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Evening star., 1946-06-23
Girls Doll Collection Includes
One Made OF Bark and Grass
Prise Contribution
By Morgoret jane Speoke. IA
Povi Junior High School

Ny hobby is collecting foreign
dolls. There are three dolls in
particular that I wish to tell about.
Two years ago, my uncle, who is
in the Navy, was stationed in
Panama. I wrote and asked him if
he would send me a doll. Several
months later, when I arrived home
from school, I saw q package ad-
dressed to me. I opened 1t quickly
and brought out q beautiful doll.
It was a peddler with pack con-
tanning everything from a tiny fry
ing pan to a small native tom-tom.
In q few weeks received q letter
from my uncle saying that another
doll was on its way. It proved to be
a native woman with a basket on
her head containing tiny pottery
jars, some cloth and q bundle of
wood. She is dressed in a long
full skirt Of black, with a white
blouse and a bright red sash.
The third doll am going to tell
about came from New Caledonia
The body and head are made Of
bark, and black dried grass makes
her hair. She is dressed in a long
grass skirt and has a necklace made
of tiny shells. 1t was sent to me by
a friend who was in New Caledonia
with the Army.
My collection began with a doll
given to me by my aunt when I was
a baby. 1t was made by the Indians
in Colorado. My mother kept it for
me until I was able to take over for
myself Then I received a Chinese
doll from Chinatown in New York
and in a few years, Russian, Hun
garian and Japanese dolls were
added to my collection.
When I went to the New York
Worlds Fair, purchased French
and Dutch doll. In the French
Building, where I brought the
French doll, the girl who waited on
me could hardly speak English. In
the Dutch exhibit I also purchased
a doll 1t is small Dutch boy
dressed in native costume of baggy
Evening star., 1946-06-23
News About Stamps
By james Waldo Fowcett

Lecierc and the French and native
troops he led from Lake Chad to
Strasbourg, has been announced.
The art" in these compositions Is
beyond description, but otherwise
sensible people may buy them simply
because they are so incredibly ugly.
A meeting of the Capital Precan-
eel Club will be held at the home Of
Mrs. Emily Suess, 1903 41st place,
Hyattsville, Md, tomorrow evening
at 8. Visitors welcome.
The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV. Tuesday evening at 8. Public
invited.
Maj. James Beveridge will exhibit
and discuss Archaeology and Post
age Stamps" before a gathering Of
members Of the Washington Phila-
telic Society and friends at the
Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth and L
streets NV. Wednesday evening,
beginning at 8.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Collecting Proverbs
Is Favorite Pastime
Prise Contribution
By MozeIIe BiqeIow, Is,
Eastern High School

Collecting proverbs is the hobby
OF Ann Nolte, a junior at Eastern
High School. She became inter-
ested in this hobby about a year
ago, through girl friend. Now
she has more than so proverbs
which she keeps in a little black
leather notebook.
II don't write down any proverbs
or quotations except those that ap-
peal to me-" says Ann, whose taste
ranges from humorous satire to wis
dom. Her latest addition is, TELL
ing your troubles swells them in
size" taken from the blackboard Of
q teacher.
An interesting sideline is photog-
raphy, and she is fixing up dark
room for developing pictures. She
also collects unusual stationery.
Singing alto in her church choir
and practicing piano take up most
of AIMS spare time. She enjoys
both classical and swing music.
AIMS ambition is to become a
medical missionary in China. Her
favorite classes are chemistry and
physics.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Nibbles and Me. by Elizabeth
Taylor (Duell, Sloan g. Pearce;
$2)-The star of National Velvet
and Blue Sierra" tells with illus
trations the story of her mischie-
vous pet chipmunk.
Washington Irving, Boy of Old
New York. by Mable Gle land Widde-
mer (Bobbs- Merrill s1.50)-The
boyhood of The Father of American
Literature" an excellent addition
to the fine Childhood of Famous
Americans" series.
Daddies, by Helen Walker Puner
and Roger Duvoism Gothrop, Lee
& Shepard; Notwithstanding
verses about Daddies and their oc-
cupations, with Illustrations. Ex-
cellent for 5-year olds.
Eagles in the Sky, by 1t. Col
Horace S. Mazet Westminster: 81
"A night fighter squadron in COM
bat against the Japs, excellent
reading for teen-age boys.
The Home Builders, by Warren
Hastings Miller winston: $2)-A
16-year -old boy and his father re-
build their burned Pennsylvania
farm in this adventurous story.
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black trousers and bright red
shirt with woolly hat.
Since then other types OF dolls
have been given to me. My fifth
grade school teacher gave me a doll
she had made herself. 1t Is dressed
in the costume of the Middle
Ages. At the beach where I spent
my vacation, bought small doll
made entirely of shells. I also have
two dolls made Of small wooden
beads and dressed in Pilgrim cos
tune.
I now have about 20 dolls in my
collection, and am proud of each
one. It is a very interesting hobby,
and hope to obtain more dolls in
the future
Evening star., 1946-06-23
AnacOstia Student Tells How
Library Books Are Bound

brass type in a self -centering
gadget. the name of which has
completely left me. I would then
place the type in a pallet" and
tighten 1t and place it on a stove to
heat. That is the reason brass type
was used. The heat would melt
ordinary foundry" type.
Burned Foil.
When the type was hot enough
the operator of the "stamper'
would put the pallet and type face
down from the top Of the machine
and would pull a strip of foil" over
the book cover. When the stamper
handle was pulled down so that the
type touched the foil, it would burn
the foil below the surface of the
cloth where it would stay embedded
for long time to come.
Then the lines of type were al
lowed to cool and would distribute
them in their various cases and set
other titles. S..
The stamped covers and the books
Din many instances, reseWn9 were
now ready to be put together.
Allowed to Dry. ~,
This. likewise. was done by ma
chine or by hand. After the covers
were held fast by glue, they were
put in large presses. where the
grooves" would be pressed in and
where they would be allowed to dry
When the books were taken from
the presses there was only one proc
ess left undone. The books had tc
be sprayed
They were sprayed with varnish-
like substance to keep the title:
from being scratched out. This was
done by a blower, and after beine
sprayed, the books were again al.
lowed to set and dry.
So the next time you go to the
library, or even just the next time
you pick up a book, give passing
thought to the wonder which yol
hold in your hands and to the worl
that has gone into it to bring to vol
the finished form in all it's glory
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Prints by Weidenaar
At Silver Spring

The Flower Avenue Art Gallery
In Silver Spring, which opened last
month, has a first-class exhibition
for its second offering: Etchings and
other prints by Reynold Weidenaar,
lent by Alfred Fowler of Alexandria,
director of the Socity of Print Con-
noisseurs. These will remain on view
through June 80.
OF 18 prints in the collection, 8
are the fruits of Mr.. Weidenaars
months in Mexico and Guatemala
On a Guggenheim Fellowship, award
ed to him two years ago. Some Of
these were shown in the graphic arts
section Of the Washington Water
Color Clubs 50th annual last Feb
ruary, held at the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art, and one Of them, El Monstro
de Paracuti," a mezzotint, received
the print prize. It had won the
Noyes Memorial prize for the best
print In the Society of American
Etchers' 30th annual last autumn
in New York City. Another Mexican
subject, "Insurgentes Market" is now
on view at the Library of Congress,
In the national exhibition Of prints.
The Silver Spring show includes,
as well, Mr.. Weidenaar's newest and
largest plate, "The Burro Station"
dominated by the magnificent Borda
Cathedral of Taxco, Mexico. Two
Mexican character interpretations,
Tough Hombre" and "The Doing
Tippler" a Falstafian figure, reveal
the artists ability to portray types
as well as lanscapes and urban
scenes with incidental figures.
Mr.. Weidenaars work Is well
known here. He has one-man shows
at the Arts Club and Division of
Graphic Arts, National Museum,
and has shown frequently with
Washington artists organizations.
The gallery is located at 9216
Flower avenue, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

promises to leave no wounded to
need help. ....
Berthold Nebel was born in
Switzerland 1880 but obtained his
art education in American schools,
among them the Art Students
League and National Academy of
Design in New York City. and at
the American Academy in Rome.
Among the many works he has
executed for public placement. there
Is one here In Washington. the
statue of Gen. Wheeler in the Capt.
tolls Hall of Fame.
The Society of Medalists, organ
lied in Washington in 1928. now has
its headquarters In New York City
at lis East Fortieth street. 1t was
founded as a nonprofit organiza-
ton to stimulate an interest in
medallic sculpture. Each member re-
ceives annually two bronze medals,
designed and modelled by sculptors
Of the highest rank.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Library of Congress Tennessee Exhibit
Heightened by Prints, Cartoons
By Florence S. Berrymon

The seseuicentennial of the ad.
mission of Tennessee to the Federal
Union is being celebrated with a
major exhibition at the Library of
Congress through August 81. 1T
comprises documentary and pic
torial records of the States history,
shown in the north gallery, second
floor, main building; and photo
Rrapha of historic architecture and
contemporary Tennessee, in the
ground floor gallery. The material
was assembled from the Library's
collections. supplemented by loans
from the National Archives and the
National Gallery of Art.
u The emphasis is on history. with
the greater part of the exhibition
composed of books, manuscripts,
letters, maps, old newspapers and
music. But art plays an essential
role in heightening the interest OF
these documents with prints and
cartoons. The first section of the
ground floor gallery contains
series of large photographs made
from negatives in the historic
American buildings survey collec-
ton of architectural and historic
landmarks. Nearly so old frame
and stone houses, inns and other
significant buildings, some dating
from the late 18th century, lnclud-
ing a number of homes OF outstand-
ing men and women in the States
early history Some of these homes
are OF admirable architectural de-
sign.
Outstanding are a group of views
OF Andrew Jackson's home, THE
Hermitage" near Nashville, now a
national shrine. This beautiful old
brick mansion, Colonial in style,
with its pillared verandas and
wings, gives very different I'M
preston of our seventh President
from that derived from the cartoons
and broadsides seen in the docu-
mentary section of the exhibition.
Tennessee's State capitol, begun in
1s45. handsome example of the
Greek revival style in this country.
Is outstanding among the public
buildings illustrated.
Lithographic portraits. some IN
colors, of famous chiefs OF the
Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians,
bring them alive in no uncertain
fashion. A few of them are dressed
in extraordinary costumes, combin-
ing the white mans stock and
waistcoat with their own feathered
bonnets.
The exhibition leans heavily on
Currier e. Ives for illustrations OF
some of Tennessee's early history,
including the visits Of De Soto,
Father Marquette, La Sale and
other explorers of the 18th and 17th
centuries. Many colored Autographs
represent the War of 1912, the Mex
lean War and the War Between the
States, in all of which Tennessee
volunteers played heroic roles.
Tennessee's three Presidents Of the
United States. Jackson, Polk and
johnson. as we'll as other important
men of the State. are the subjects
not only of excellent photographic
and engraved portraits (some of the
best are by Charles Fenderich in the
1830s), but of cartoons, many of
them vitriolic in their abuse Out
standing among the portraits is a
large colored lithograph by w. J.
Hubbard of Jackson, seated in room
Of startling decorative contrasts,
handsome portieres of red velvet
edged with heavy gold fringe and.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Phillips Gallery
Presents Schanker

Paintings by Louis Schanker,
which were part of the Phillips
Memorial Gallery's May exhibition.
have been held over for June and
July, and supplemented with more
than 20 of the artists woodblock
prints.
These, like the paintings (reviewed
last month";. are distractions. their
appeal limited to pattern, color and
surface textures. The block prints
seem to me better on al three
counts. The patterns are cleaner
cut, more assured; the colors are
fresh and varied in many instances,
and surfaces intriguing, particularly
the screen-mesh texture Of Car
nival."
While most of Mr.. Schankers
works have objective titles, indi-
eating their respective points of de-
parture. it is possible for the layman
to discern these in a majority of
the prints, whereas most of the
paintings have completely out
stripped the objects or scenes which
inspired them.
Whether or not it was the artists
intention, some of his blockprints
have comic aspects. In his seizure
of a few essential points, one feels
he would be an effective comic-strip
craftsman. "Acrobats" illustrates
this contention with particular vivid
nasS One of the "PnIon nT.iy,fs tn
is telling in it's representation of the
melee of horses, riders, mallets
and balls.
Sports are of considerable interest
to Mr. Schanker, who has turned
to football, handball. jai alai and
hockey as we'll as to polo for in
spiration. But his strongly abstract
interpretations of these games
would doubtless battle the majority
Evening star., 1946-06-23

tassels. and on the floor. hooked
rugs. But the figure of jackson pre-
sides with dignity over this incon-
gruity.
From the Index of American De-
sign at the National Gallery Is a
series of colored drawings of old
Tennessee furniture, weavings and
needlework.
Large photographs of modern
Tennessee. on the ground floor, show
people engaged in farming, business,
home chores, cotton picking and
baling, and at work on the river
boats. An extensive series deals
with the IVA projects. I found this
section disappointing because it is
circumscribed. 1t deals graphically
with industry, agriculture and labor
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Qbe 9unio1 &tar
lust Between
Ourselves.
BY Philip H. Love.

So you've been wanting to write
for The Junior Star, but just
haven't got around to it7
Well, the time to do that neces-
sary but long deferred bit Of
getting around Is here. It's right
now-today.
AS is always the case at this time
of year, the j. S. is short of cor
respondents, on account of most
OF its best ones have graduated from
high school. And that leaves the
field wide open to other boys and
girls.
If you'll be a junior or senior next
fall and are figuring on taking
journalism
Or if you just entered high
school M
OF If you are no further ad-
vanced than, junior high school, or
even the elementary grades
II you like to write
No matter what your scholastic
status, this is your opportunity to
get Gin the groove" as the saying is,
and start trying for one of the cash
prizes offered for the best con-
tributions published on this page
each week. You'll find the rules in
today's J. S. Read them over care
fully; then get busy and dig up a
good story.
All kinds of contributions are ac-
capitalization or fact, adventures,
achievements, aspirations, hobbies;
also poems, jokes, riddles, cartoons
and other drawings, and even photo
graphs.
Hundreds of boys and girls in all
parts of the country have won
prizes as J. S. correspondents. Many
of them have contributed over a
period of years. from the elementary
grades all the way through high
school. Some have even grown up
to become professional journalists.
And the same opportunity is open
to you, if you'll but take advantage
of it-now.
Techites who made Quill and
Scroll. the national honor society
for high school journalists, are:
Jane Chiles, Nancy Houck, Gil Rich
bourg, Robert Cline and Nancy
Schroeder.
Junior jottings:: Mozelle Bigelow,
J. S. correspondent at Eastern High
School. has been named assistant
copy chairman on the staff of the
fastener, The Central High
School Bulletin has been rated ex-
cellent by the National Scholastic
Press Association. To Ben Sheldon,
editor, and his associates, Jerry
Wagshal, Doris Seidel and Cecile
Bridgette. congratulations =. A
clever cartoon in the woodrow Will
son High School Beacon. drawn by
Harry Casterlin, shows a baseball
umpire coyly holding both hands
behind his back while a catcher
snarls: Don't which-hand me!
Gimme the ball and let's get the
game going!" Lawrence L.
Chambers, Dunbar High School, has
an archery range in his back yard.
He won second prize in a CITY,
wide championship contest in 1945
and hopes to come out on top this
year. =. A poem by Marie Picciano,
former editor OF Tech life. entitled
up Into the Hills" has been Sc
lecteo for publication in an an
thology of high school poetry.
Clarinda. Mead. recent, graduate Of
Mckinley High School, is soloist' in
the choir Of the Metropolitan Pres
byterian Church. Her favorite
pastimes are singing, dancing, bowl
ing, tennis and playing the piano.
:. A poll of Central High School
boys revealed that gentlemen still
prefer blonds-to the tune of e9.44
per cent.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

and the States role in the war. But
there is almost no recognition Of
the professions or of educational and
cultural pursuits. However small a
part of the picture these may rep
resent, they are important.
After the conclusion of this exhi-
bition at the Library of Congress.
the Photographic section is to be
circulated through Tennessee as a
travelling exhibition.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Of their devotees. His semi-abstract
Clowns" has faint flavor OF
Rouault.
One trouble with these block
prints is that fthe forms Mr..
Schanker has invented to express
the subjects, in some instances, have
too strong an objective resemblance
to something else. His Dance" for
example, looks like a parade OF
grasshoppers; and his Birds in
Flight" has the appearance of
underseas life viewed from a diving
bell.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Prize Contribution
By Jim Lemon, Is,
Anoeostia Hioh School.

We come in contact with books
almost every day. Whenever we
pick up a book. whether for enjoy
ment or for information, we take 1t
as just a commonplace article. Oc-
casionally, We'll look at the binding
and say it's a good Job or bad one,
but very rarely do we stop to con-
slider what 1t takes to produce
book.
After the author has completed
months. and sometimes years, of
preparation on his manuscript and
has sent 1t to the publisher: after
the publisher has accepted it and
the book is set In type, proofread,
corrected and the plate made for
the press: after the pages have been
printed, finally, the book Is ready
for the bindery processes.
worked in the .bindery OF the
division of printing Of the District
two summers ago and was fasci-
mated by the many varied processes
that a book must go through to
come to you In its finished form.
Made by Hand.
The bindery had under contract
the recovering OF the books for the
Public Library. It was my job to
set up the title, author and call
numbers for easy classification in
type to be stamped on the book
covers.
The covers were made Of cloth.
over binding board, which looked
like nothing more than fiimsy card
board, but it was very strong. These
were either made by hand to fit the
books or the books would be gath
cred in lots Of the same thickness
and all the covers would be made
on a machine.
Then the covers would reach the
stamping process. It was my job to
set, as I have previously said, the
title, author and call numbers IN
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Army Bakers

Army bakers so closely followed
assault troops in Europe that they
almost invariably had to grab rifles
and fight before they could set up
their ovens.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Another series of 80 airpost
stamps. including six denominations
for each Of Is different French COL
onies and intended to glorify the
achievements of Brig. Gen. Jacques
Evening star., 1946-06-23

The first number of Philately. the
News Magazine of Stamp Collecting,
edited by David Lidman, is scheduled
to be published on August 5.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

According to H. r. Harmer, the
part sheet of 48 copies of the second
blue stamp of Great Britain, 1910,
recently discovered in an old leather
travellers writing desk in Dalkeith
Palace, home of the Duke Of Buc-
cleuch, Is worth approximately
SIS 900.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Romania has marked the 25th
anniversary of the Romanian Phil
harmonic Society with a series of
five regular postage issues and two
semipostals. One of the designs
shows a view of the Atheneum at
Bucharest,
Evening star., 1946-06-23

The Woodbridge Stamp Club has
arranged the following meetings:
Monday evening, July /, 2206 Rhode
Island avenue NE, 9 until II
o'clock; Monday evening, July Is,
1929 Randolph street. NE, until
10; Monday evening. August S. 2206
Rhode Island avenue NE, 8 until II.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

The Tennessee Historical Com
mission is supposed to have been
responsible for the design of the
Tennessee sesquicentennial label.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Charles Lyon has been engaged
to conduct two courses Of bridge at
the YMCA summer school. One will
be for beginners and the other for
advanced pupils. They viii be held
from 6 to 8 and from 8 to 10 O'Clock
on Wednesday evening Of each week.
Mr.. Lyon completed, with the close
of the public school term, series
of weekly lessons under the auspices
of the District Recreational Asso-
citation.
Owing to inability to find suitable
accommodations for the event the
Women's Auxiliary of the WASH
ington Bridge League has postponed
until September it's contemplated
Children's Hospital benefit game.
The silver cup donates by Mrs. Dora
Schwartz will be the grand prize
that will 60 to the winners, and all
money proceeds will be turned over
to the charity indicated.
Gene Hermann has been selected
as manager of the Cheeks Club at
2010 r street In place Of w. n.
Mcintyre, who has resigned.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Themes expressive of commerce
and industry are to be chosen for
Canada's victory stamps, soon to 60
into production.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

The sixteenth issue of the Stamp
Specialist, designated the Emeral
Book, has been released by H. l..
Linquist Publication, New York City
It's contents include an essay on
the Confederate States stamps by
Stanley B. Ashbrook; an article on
Transatlantic mails by Maj. F. w.
STAFF; a monograph on the re-en-
cravings of the first issue of Austria
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by Felix
Drummer: a discussion of the bogus
Puerto Rico stamp of 1897 by r. B.
Preston, and a description of the
postal stationery of Poland by
Clement A. Pulaski. Likewise, per-
haps most important of all, story
of the development OF the electric
eye system in the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing by Nathan
Goldstein II.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Sweden has brought out, Sore
green and 60-ore purple stamp
representing grazing mare and foal
for the 200th anniversary of an
annual convention of farmers. The
artist who made the drawing is
Otto SKIOLD.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

tsl Colissters. stamps; sets. Ionss. DE-
Harry B. Mason, 9l8 r NV.