charles was an ice cream
dealer, so he knew how to handle ice
cream.
And here" said Charles, taking a
bouquet of flowers out of his other
pocket, II brought you some flowers,
too." He handed Mary the nosegay.
Now Mary didn't know what to do.
She had no vase for her flowers, and
she didn't want to go home just to
dispose of them.
Maybe" said Charles, looking at
the flowers, maybe you'll have to
throw them away. I can get you
more flowers some other time"
Evening star., 1945-08-05

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Ritchie, 40, both Of Petersburg, Va. =
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Ripple, 30, both Of 3720 Mckinley st.
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and Annie M. Lowe, 10, 1917 10th pl
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and Aslee Thomas, 81, 6:1 o st. NV.
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and Kathleen " Peer, Ia, Arlington, Va
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James W. Lacey, 20. 1iS Rhode Island
Evening star., 1945-08-05
The Art World
Works by Contemporary u. S. Printmakers
On Continuous Exhibition at Corcoran

, etchingS by Isabel Bishop repre-
sent well her perpetual interest
in the street types of New York City
Another artist who gives much live
lier interpretations of New York S
people is Reginald Marsh, who has
several characteristic prints: Beach
Picnic" a crowded group suggest
ing Coney Island, as do also his
etching, THE Steeplechase," and an
engraving, "Merry-go-round." These
mob scenes of Mr.. Marsh's are not
pleasant, but they are certainly
true to life and skillfully presented
A fourth print by him shows two
locomotives-significant OF another
of his interests, modern industrial
forms In a lecture recently he COM
pared tankers, engines and various
other contemporary machines very
favorably with the shapes Of Gothic
architecture.
Silk screen prints by Harry Gott-
lieb bring into the exhibition deco
rative notes of color, which have
been popular with the public. OF
the two now on view, Skating" i'm
presses the writer as much the more
interesting. It's composition, made
up of brightly clad figures swoop-
ing around an ice pond by moon
light is attractive in color and
happy in it's connotations. 1t would
be a delightful decoration for the
room of some young person of ath-
letic tastes.
Evening star., 1945-08-05

name, the scout must stand up and
walk to point Immediately behind
the observer and remain there. He
is captured, and the observer con-
tinues to watch for other scouts.
| But if the observer has named the
man incorrectly, the scout advances
to a position behind the line. and
the observer must leave his post and
join him. The observer is put "out
of action and the scout has passed
the line and scored a point for his
team.
Change of Roles.
With one observer out, the line Is
considerably weakened, and the
other scouts will find it less difficult
to make their way through. 1t is
easy to see how strategy on the part
of the chief scout may enable him
to get all of his men through the
enemy line. But 1t is of first i'm
portance for a scout not to be seen.
for an observer Is not likely often to
mistake his man once he has seen
him.
When all the scouts either have
been captured or are safe behind
the line, they become the observers
and form a line of their own, with
the right to choose, if they can.
other and better observation posts
than their rivals held.
The game is exciting enough when
it is played in the daytime, but still
more so when played at twilight or
at night with a full moon. At night
the scouts would have an easy time
OF it under the daylight rules, but
after dark the line should be Short
ened and the observers allowed to
walk about as much as they please.
so long as they do not leave the
line of the front. A flashlight Is
a great help to an observer. and
also adds to the dramatic effect.
for the flashlight serves the same
purpose as the flares that are used
| in battle.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Prizes for Best
ICOntr1bHtiOns

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 original.
Write on one side of the paper and
give your name, age, address, phone
number and school. Typewriter
contributions must be double spaced.
The editors choice of winners 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 publication Of
their work. Reporters cards will be
issued to writers who, in the opinion
of the editor, deserve them. No con-
tributions will be returned.
Address the Junior Star, 727 Star
Building, Washington 4, D. c.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
A Summer Storm
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By Jane Lanier, Il

BY Jane Lanier, II,
Powell Junior High school.
Roaring from above a loud peel of
thunder,
A quick fash of lightning streaks
across the dark sky.
Dancing on the streets just like little
silver fairies,
Splashes the rain of June and
July.
With the rhythm of the wind sways
old Mr.. Oak,
Shaking his branches as if mean
ing to scold.
Down the hill to the gutter rush
dark streams of water,
Down pour the showers, all salty
and bold.
Evening star., 1945-08-05

Open country, where the terrain is
rough and where there are stones
trees. bushes or long grass to pro-
vide cover, is the best place in which
to play this game. 1t requires nc
equipment and needs no umpire.
Form Straight Line.
The observers, under the leader
ship of one of their number known
as the chief observer, form in ap-
proximately a straight line any
where in the chosen territory-say
along the crest of a hill. If the
ground is uneven. the line may be
about 400 yards long; if the country
is smooth, it may be longer. But
the chief observer must agree be-
forehand, with the chief scout, how
long the front shall be.
The chief observer then places
himself and his three men at such
points on the line as will give them
the best view of the country in front
of them. A hillside, of course, is
better than level ground. Ordinarily
on a front of 400 yards, the observ-
ers would be about 1873 yards apart
but the distance will vary with the
nature of the country.
Brief Inspection.
The chief observer must use his
own judgment in placing his men
for once he has established his
observation posts, he cannot change
them. The observers may kneel
but they must not stand, and they
must not move more than one foot
from their positions.
When the enemy line has been
established, the chief scout and his
men make a brief inspection, OF
reconnaissance, of the ground, and
then withdraw to the position IN
front, out of sight of the observers
Their problem is to crawl through
the enemy line anywhere between
the observers on the ends without
being seen and recognized. They viii
score one point for every man they
get through.
In order to avoid being seen, the
scouts may fasten twigs or tufts oi
grass to their clothing. BY masking
himself carefully, scout can often
render himself invisible even at a
short distance. But the attempts at
disguise should not be carried toe
far, and the face should not be
covered.
Rules of Game.
The scouts may crawl toward the
enemy's line singly or all together;
but if they crawl together there
should be at least 10 yards between
everv two scouts. The chief scout
decides how his men shall go for
ward, what parts of the line are
weakest, and plans his attack ac.
cordingly. In crawling, scouts should
avoid all quick movements and be
content to go slowly.
The observers, meanwhile, are
carefully watching the ground IN
front of them. If an observer sees
a scout and thinks he recognizes
him, he calls the scouts name, ano
at the same time points in his d.
rection with outstretched arm. II
he has called the scout correctly Dy
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Uncle Rays
Corner
-Bv Ramon Cofman

Long-horned grasshoppers do
bit of damage to growing crops, but
not nearly so much as their short
horned cousins.
Short horned grasshoppers are the
ones which have the common name
of 'locusts." They have been known
since ancient times, and old RECORDS
tell about the harm they have done
to crops. In the Bible, we read OF
locust plaques, and we also find the
statement that John the Baptist
lived for a time by eating locusts
and wild honey.
In the spring and early summer
of 1884, an important locust plague
came to the Western plains OF the
United States. Millions OF locusts
swarmed over the fields and ate all
the green stuff they could find.
Worse Plaques.
That was only one Of the locust
plaques which has visited this con-
tinent. It was less serious than
some others.
In 1874, Rocky Mountain locusts"
darkened the sky over several Amer
ican States. They swarmed through
Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri, and turned thousands OF
square miles of farming lands into
waste. The plague came again in
1875 and 1876.
Much of the damage in those three
years came from the young locusts,
or nymphs. The nymphs were not
able to fly, but could crawl and hop
about, and proved to be very hungry.
Swarming over field after field. they
made short work of the crops. Some
times they crossed railway tracks,
forming such masses that engineers
stopped trains to avoid trouble. Be-
fore train could start again, the
"hoppers" had to be shoveled out
of the way. The total damage to
crops was more than 100000 900.
Farmers in Canada and the
United States have cut down the
locust danger by late fall plowing
and narrowing. Such treatment of
the soil tends to turn up the eggs
and keep them from Matching the
next spring. Another method OF
fighting locusts is to spread pellets
of poison bran mash in their path
way. The insects eat the mash and
soon fall dead.
Great Battles.
Not a great distance from the
coast of Turkey is the island of
Cyprus, which has an area of g.
584 square miles. This island was
once the scene of great battles
against locusts In 1881, many tons
of locust eggs were destroyed. This
helped, but it was not enough. The
next year, new armies of the in
sects came forth.
To bar the path of the young
locusts, people in Cyprus set up long
screens of canvas, with strip of
vanished leather just below the
upper edge of each screen. The
locustS could not crawl or hop past
the slippery leather; when they tried
to do SO. they tumbled into pits
which had been dug below. 1t was
figured that close to 100000. 900 900
locusts we're destroyed in that man
ner in single year-1883
If that estimate can be counted
as correct, the destruction of locusts
on one island in one year amounted
to 100 locusts for every man, wom-
an and child on earth!
Sometimes, locust swarms start
across the sea and destroy them
selves. Unable to fly to the oppo-
site coast. they fall into the water
and drown. In one case, the waves
washed so many locusts ashore that
they formed heaps along the beach
for a distance of 40 miles.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Cartoon Exhibition
To Be Continued

The exhibition of original car
toons by Clifford K. Bergman,
which opened at the Library of Con-
gress on June l, for two months,
will remain another fortnight.
The cartoons cover the half CEN
tury from 1896 to 1945. They are on
view in the north hall, main build
ing, second floor, and are accom-
panied by autographed letters from
some of the men depicted. as we'll as
photographs, illustrated books,
caricatures of Mr.. Bergman by
other cartoonists, and additional
items,
Evening star., 1945-08-05
A Dirge
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Paffie Head, IS,


Western High School.
I wrote this poem in memory OF
those men who have given their lives
in World War II:
We ask thee, Lord
That Thou might see
The way for them
That died for Thee.
For those who died
In freedoms name,
That ours might be
A land of fame.
That we might live
A life of ease;
That we might worship
AS we please.
They suffered, Lord,
BY foreign hands
They sacrificed their homes,
Their names, their lands,
Their children, families
And their friends
They left them, Lord,
That they might serve
A better world without reserve.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
ave. NV, and Alice L. Carey, 1s' 4.

ave. NV, and Alice L. Carey, Is, 42o
Warner st. NV
Issued at Rockville.
Robert Parker, SO, and Florence Winn, 81,
both Of Washington.
Harry D. King, IT,, 21, and Irene Z. Petit,
20, both Of Camden, N. J.
James r. Shifdett, 21, and Beatrice Wood,
20, both OF Alexandria.
Ernest Walters, 90, Washington, and Nora
Lee Lewis, 21, Cincinnati.
Earl e. Reynolds, %. Fort Belvoir. Va,
and Elsie L. Boyd, 21, Scottsbursh, Ind.
John H, Rogers, 90, Fort Belvoir, and
Sylvia Bardon 90, Washington.
Mercie j. Hinton, 90. and Kay Roberts,
o. both of WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Church Picnic PIonned

The annual Clarksville CMd.)
picnic, sponsored by the st. Louis
Catholic Church, will be held
Wednesday near Clarksville. The
picnic will be featured by a ball
game at 2:30 pm. between Dayton
and Simpsonville.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Arts Clubs
Members Shoe

The summer exhibition OF paint
ings recently executed by members
of the Arts Club, on view there
for some weeks, will remain into
September. 1t occupies the gallery
reception and dining rooms, with
total of 80 paintings by 27 artists,
few of whom are showing two
works each. The exhibition as a
whole does not produce vivid OF
lively impression; yet study of in
dividual paintings reveals many
which are we'll done and pleasing
in subject.
Margaret Herr's painting, by the
Sea-" which received the first prize
of $50, is quiet little still life of
shells and seaweed, almost minia-
ture in size and handling.
Henry Olson's Color in China
town, New York" water color
which won second prize. is ami
mated with primary red, blue and
yellow, and the street scene is
sharply outlined with black, a prac-
tice characteristic of DR.. Olson's
WOTk Ill SeIleldl
February Afternoon" by Anna
Kosinsky, which was awarded third
prize, depicts a suburban street on
gray winter day, with cheerful
houses and delicate tracery of leaf
less trees-an appealing work.
Portraits and figure paintings are
present in variety, ranging from
Mary Cores well-done character
study of a Negro man meditating on
religion, to Gladys Milligan's little
blonde Sonia" painted in close
harmony of grays, yellow and dusty
pink. Catherine Melton's "Portu-
guese Grandmother" and Lucia Hol-
lerith's portrait of a young girl in
! troduce age contrasts into the COL
lection.
Martha Mofett Bache and Frances
Wheeler are the only artists who
have used current situations for sub
ject matter in genre paintings.
Mrs. Bache's oil, Wartime Market
Ing" presents a familiar scene In a
grocery store. The woman In the
foreground will arouse envy with
her well-filled ration book. Miss
Wheeler's large gouache of Gig
arctic Line" standing patiently in
the rain commentaries a wartime
shortage which has become less
acute lately but will not be forgot
ten.
state Dining Room, Lee Man
sion," by Ruth Perkins Stafford, is
the sole example of interior paint
ing - but it admirably represents
this subject class, being one of the
most beautiful works in the show
Animal subjects also enter the ex-
hibition in but single painting by
Louise Metcalf of two handsome
Abyssinian cats, posed against a
large blue platter.
Phoebe Hyatt shows the only work
in a modern idiom, a calligraphic
seascape in high-keyed, delicate
tints, with shapes Of shells In the
foreground and little sailboat near
beach in the distance. 1t is
young, fresh and decorative, and
markedly feminine in character
| Marguerite MUM bouquet,
watercolor done with a dry brush on
rough paper, has breadth and SIM
plicity.
Good, sound landscape painting is
contributed by Minor S. Jameson In
his Spring Near Crabbottom, Va,
a panoramic view of mountains be-
yond valley bathed in mist; by
Garnet Jex, whose I'm Madison
County, Va" is characteristic OF
his handling and color preferences,
and by Susan Chase, who painted
The Oldest House in Cape Ann
Minna Gill's little watercolor of a
dying chestnut tree has a clear
autumnal atmosphere. Rowland Lyon
shows one of his colorful circus SUBJ
l
Evening star., 1945-08-05

Fried ice cream became reality
at the Chicago Worlds Fair In the
Gay Nineties. Dipped into thin
batter, it was doused in hot fat that
cooked the batter before the cream
melted.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Special Exhibitions
At Catholic University

Francis j. Zucchet, Washington
sculptor, recently completed an
altarpiece which is now on exhibi-
ton in the art department of the
Catholic University of America. 1t
depicts the head of the dead Christ,
on whose right the Blessed Mother
adores, while on the left Mary Mag
dalene reverently raises the pail re-
vealing Him. The work, approx
mately 2 feet square, was cut out
of a slab of white Italian marble
donated to the university by the
Rev. John F. Fannon, pastor Of the
Church of the Nativity here.
The three heads are in low relief,
in primitive perspective. and make
Composition in curved lines. The
sculpture is being exhibited against
piece of black velvet but will
eventually be sunk in large square
of black Belgian marble for perma-
nent placement.
! Mr.. Zucchet's first major work was
statue for the Church of Madonna
Di Rosa in the village of Rosa
Italy. He has lived in Washington
for some years, and in recent months
has completed several commissions:
One for Capt. Robert j. White
Navy Chaplain Corps, who is now
in the South Pacific; another for
Rev. DR.. Joseph C. Fenton, dean of
the School of Sacred Theology of
Catholic University, and a white
marble bust for Miss Nora Martins,
daughter of the Ambassador from
Brazil.
Zereea Exhibition
A one-man show of IS paintings,
mostly oils, by Andrea zerega. was
hung during the past week in the
art department of Catholic Univer-
sity, to remain until next Saturday
when the summer session closes
The collection includes several of
his large, handsome flower pieces
as we'll as landscapes and figure
paintings, some of which have been
seen in group exhibitions in Wash
ington.
Among the latter are "A Tribute
to Jefferson depicting the new
memorial, which was shown In the
Society of Washington Artists ex-
hibition at the National Museum
last March, and up the Potomac,
which won the Landscape Clubs Sec
ond prize in oil painting.
Other Sh0vs
The university's art department
has had a well-attended summer
session, which opened July 2 for
six weeks. Five courses for under
graduates and six for graduates and
undergraduates in the creative arts
were offered. Sister M. Jeannette
and Sister Kilian Hufgard of the
regular faculty are assisted by Sis
ter M. Irene Cobb, r. S. NJ, art in.
.aTuctor of Mount st. Mary's Con.
vent, Fall River, Mass, and Francis
j. zucchet. Ernest L. DAILY and Heller
Goodwin of Washington.
In addition to the new altarpiect
and Mr.. Zerega's exhibition, there
are two other shows on view: Wood.
cuts from Poland in black and white
and colors of religious subjects
and paper cuts by Polish children
All these displays are open to the
public daily, from to 6.
The Polish woodcuts have 9
rugged simplicity and strength
reminiscent of the earliest wood.
cuts done in Europe in the 18th
century. The paper cuts show re.
markable feeling for design anC
color. They were done by children
7 to IA years old, many of whom
were killed in the war. The ex.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
This Exciting Outdoor Game
Will Test Players Strategy
Bp Julia ". Wolte.

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military is
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Evening star., 1945-08-05

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both Of 319 @ st. NV.
M. Morris, 30. both Of Dallas, Tex.
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Lorraine J. Lehman, 20, 2619 Woodie!
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Sc. and Mildred White, %, Orlando
James W. Summer, %. Melbourne, ma.
and Mary A. schwartz, "a. 1909 q st
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and Leone R. Coleson, 10, 1912 Irvini
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Margaret L. Karacsonyi, 36, Jerusalem
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