Evening star., 1947-12-07
lust Between
Ourselves
.By Philip n. Love-


Grade 5A OF Congress Heights
School has a science corner" in
which is kept a pet hamster. Ruth
Prather, 10, of 1925 Brothers place
Sc, tells all about it in this note:
'"The hamster is species Of grain
storing rat with two cheek pouches
and, a short tail. She is brown with
a black stripe down her back. She
eats fresh vegetables and chopped
dog biscuits. She does not like
noise of any kind She bites only
when she is frightened. After she
has eaten she goes over to one cor
ner of her cage, under strips OF
paper, and empties her pouches;
then she chews her food well. 1t Is
very amusing to watch her tw1rl
around in her exercise wheel. And
we are glad to have her"
Mary Kane, is, Box IS, Mclean.
Va, a senior at Falls Church High
School, won a prize OF 81 and q
Junior Star reporters card with an
article on her hobby, "artyping," or
making pictures with typewriter.
Now she reports:
Since I received my reporters
card many people have inquired
about my hobby I have gained
many pen friends from the names
appearing in your columns"
Another lobbyist who has bene-
flied from writeup in The Junior
Star Is Billy Chadduck, u, Of 1920
Bradley boulevard, Chevy Chase,
Md, a collector Of war souvenirs.
Since publication Of an article on
his collection, he has received q
bugler's uniform worn in the Span
ish- American War and some envel-
opes used for Admiral Dewey's off,
cial mail. He attends Our Lady Of
Lourdes School, Bethesda.
Wireless telegraphy is the hobby
Of Billy Vega, IL, R. F. D. 2, Hern-
don, Va. The F'orestville School
pupil writes:
81 own a telegraph set. I have
learned the Morse code. have
built couple of telegraph sets for
my own use. When I am a man
I think I will be a telegraph opera
tor. Telegraphy-that's. for mel"
Junior jottings:
Paula Simonds, Is, of $500 Bar
naby street NV, longtime J. s. cor
respondent, has assumed the editor
ship of the Twig, four-page paper
published by the young peoples
group of her church. She is also a
feature writer on the staff of the
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beacon. Charles Bouton, McKin-
ley High School, attended the in
ternational jamboree of the Boy
Scouts in Moisson, France. . An
other Techite, Margaret Walker,
went to the international encamp-
ment of Girl Scouts at Baree, Pa.
Susie" the doll used by home
nursing students at Eastern High
School, is nearly 20 years old.
Mary Jane Maggie is back at East
ern after a second visit to st. Croix,
Virgin Islands. She lived with an
uncle and aunt, and attended
Christianstead High School. "Al-
though I was the only white girl in
the school," she says, Il felt right
at home with the friendly natives"
Robert Vogel and James Miller.
also of Eastern. devote part of their
lunch period each day to playing
chess. John Dickerson, violinist
in the Dunbar High School Orches-
ira, has composed nine pieces, one
Of which, nocturne, will be played
this year by the Howard University
Symphony Orchestra. He also is a
member of the Lincoln Civic Or
chestra. Mary Webster, who
used to write for the j. S. from
Roosevelt High School, dropped in
the other day to report that she has
been working for the State Depart
ment in Budapest.