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Evening star., 1947-05-11
Vim a Cash Prise
Writing, Drawing
For Junior Star

If you are not more than 18 or
have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw for
The Junior Star. AS many as f1ve
cash prizes of 81 are awarded for
the best contributions published each
week and writer's of stories which, in
the opinion Of the editor, are OF suf-
ficient merit are issued cards identi-
flying them as Junior Star reporters.
Here are the rules:
l. AL contributions must be original.
O. Stories. articles. poems. etc. must be
written on one side Of paper; II typeWritten
they must be double spaced. Drawing
must be in black ink or black crayon on
white paper and must be mailed hat. not
rolled or folded.
8. Name, age, address. telephone number
and school Of the contributor must be IN
tributions and on the back Of drawings,
4. The editors choice Of winners is nnal
contribution in whatever form he thinks
best regardless Of whether II is awarded
a prize He may also withhold prizes
awarded for contributions found not 70
be original.
Checks for contributions awarded
prizes today will be mailed this week.
Address your contributions to: Junior
Star Editor, 727 Star Building, 1101
Pennsylvania avenue NV, Wash
ington 4, d. C..
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Stars school safety pro-
gram and former chief Of detec-
tives, Is giving a Safety Circus
series Of chalk talks to pupils Of
elementary and Junior and senior
high schools. The program is spon-
|sored by The Junior Star, in CO.
operation with. school authorities Of
the District and nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Schools at which Inspector Mans
field will give cartoon talks this
week are:
Carver, tomorrow, 9:15 am. Mer-
ritt, II am. Walkcr-Jones at Doug
|las-Simons, Tuesday. 9:l5 am;
Cook, Wednesday, 9:15 am: Slater
Langston at Copk, II am; Bell
Thursday, g:15 am: Grimke. Fri
day, 9:I5 am; Garrison at Grimke,
IL am.
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Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLKRY OF ART. Com
xtftiifion avenue and Sixth street
Painttues and sculpture BY Great
masters Prints hy Paul Gaug.iin
indisenous Art Of the Americas.
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National Colr
ection Of zine Arts. Constitution
Avenue and Tenth street-Amer-
fcan paintings from private cottec-
tions and other gifts and loans.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES HUILDlNG,
Je1ferson drive and Ninth street
Pictorial photographs by Justln
Locke. through May
sMITH0ONIAN BUILDING. Division
Of GrADhtc Arts lndspsndenss snto., axe,
spruarce exhibition Of autographs,
through May %.
FREER GALLERY OF AIT. Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive Oriental
and Far Eastern arts. Paintings and
etchings BY Whistler and other
American artists; changing ex-
CoRGOkAN sesSii GALLERY or ART,
Seventeenth street between New
York avenue and 3 street-Amer-
tcan paintings and sculpture and
tieth biennial exhibition Of con-
ending today. Water colors by
artists Of Washington and vi
.PHMIisfs iMhnIis MEMORIAL GALLERY.
1900 Twenty first street--Chang-
ing exhibitions, paintings and
prints Recent work by John
Gernand. Memorial exhibition Of
Arthur Dove; through May.
LIR1AkY OF CONGRESS, East capi-.
Prints. Fifty Fifty BOOKS Of the Year"
Annual Pennell Print Composition,
AESSsA Aeaa5i GfUs. 2o17 / street NV.
May show Of Society q Wash
A Muller. throush May 23:
BARNETT ADEN GALLERY, 127 Ran
doiph place N.W-PainttnEs by six
Washington artists, May and june.
TExaIIqLE HIq4 NJ MpsEDM E1suMH.a m TIE aaao DIS
street N.W.-RuEs. tapestries and
East. Open Monday. Wednesday
and Friday, 2-5 p.m. Admission
by card sti. o6tainssIs M9s,. at an eee r,si e
WATKINS GALLERY, American uni
versity campus-Watkins memo
rial collection and student work,
Sundays. 2 pm. to- pm; week
annnal anss; It throuah a;m; Z May 81? 81.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and z
streets N.W.-Exhibition OF pastels
By Herbert Foerster through May:
HOWARD UNIVERSITY GALLERY
OF ART, Founders Library, Sixth
street and Howard place NV
Two new exhibitions. s.
DUMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION
1908 Thirty-second street NV.
Byzantine art. Tuesday through
saturday: 3 To- e 4; SUMO sn1nvdRay' soo % 2 Si
street NW.-'tMeet the Artist
exhibition Of self portraits OPEN
ing today; open 10 am: to g pm.
Mondays through Saturdays, pm.
to pm. Sundays.
PAN AMERICAN UNION, Constttu-
tion avenue and Seventeenth street
NW.-Pan-America Book Snow.
WHYTE GALLERY, at United Ma
tions Club. 1701 Nineteenth street
N.W.-Paintings by. Andrea le-
rega, opening Thursday.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER
GALLERY, 935 @ place NV
Original drawings, water colors
and cartoons by Christine. Mailman
Of New York. Opens today at 4
u.m. and. daily 2 to 6 pm. through
4 May 20.
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By Florence S. Berrymon

The Society of Washington Ar
lists is holding its May show in the
gallery at the Arts Club through
the 23d. The small sizes of more
than 40 paintings and sculptures
and the light and pleasing subject
matter of many of them, turn this
exhibition into another "art for the
home" collection. Each artist chose
his single entry. "A jury OF awards,
composed of Sarah Baker, Eliot
O'Hara and Ann Wolfe, selected
the prize winners.
First prize for painting went to
Paul L. ThompSon's Interior" a
, composition of angles with simpli-
! fed forms, and at the same time
! an intimate atmosphere created by
the cat stretched before the open
dining room door revealing invit-
ing refreshment on the table. Sec
ond prize for painting was awarded
to Carl Nyquist's portrait OF a girl,
Betty" done in warm browns. Lee
Atkyns' abstraction Study in Mo-
ton" won , honorable mention.
Small globaI and ribbonlike shapes
expressed to me falling motion, but
1t could be floating"
First prize of 500 for sculpture
went to Glare Fontanini's Tender
ness" wood bas-relief comprising
Gauguinesque figures. A witty lit
tie abstract wood sculpture by H.
van Natter is Lady Looking at Her
Bustle." With the title supplied, it
is perfectly clear; but one wonders
If any one could have identified it
minus this clue. However, as an
abstraction it is an intriguing shape.
I liked Jean Donner Groves Gar
den Wall Mask" for fountain,
and Russell Houston's naturalistic
head of Burmese girl. Jane Loves
exuberant woman conveys the idea
of burgeoning spring.
Particularly pleasing paintings
are Marcella Comes Buffalo
Bridge" with its fresh air and move
ment; Marguerite Neuhauser Sha-
fers February Storm" cThe Scot
tish Rites Temple in snow, the first
bainting I have seen by her in some
years; Omar Carrington's poetic lit
tie Shenandoah Dawn; Minor
Jameson's Abigail" in gray and
blue, notable for her truly childlike
expression and attitude; Edward
Groves Still Life of apples and
a stone jug, nicely painted. and
Helena Halls dainty miniature OF
Fall Flowers"
Sheffield Kagy, president of the
society, shows a village scene, which
Is typical of his work, as the paint
ings entered by Garnet Jex, Benson
Moore and May G. Marshall are
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Southern Prize Winners
AVCCouncil to Meet

The Greater Washington Ares
Council will meet at BIS Connecti-
cut avenue NV. at 8 pm. tomorrow
Chapter II and Howard Univer-
sity Chapter will co-sponsor dance
at 9 pm. Friday at the Langstor
Recreation Building.
Chapter One will present the play
MY Hearts in the Highlands" or
May l6 and % at 2I18 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. A tournament
of contract duplicate bridge matches
sponsored by the chapter, will be
held Thursday at 8 pm at Pierce
Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard street.
NV. The chapter will elect dele.
gates to the national convention
Tuesday ct pm.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
The Lincoln Museum
Prize Contribution
BY coroIe Hesse, 10
Holy Nome School

A very historic place to visit is
the Lincoln Museum, formerly
known as the Ford Theater. My
visit there with my mother proved
interesting.
There were many pictures Of
Abraham Lincoln covering the time
from his early manhood to his
death. also saw stove used by
his mother, Nancy Hanks. There
were many other interesting articles,
including a desk used by Lincoln,
and a cabinet for the family dishes.
The guide at the museum gave
us a brief account Of Lincoln's as
sassination. The pistol which shot
the President also was shown to us.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Just Between
Ourselves
-Dy Philip H love

Your recent column on the fine
old Easter custom Of picking eggs
carried me on III 4 wave of nos-
talgia, reader post cards from
Baltimore 1T got me to thinking
about M the other things We kids
used 10 Ike 70 do especially shoot
ing marbles. Why don't you write
q column some time about marbles
and the variety Of ways we used to
shoot emp
Well, the only trouble Is, wasn't
much OF q marble shooter and
therefore don't remember great
deal about the sport. / shot mar
.bles with the rest OF the boys, Of
course which Is to say Just about
every day In "shootin' season but
/ don't recall ever having won q
single game. In fact, my most
vivid recollection Of the pastime
Is that quickly lost every marble
I ever bought.
i
But 1t was q good game, I guess,
for those who were adept ct 1T.
There was one boy In my neighbor-
hood who must have won every
game he ever played; at least, I
never saw him lose. He won so
many marbles. Id fact, that there
were times when he had nobody
to play with, because he had cor
nerei the neighborhood supply.
Then he went into business, selling
marbles to the other kids from
whom he promptly won them all
over again. He grew up to become
a pinwhee1 barker with a travelling
carnival.
Marbles were currency of sort.
The most valuable were called
INCOMES" because, after being
banged hard against other marbles,
they developed crescent-shaped
scars. A good "moonie" could be
swapped any time for, say, 5
tsteelies," 10 "glassies" or 20
"aggies." Steel marbles resembling
large ball bearings were valued as
shooters as were the rainbow
hued classics, but the common
aggies, or agates, were regarded
with contempt The best shooters
Of all were, Of course, the INCOMES.
The nice things about the INCOMES,
aside from their attractiveness when
SCARED, was the fact that they
would stick In the ring after knock
ing out another marble. The lighter
classics were likely to roll away after
making a hit, and the feather
weight aggies couldn't be relied on
to knock over a toothpick. The
steelies also would stay put after
making hit, but were bit too
heavy for long shots.
The best players had a favorite
shooter for every type of shot. At
the start of a game, when the object
was to break up the cluster of mar
bles in the center Of the ring and
knock out as many of them as
possible. a steele might be used.
Then, concentrating on individual
marbles, the player might switch to
his favorite moonie. For close shots
against light marbles, he might try
a CLASSY. And to knock out heavier
marbles, he might sWitch baek to
his steele.
] Personally, i tried them all for
all kinds of shots against all kinds
of marbles. but nothing seemed to
make any difference. The last time
I shot marbles was in q game with
two Of my nephews, aged ~ and Is.
And they LETT me without q marble
to my name.
Evening star., 1947-05-11

o'clock. The woman took us to the
barn, where there were eight pup
pies. We picked out a small male
puppy and paid for 1t. All the way
home, the little dog just lay there
without moving. When, at last, we
got home, I gave him some warm
milk, and then he was OK.
That night I named him Pal. The
first night, he slept in my room.
When the kitten first saw Pal,
she didn't know what to do. Now
we have had Pal and Lemo for
about six months. They eat, sleep.
and play together. We hope to
raise them both together.
Evening star., 1947-05-11

my DTOCuef. !
became interest
ed in it when my
brother got a
tool set for
Christmas. We
s t ar t e d right
away to put it to
use.
First of all, we
made a toy radio
out of q card
board box. We
used a top of a
bottle for a but
ton. We keep it
on our desk and
play with itwhen
Evening star., 1947-05-11

we are sick. When we have a
chance, we go out back and build
stools. In the house, we build wood
en- dolls or puppets. We use tacks
for their eyes,. nose and mouth
and cardboard for their arms.
Later on we decided to make a
movie camera. 1t was rather diff
cult, so we haven't finished 1t yet.
We have the film, but no bulb. When
we get big box, we are going to
make a house. I want to keep this
hobby for a long time because I
s1Ire do like il.
Evening star., 1947-05-11

dog, saw IlttIe gray-auu-Wlllte
kitten. I carried it into the house,
and that night I named 1t Lemo,
which means Tiger.
After had the kitten for a week,
1 looked in the classified advertise
ments one Sunday and saw some
puppies for sale. The only kind of
dog I wanted was a German Shep-
herd. Finally, saw some German
Shepherd puppies. had dad call
up, and the woman told him to come
out about II o'clock.
We had to go way out to Coles
vile, Maryland. When, at last, we
found the farm, it was almost IL
Evening star., 1947-05-11

is proof that Franklin D. Roosevelt personally de-
stoned the National Defense stamps OF 1910 The late Pres
dents sketches for the three propaganda labels released
preparedness campaign OF sepen years ago are to oe
Centenary International Phdtec EThiott1o
Grand Place NeD York. May II to 25 Once under
stood to parts official files the precious scraps
Larchon portrait OF Mr. Roosevelt here reproduced
Is described official Government portrait engraved oy
Carl r. Art of the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
Wide World Photos
Evening star., 1947-05-11

ern California, where they erected
Of Christianizing the Indians. T.
venture is quite exciting.
Because the natives of this section
of the country were somnolent and
lackadaisical by nature, it was ex-
tremely difficult for them to accom-
plish the strenuous labor required to
build the mission. Since they i'm
agined themselves virtual slaves,
they revolted and had almost an
initiated the priests before the sol
diers of the preside were able to
rescue them.
I actually saw the old building
where the priests were attacked
The adobe walls were very thick
and the hugh timbers used as cell
ing supports had remained staunch
through the centuries. AS a mat
ter of fact, some Of the original
bells are still hanging in the belfry
We also visited the presidio, which
is located six miles from the mis-
sion. Here, the commandant and
his soldiers, charged with the SUBJ
jugation and protection of the area
were stationed. During the years
the walls of the preside have col
lapsed, and the remains have crum-
bled away. The vacated territory
has now been converted into park,
with gracious lawns dotting the
hillsides and softly rounded mounds
covering the decaying walls OF this
ancient settlement.
To high school students In the
East who believe that our American
history started on the Atlantic
Coast, it is frequently surprising to
discover the age of some Of these
old West Coast cities. Certainly,
history was made more vivid and
realistic for me as I viewed the
tumbling ruins of what was once
an active community.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Bridge
BY Fronk B. Lord

The first solid suit bridge hano
reported in this country In 1947 was
held in Baltimore recently, and has
been duly authenticated.
: Thirteen spades were held by Ar
thur Christensen, $500 block Cross
land avenue. His partner was Mrs
Albert E. Thompson, jr., and his
adversaries Miss Jane Dagger ano
her brother, Joseph P. Dagger. Two
rubbers had been played and the
cards duly shufded. This was the
hand:
AAKQ J1098765432
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Palace, New York, throughout tn,
Centenary International Philatelit
Exhibition, May II to Is inclusive
Other well-known philatelists plan
ming to attend are: DR.. David D
Caldwell, chairman OF the Postage
Stamp Centennial Committee. oi
1910; Albert r. Kunze, director o1
the stamp division OF the Pan Amer
lean Union; Mrs. Grace Lowering
MacKnight, former secretary Of the
Washington Philatelic Society; Maj
James T. De Voss, Samuel M. Bur-
|gess, DR.. Ellis Haworth, Joseph A
Herbert, Max M. Virgins and Mr.
and Mrs. Milton II. Cullen.
Cardinal spellman will deliver the
invocation at the CIPEx banquet
Hotel Astor, New York, Friday eve
ming, May %.
Nominations for officers of the
Washington Philatelic Society have
been reported as follows: President
DR.. Caldwell; vice presidents, 1t
Col. Crawford L. Donohugh and Mr.
Herbert; secretary, Mr.. Burgess
treasurer, Philip Simms Warren
Board of Governors, Maj. Gen. Kar
Truesdell, Morton o. Cooper, Maj
De Voss, DR.. Haworth and Mr.. Wig.
gins.
The Scandinavian Collectors Club
20 East Thirty-fifth street, New
York, is sponsoring a special CIPEX
cover for Norway's Constitution Day
May ~, Send 20 cents In wrapped
coin for each example wanted
& The Capital PrecanceI Club will
meet at the home of Rolston Lyon
217 Rittenhouse street NV, tomor-
row evening at 8. Visitors welcome
The Collectors Club of Washing.
tom will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV, Tuesday evening at 8; a1id
the Washington Philatelic Society
at the Sheraton Hotel, Fifteenth
and K streets, NV, Wednesday eve
ming at 8.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Prise CosfribsfioS
By Peggy Honfmon. IA
Paul Junior hlah School

evening fall father home kind Of early He
the He said he had
thought since for long time had been
seeing
Evening star., 1947-05-11

Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, phila-
telic curator of the Smithsonian
Institution, and Mrs. Edward b
Martin, assistant philatelic consult
ant of the Library of Congress, will
be in attendance at Grand Central
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Visit to San Diego Mission
Provides History Lesson
Prize Contribution
By Elaine Osborn, IS
Anaeostia High School

One Of the most interesting nave ever nad was recent
Diego California
This mission established the United
Spanish priests into South
churches and schools for the
Indians history OF this early
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Writing Is Labor

Mary Roberts Rinehart, after 40
years of writing murder mysteries,
still finds writing a hard Job. II
write each story three times with
pen and ink" she says.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
Gift of Tool Chest
Stirs Interest in
Building Things
Prize Contribution
By Rito Abel, 10
ST. Peters School

A hobby is fun any season. 1t
occupies spare time in an enjoyable
way.
My hobby is building things with
Evening star., 1947-05-11

Senator Joseph G. O'Mahoney Of
Wyoming, through whose interven-
ton approval of the Two Jima COM
memorative was obtained, now has
appealed to President Truman to
order the production of a stamp to
mark the 150th anniversary Of the
launching of the USS Constitution
cold Ironsides"). In a letter to the
Chief Executive, dated April rs, ne
says:
"You may recall that on the ILL
fated original opening day OF the
baseball season, I spoke to you OF
the desirability of issuing a special
stamp to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the USS Constitution.
This will fall on October 81, 1947.
"I think it would be particularly
appropriate to make note of this an
niversary this year because OF the
Importance of calling national at
tention to the significance OF the
principles of government symbolized
by this vessel, which opitonizes the
whole current of American history
from the administration of George
Washington down to your own. The
construction of the USS Constltu-
ton was authorized in the Act OF
March 81, 1894, which was the first
provision for the establishment OF
the United States Navy.
This vessel, which is now in full
commission but which is maintained
as a naval relic in Boston Harbor,
played notable part in the War
Of 1912, and has been commended
by some of the country s p,1tstand-
ing naval leaders, from Commodore
Decatur to Admiral Dewey. The VIC
tory 81 the Constitution over the
Guerriere in the War of 1872 was
one of the most notable naval en-
gegements in our history.
Needless to add, it was the FAM
Gus poem Of Oliver Wendell Holmes
written in 1880 which saved this YES
sell from the scrap heap.
"I know the special stamp here
suggest would be most popular. 1t
would have a widespread appeal. and
it's issuances could be made the oc-
casion of emphatically calling at
tention to the fundamental objec-
tives of American state policy"
The 3-cent AL Smith, Army, Navy,
Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, Dis
charge Emblem and Kearny-Ney
Mexico stamps practically have dis
appeared from current usage, and
the number of Scent Two Jima,
Texas, Tennessee, Iowa and Smith
sonian commemorative observed
passing through the mails recently
has been decreasing. Collectors
not already provided with specimens
of the issues mentioned should not
delay.
The Post Office Department on
Thursday announced: "Philatelic
treatment will be provided for
covers carried by the first airmail
fight from New York to Glasgow,
Scotland, by F. A. M. Route "a, OPP
Grated by American Overseas Air
lines, expected to depart on or about
June /. A special cachet will be ap-
Piled to all covers sent to the post
Office at New York, bearing the re-
quired postage of 15c a half-ounce
and accompanied by request. that
they be held for the first flight.
AS an aid to collectors who do not
have their own agents in Scotland,
American Overseas Airlines have
agreed that their Office at Prestwick
Airport, Glasgow, will act gratui-
tously as agent for persons who may
wish to address covers in their care.
The covers need bear only the post
age necessary for the first flight and
will be returned to the senders
named thereon at the company's ex-
pense."
Evening star., 1947-05-11

Lit. Col. and Mrs. Henry A.
Walker were winners In the La Sale
duplicate on Monday night. Allan
Nern and Mrs. Dixie T. Wright were
second.
Evening star., 1947-05-11
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Mr.. Christensen bid seven spades
at once, East doubled and North
redoubled. If Miss Dagger had bid
seven no-trump instead of doubling,
her side could have made six and
even If doubled, would only have
suffered loss of 100 points.
Mr.. Christenson's score totaled
1880 points.
In the May l game at the Capital
City Chess Club, with 13 tables in
play, the results were: North and
South, A. G. Stone and Mrs. Wessal
Stewart, first; DR.. j. B. G. Custis
and H. M. 'Kloak, second; East and
West, James G. Stone and l.. G.
Tubbs, first; Miller Roberts and Or.
C. C. Mcdonnell, second. In the
following Saturday night game OF
II tables, the leaders were, North
and South, DR.. Emily Grewe and
Mrs. Cherry Reddy, first; Miller
Roberts and Mrs. Alma Byrne, Sec
ond; East and West, Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. Kathan, first; Frank B.
Lord and Harry Shinnock, Second.
The annual election of the WASH
ington Bridge League was held on
Wednesday night prior to the play
DR.. w. H. Gorton, vice president
was unanimously chosen president
to succeed DR.. N. j. McHugh, who
has held the Office for two years
Others elected were Miller Roberts
vice president; members OF the Ex-
|ecutive Committee for three years
Mrs. Mariana Boschan, James G.
Stone and Mrs. D. E. Stephan; fol-
Ione year, p. E. Henninger; George L
Dickerman, treasurer. and Paul E
Golden, secretary, both reelected.
James Russell Belt. a prominent
member of the washington bridge
circle, died Sunday morning ol
heart disease at Emergency Hos
pital. He was stricken Saturday
evening while playing bridge at the
Capital City Chess Club and re-
moved to the hospital, where he died
within a few hours. Interment was
in Arlington Cemetery.
Lit. Col. and Mrs. Henry A
Walker were winners In the La Salle
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