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Evening star., 1949-10-30
Cash Prises offered
For " ork of Young
WriterS and Artists

Cash prizes of 81 are awarded
for original stories, articles, poems
and cartoons published in The
Junior Star. Contributors Of ma
terial which the editor considers
Of sufficient merit also. are issued
reporters cards.
The contest is open to boys and
girls of high school age and un-
der. Write on one side Of paper
double space II you type) and
put your name, age, address. tele-
phone number and school in the
upper left-hand corner. Draw
with black India ink on white pa
per and do not roll or fold.
The editor reserves the right to
publish any contribution in what
ever form he thinks best, regard
less Of whether it is awarded a
prize. He also may withhold prizes
awarded for contributions found
not to be original.
Checks for prizes are mailed
during the week following publi-
cation. Address: The Junior Star,
727 Star Building, Washington I.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Egyptians Left Food
In Tombs for Use
Of Spirits of Dead

An Egyptian mummy is an OBJ
ject Of interest to us. Wrapped
tightly in strips of cloth, 1t may
date back from 5000 to 1000
years.
Pictures left to us by the an
cient Egyptians show people in
mourning. One of these shows
the mummy of a man named
Hunefer lying in a hearse of a
sort. The hearse represents a
boat, and near the mummy is
Hunefer's wife, with a mark on
her cheek which may have been
meant to show that she was cry
ing.
Food in Tomb.
The Egyptians believed that
each human being had a spirit, or
double. which would live after
death as long as the body kept its
shape. They supposed that if the
body was burned or otherwise de-
stroyed the spirit would die.
There also was a belief that the
spirit returned to the tomb to
obtain food. To feed it, food was
left in the tomb.
Kings and other rich men some
times set aside money to pay for
food left In the tomb. One king
made a will providing that the
taxes from II towns should be
set aside. Another king ordered
the income from IL towns to be
used for such food.
Priests Were Watchmen.
Often a temple was built near
a kings tomb. In this temple
were priests whose special task
was to watch out for the welfare
OF the kings spirit. In later CEN
turies there were kings who de-
cided that it was hardly wise to
provide food for time everlasting
The taxes or other source of
money might run out. and then
what would the spirits do?
Thanks to the pictures which
have been found in tombs, we
have added greatly to our knowl-
edge of the everyday life of
Egypt's long ago.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, direc-
tor of The Stars school safety
program and former chief of the
Metropolitan Police Department S
Detective Bureau, is giving a Sc
ries of chalk talks on safety to
pupils of District, Maryland and
Virginia schools.
The Safety Circus" cartoon
talks are sponsored by The Star,
in cooperation with the District
Board of Education and school
authorities in nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Talks are scheduled this week
at the following District and Vir-
ginia schools:
Monday. 11:15 am, Shaw Junior High
School. Tuesday. 1890 am, Oakton
1880 pm. Shaw Junior High School
Mednesday., 1890 am. centreyille
1890 am. Franconia.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Camera Angles
Needs Govern Camera Purchase
Nv AIexnndek Wedderhurn ITO ,1se MANY lens

to use many lenses Of varying
focal length.
So it appears that in most cases
the amateur will find the answer
to his camera requirements among
the box, miniature, reflex or fold
ing type cameras. Just which one
will depend upon the needs and
plans Of the individual.
A good plan for the would-be-
photog who has no knowledge of
photography is to start out with
one of the simplest cameras OBJ
tainable and use it until the basic
rules and principals are thor
oughly understood. Then, If de-
sirable, and only then should a
more complex instrument be Sc
lected. Even should you be able
to afford the best, you will be
saved many disappointments if
you learn with a basic camera.
The more expensive the camera
the more complicated it is and the
more you will have to learn before
you can use it with any degree of
prOf1ciency
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Curator Of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution

Press-type cameras are for the
professional photographer, al
though a few amateurs SO arm
themselves, for reasons which
have failed to understand so far.
This type camera requires cut
film or film packs and is compare
lively expensive to operate. There
may be a few occasions where the
amateur can use press camera
with its focal plane shutter to stop
very fast motion but it is hardly
worth the trouble of carrying
around such heavy equipment for
an occasional shot.
We may dismiss the view cam
era on the ground of excessive and
unnecessary weight and prohibi-
tive cost of operation. It's chief
value is in the swing and tilt and
vertical movements and extension
bellows which permit the operator
to adjust for converging lines and
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Katherine Young's
Unretouched Prints
At COrcOran Gallery

"A collection OF Katherine
Young's famous portraits of Men
IN American Design" will be pre-
viewed tomorrow by members of
the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The
private showing will coincide with
tea for Franklin c. Watkins and
Oronzio Maldarelli. members OF
the jury of the fourth annual
area exhibition. The Corcoran
Gallery showing of Men in
American Design" will be open to
the public in November and
through December IL.
Several years ago Miss Young
turned from landscape architec-
ture and painting to the camera.
The unretouched photograph,
showing ever wrinkle and pore,
never has won popularity-espe-
cially when it is necessary to
please the subject. But Miss
Young, some 10 years ago, decided
that such Photographic dishonesty
is neither art-nor good photog-
raphy. An exhibition of her work
last year at the Architectural
League in New York City proved
that her unretouched photographs
are strikingly effective and as
close an approach to pure art as
ever can be achieved with camera
and lights.
In the Corcoran Gallery show
Ing will be photographs of such
outstanding personalities as Gill
more D. Clarke. who recently re-
signed as chairman of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Fine Arts Com
mission; George Kosmak, 10
Davidson. Dean Cornwall, William
zorach. Paul Manship, Antonin
Raymond and other distinguished
personalities in the world of art,
architecture and design.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Flower Week Aides Named

Assisting Mrs. j. G. Pratt OF
Silver Spring in the areas observ-
ance of National Flower Week, to-
day through next Sunday, the
following are serving: Mrs. Ernest
Klinge, Woodside Woman's Club;
Mrs. Peter Koka, Silver Spring
Garden Club, and Mrs. Lee Lloyd.
Silver Spring Woman's Club. Any
one wishing to contribute garden
flowers should notify Mrs. Pratt,
Sligo 1916, for collection, or the
flowers may be left at her home,
1907 Luzerne avenue, Woodside
Park. Flowers will be distributed
in public buildings and hospitals
Evening star., 1949-10-30
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love


Of all festivals.
Christmas and Easter are won
derful; Memorial Day. Labor Day
and Washington's Birthday are
nice: independence Day, thanks
to the Districts ban on dangerous
fireworks, isn't too bad: but Hal
loween is-well, dreadful is the
only word that comes anywhere
near to describing it.
Yet it. too. could be a pleasant
time if only boys and girls
especially the former-would make
1t so.
It's fun to "dress up" on Hal
loween. to go to parties or join
in neighborhood parades. Even
the stufflest of grownups like to
see the kids have fun on Hal
loween.
But plenty of fun can be had,
submit, without jamming door
bells, soaping windows and auto
mobiles. stealing garbage cans,
porch furniture and anything else
that's movable-in short, without
being downright mean and de-
structive.
Halloween fun would never be-
come Halloween hoodlumism II
boys and girls would protest every
proposed prank by asking them
selves, How would I like it If this
were done to me?
What a great lift the Commu-
nifty Chest campaign could be
given if boys and girls would con-
tribute to it some of the energy
they devote to "beggars' night"
activities.
Ask the Red Feather chairman
or solicitor in your neighborhood
to give you some pledge cards.
And when you ring doorbells to-
night request Community Chest
pledges as well as candy, cake and
fruit.
Don't accept any money; just
get the cards signed and turn
them over to the regular solicitor
for collection later. In this way
your "beggars' night" fun can be
made more worthwhile than it
has ever been before.
More than 100 Mckinley High
School students recently visited
the studio of the famous sculp-
tor, Felix de Welden, at 219 Ran
dolph place NE, to watch him
work on his statue of six Marines
raising the Stars and Stripes on
Mount Suribachi, Two Jima. The
monument. which will be 80 feet
tall. will be completed in about a
year and a half. A smaller
model, which formerly stood
on Constitution avenue NV, will
be unveiled at Quantico at IL am
Saturday.
Well, I got some chinquapins
after all. They came from Alfred
Eure with this note: THE in
closed chinquapins were gathered
on Hunter road, Fairfax County
Va, just off the Lee highway
between Falls Church and Fair
fax. by my neighbor, Mr.. Harold
Kumm. These nuts seem plenti-
ful during the summer, before
ripening. but apparently are all
gone now"
Inclosed were four chinquapins
minus burrs. They were the first
chinquapins I've tasted-or even
seen, for that matter-in 30 years
or more-and I enjoyed them
immensely.
Thanks. Mr.. Eure. And if you
and Mr.. Kumm see a stranger in
the woods along Hunter road
Fairfax County, next Septe nber
or October, please don't call the
police.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

pionship In the National Capital
Skeet Club shoot. In recent
tournament he took not only this
Junior Championship, with a
score of 40 out of a possible so
hits, but also the .410 Glass c,
which is for small-bore firearms.
Although skeet shooting is con-
sidered by most to be the most
difficult of all. Robert began with
out any previous practice with
firearms when he was II years old.
There are eight stations in Skeet
Evening star., 1949-10-30
On Halloween Might
Prize Contribution
By ShuIomith Enrich. 10

Bornard School
It's Halloween night and oh, what
a sight
Can be seen when you look at
the moon.
It's big and yellow and round and
mellow
And bright as the sun is at noon.
A witch and her cat are riding by
My, oh, me. you should see them
fly!
They fly on a broomstick, away
away.
Trying to beat the first peep of
day.
For the morn, they will be in their
home in the wood
Cause they travel faster than
ever we could.
And no one will know that they
flew through the sky,
No one at all. except you and I!
About Hawaii
Hawaii is composed of 20 islands
and 6,449 square miles. Only nine
of the islands are inhabited.
Hawaii lies about 2,100 miles
southwest of San Francisco and
approximately 3,400 miles east of
Yokohama.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Arlington Club
Names Officers

Temporary officers Of the neWly
formed South Arlington Camera
Club are Samuel w. Nash, chair.
man; j. D. Baxter, vice chair
man. and Mrs. Ruth c. Jones
secretary. The group, which will
meet bi-monthly, will hold its
election for permanent officers in
January, 1850. Meetings will take
place at the Arlington Methodist
Church, Glebe road at Eighth
street, South Arlington. Those
wishing to join the group should
contact Mrs. Jones at Chestnut
2f1f0 Extension OFT
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Jack.o.L
Journey
Prize Contribution
By Borboro Rose, l3


By Borboro Rose, Is
pouI Junior High School
A pumpkin Jack-o-lantern sat
upon a window sill.
He watched the children run
ming.
But he sat calm and still.
His time would come in the by
and by,
The hour when witches ride the
sky.
He'd sail away to a far-off land
Where the mountains were made
of shining sand;
Fields of diamonds-orchards of
gold
COLLINS and witches he would
behold.
At dawn he'd return from this
land never seen,
Tonight was his night-it was
Hal1owaep
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Harmon to Speak

The Naval Research Laboratory
Camera Club will meet Wednes-
day evening at 8 o'clock to hold
a color transparency competition
H. r. Harmon of the Ansco Co..
judge Of the entries, will also
speak on color photography. The
club will meet in the reception
building of the Naval Research
I laboratory AnacnStia
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Livestock
Notes
By Don Henderson

An outstanding sale Of youne
feeders was staged at Front Roya
October 18. Unquestionably thi.
was the best group of Angu.
calves ever brought together fol
a sale of this kind. George Mac
Clagett said he bought about 7C
of the calves and figured they
would average from $29 to $50
per hundred. He said they were
worth it. There were over 40C
animals sold and the quality amply
made up for the smaller number
compared to some other sales this
year.
Four Angus bulls and SO females
were sold at Warrenton last Mon
day, and the following day q
Hereford sale was held at the
same place.
Sales coming up this week will
include the A. G. Rolfe annual
Hereford sale tomorrow at his
Poolesville (Md0 farm. Here
buyers will do a lot of bidding
for the best group of polled and
horned herefords to be offered
at any private sale this fall. Sales
like this one show that the live.
stock business in nearby Virginia
Maryland and West Virginia j.
really arriving.
Following the Rolfe sale, or
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
will be sales of Shorthorns anc
Angus at Staunton, and Milkins
Shorthorns at Orange.
There was another innovation
in the livestock business wher
a series of demonstrations or
treating cattle were held at thu
Tyreonnel Angus farm at Knox.
vile. Md. where George Porteou!
does flne job with both Angu.
and Guernseys.
DR.. George w. Green Of the
Maryland Livestock Sanitary Serv.
ice and DR.. Harold E. Schader
Of Frederick demonstrated foot
operations. handling cattle ir
chutes and how to throw. them
They were assisted by Jim Coyne1
of the National Angus Associa.
ton, Charles Peery of the Mary.
land Angus field force and Oar
Wight. owner of Monocacy Farm.
near Frederick.
I mentioned briefly the worl
done in Maryland with the youns
farmers of tomorrow. H. M. Nc.
Donald, supervisor of agriculture
education. sent me a list of teach.
ers out in the counties. There
are 70 of them, 16 colored.
Secretary Bob Booth of the AL.
legheny-Blue Ridge Shorthorr
Association has sent out a cal
for, meeting at Timonium. Md.
November II during the Eastern
National Livestock Show. With
Herschel Allen, jr., and his father
H. L. Straus; w. H. McCeney, jr.,
John Turner, Mrs. Joan NICK
Smith of Farnley and the ole
guard of Harry McCann. Albert
Robinson and the Fishpaws, there
should be no trouble in forming q
strong organization. Let them al
work together. The Hereford peo-
pie do. The big thing is to gel
action somewhat on a par with
the Angus associations. 1t will pay
literally.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

shooting, the contestants moving
from one position to another, fir
ing two shots at each station, so
as to test their ability from many
angles. Roberts father is an ar
dent skeet shooter also, so Robert
just took up the sport naturally.
In addition to craftsmanship,
Robert likes fishing and quail
hunting for outdoor sports and at
the latter, he is quite at home. He
is a student at Takoma Academy,
Takoma Park, Md,
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Ghosts Laughing
Prize Contribution

py TTuIrIet uuOT, n
Rudolph School
Halloween is coming soon,
When witches ride upon a broom;
When pumpkins shed mysterious
light
And black cats screech throughout
the night.
Shadows form across the room;
Shadows dark as night.
You can hear ghosts laughing
Laughing with all their might.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

The Photographic Seminar OF
the United States Department Of
Agriculture graduate school will
hear A. NJ. LaFave Of the Navy
Department speak on "Micropho-
tography-its Application ano
Uses" at a meeting Friday which
is to be held in room 5065 of the
South Agriculture Building at 8
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Foto.Craft Club

The Foto-Craft Club of the
Twelfth Street YMCA will meet
Thursday at $3.50 pm. for studio
session. Members will convene in
the assembly room of the "Y,"
1916 Twelfth street NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Silver Spring Boy, II, Is Champ
In Junior Skeet Shooting Class
By Som Eostmon

Robert Smith, H. of s21o Wildwood road Silver Spring Nd
finds that it takes than steady swift
skllful shooting under
Robert
Capital Club
of 947 Robert Cham
Evening star., 1949-10-30

i. Ansco has come out with an &C
cessory set for its f::3.5 reflex con-
tanning shade, adapter and filler
rings, permitting use of both filter
and portrait lens In combination.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
The Halloween Cat
Prize Contribution
By Bill Hout. II

Silver Spring in..rm.diot. School
The halloween cat with a long
black tail
Sits yowling on the old fence rail
The halloween cat black as can be
Scares most children but doesn' I
scare me.
The halloween cat with two black
ears
Now sees witch, so it appears.
The halloween cat says, us there
room
For me to ride on your magic
broom?
The halloween witch mods in re-
ply:
Come climb aboard and of we'll
fly"
Then witch and cat ride through
the air
On Halloween-a happy pair.
Warning
Prize Contribution
BY Sulto Lenoir CopeIond, 8
Nellie Cvstis School q
On Halloween the bats do fly,
And witches ride broomsticks in
the sky.
When lights in pumpkins have
burned low
And winds through tree limbs
softly blow,
And owls fly skelter round about,
The scarecrow goblins will get you
II you are bad and don't watch out.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

American. Security, a ne1o
orchid, was exhibited here
yesterday to the public for
the first time at the annual
orchid sho1o sponsored by the
National Capital Orchid So
ciety and the American Sc
curity & Trust Co. The bloom
is tuschia-colored 1Dith large
yello1D eyes on q dark shaded
lip. Thousands of Utsitors sa,O
the exhibit of orchids, Ualued
at more than $500, 900.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
LaFave to Speak

0u21NI111S O1 UIIC 1NdVUI
Laboratory, AnacoStia.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-01

moderately higher, prices probably
will average considerably lower than
I'M the past year or two. Prices for
fluid milk probably will be much
more profitable than for manufac-
turing milk.
10. Distribution charges viii tend
10 stay high. Much of the price adj
justment because of the housewives
smaller budget is likely to be inn
posed on the producer. Profits of
dairy companies per unit of product
do not appear high, but wages and
salaries, which make up a large
share Of distribution costs, have
been increased materially. Union
wage rates are likely to remain rela-
lively high even in q recession or
depression.
During the inflationary price rise,
the farmers share Of the consumers
dollar spent for dairy products in
creased from about so cents in 1886
80 to more than so cents. 1t prob
ably viii decline toward the prewar
level IN the next few years.
IL. Feeds viii be abundant and
socks of grain q likely 10 paae mp.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-01

In spite of government efforts 10 pre-
ven initiation and deflation. prices up
10 now have behaved much the same
as in the previous World war period,
allowing for the greater length of the
last war and the greater strength of
inflationarY forces. In World war l.
dairy prices 10 farmers more than dou-
bled. After the 1e20-2l break, they
stabilized for several years about so
10 so percent I'VE prewar. In World
wal z. prices nearly frebled. If a de-
flationarY trend has begun. prices
might again lose about half OF The rise
before they stabilize.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-01
Dairy Department
Dairy Income Most Stable
But Cost Cuts Needed to Maintain Profits
By GILBERT GUSLER
By GILBERT GUSLER

ments, SO that milk cow numbers
probably will begin to increase this
year or next.
Z. Although there are fewer cows,
they have been culled closely and
fed more heavily than in former
years. Production per cow is higher
than ever before.
g.. Milk production probably will
increase moderately in the next few
years. With grain prices sharply be-
low the peak, income from other
sources down, and milk cows cheap
er, more farmers probably will be-
gin to milk a few cows for a regular
cash income.
Lower Prices
9. With lower consumer incomes
m prospect in the next few years
and dairy production likely to be
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-01

er probably is ahead for dairymen.
Times are likely to be tougher than
hn the last few years and greater
effort to reduce costs will be neces
sary TO make dairying pay. But, as
m previous slumps, dairymen's in
comes probably will be more stable
than those of most farmers.
Here are some important factors
TO consider in sizing up the outlook:
I. After rising for 10 years, con-
suners' incomes appear to be start
ing a downward trek, due to de-
creasing employment. Because Of
relatively fixed charges for taxes,
rents, interest and payments on
debts, the housewives grocery money
will shrink by a greater percentage
than total incomes.
z. The total amount consumers
pay out for dairy products has been
closely related to their spendable i'm
comes. During the war and post
war years, however, consumers spent
less than the usual percentage OF
their disposable incomes for milk,
cream, butter, and evaporated milk
and more for cheese and ice cream.
The principal change was in but
Der. Whether dairy products win
attract in the next few years the
prewar percentage Of consumer in
come remains to be seen.
Lower Consumption
3. Total consumption of dairy
products per person, in milk eQui-
valent is lower than in prewar years,
but consumption has increased in
those forms which bring greatest
return to the producer. In whole
milk equivalent, domestic disappear
snce OF fluid milk and cream in
creased SO pounds in 1913 over 1885,
80; ice cream, 81 pounds; cheese, is
pounds; evaporated and condensed
milk, s pounds, and dried whole
milk, 2 to 3 pounds. The milk equi-
valent of butter consumed declined
about 1876 pounds.
Milk production per capita in 1913
was the lowest in several years. But,
by using the more complete forms,
consumers probably obtained more
total nourishment from dairy prod
ucts in 1913 than formerly. Such 6
dietary change takes place slowly
and probably will persist, although
q partial return to butter is prob
able as it becomes more plentiful
and lower-priced.
4. Competition of margarine with
butter will depend partly on the out
come of pending legislation. Butter
consumption probably will recovel
10 some extent, but it is likely h
be at the expense of butter prices.
Exports Reduced
5. Exports took z to 3 percent o
total dairy production in the las
eight years. They probably will b
smaller in the next few years a
foreign production RECEIVERS an
Marshall plan aid shifts largely
industrial goods. Imports of dair
products may increase slightly.
6. Numbers of milk cows on farm
on June l, 1948, were the lowest j
II years and II percent below tn