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Santa and the Magician B, l"s'sss #"d." !


IF could see the duck, per-
haps?" suggested Mr.. Dilly.
"Yes, come" said Henry quickly.
"I keep her in a box out back
Henry Weeps in Anger.
But as he started to lead Mr..
Dilly around the house Mrs. Smell
whooped, You won't find your duck
out back now, young man."
Henry stopped and looked at Mrs.
Smell. His face was suddenly quite
pale. Where is she, them" he
1--WE tied her up in the kitchen,
said Mrs. Smell. I'm going to cook
her for dinner" .
Henry gasped. Tears of anger
streamed down his cheeks. '1'l
never work you you again!" he said.
Leave me, then!" shouted Mrs.
Smell. But you won't get the duck!''
And suddenly she took up her broom
and began hitting poor Henry. She
swept him off the porch and down
the walk and gave him final swat
on his head as she showed him
through the gate.
For a while the boy was blind
with dust and anger and tears. 1t
was quite a few minutes before he
realized that he was alone in the
road, that Mr.. Dilly had left him.
Now what am I to do?" thought
the wretched boy, robbed of his
pet. left all alone by his new friend
and thrown out Of the only home
he had. 1t seemed to him that the
world was a most cruel and friend
less place.
It grew dark and as he stumbled
along he did not see the man at the
turn of the road until he had al
most walked into his arms.
1t was Mr.. Dilly.
What took you so long. boy7"
said the magician. Il began to
think I'd have to come back for
you"
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you'll" said
Henry, ready to cry with relief.
Mr.. Dilly put his arm around the
boys shoulders. Son." he said,
how would you like to team up with
me and be my helper?"
YOU mean-travel with you and
put on magic shows?" gasped Henry.
That would be great! Except -
except" his voice faded away.
Except what?" prodded Mr.. Dilly
gently.
Except for my duck" whispered
Henry. II can't bear to leave
Serena for Mrs. Smell to eat"
IF that is all that's worrying
you, you can forget it," said Mr..
Dilly. And he reached in his pocket
and pulled out a skinny, dusty,
angry looking duck.
"Why-it's Serena!" cried Henry.
Next: Mr.. Dilly Goes to School.
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Tuke NV Word for It
BY fronk Colby

completed in the past): I did it
yesterday; I drank two cups OF
coffee at breakfast. A particular
action Is completed.
The past participle describes an
action that often may be thought
of as continuing up to the present
moment, and it may be repeated
at some time in the future. For ex-
ample: II have drunk coffee for
many years." This means that I
still drink coffee and shall con-
tinue to drink 1t. On the other
hand, the past tense, II drank cof-
fee for many years" clearly means
that I no longer drink coffee.
Should one say, "It was the best
picture ever saw (past tense),
one implies that going to the
movies is over and done with for
ever.
The proper statement is: "It Is
the best picture I have seen." This
means that I shall see many fu-
ture pictures, some Of which may
be even more enjoyable than the
one of which I am speaking.
Avoid: II went to New York
three times" Better: I have been
to New York three times land ]
may go there many times more),
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There won't be any Christmas in
this house I can tell you-not for
boys like YOU"
Pardon me-" said Mr.. Dilly
politely. 'I am Mr.. Dilly the Ma
gician, Henry is bringing me to see
his talking duck"
Mrs. SHELLS mouth dropped open
and she stared at Mr.. Dilly unbe-
lievingly for a long moment. Then
her voice flowed back into her
mouth and she cried, Surely man
as old as you has not been taken in
by this foolish story of q talking
duck!"
Mr.. Dilly looked at Henry as if
to say, Have you been fooling
me?"
Its not a story" blurted Henry.
"Its true. Serena is in the back
yard and she talks to me all the
time"
Mrs. Smell burst into laughter.
Not only does the boy do no
work, he Is silly in the head besides
Why should I have so much
trouble?"
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Teachers have told me they de- {

Teachers have told me tpey oe-
spair of stamping out these errors
among grade school students: I
done; I drunk; I seen; I TAKEN =
AS a matter of fact, school chill
dren are not the only offenders,
for many adults fail to distinguish
between the past tense Il did; I
saw; 7 took, etc. and the past
participle Il have done: have
seen; I have taken).
My colleague, DR.. Etaoin Shrdlu,
a reformed college professor, who
was once celebrated in scholastic
circles for his talent for making
English grammar utterly incompre-
hensible, defines q past participle
as: "A part of the verb repre-
senting action that is past or
reaches into the past with refer
ence to the time of the principal
or governing verb" Gle received
an honorary M. A-Master of Am
biguity-for thinking that one upo
Instead Of trying to unscramble
the good doctors double talk. let
lis show, by example, the difference
between the past tense and the past
participle:
The past tense faction definitely
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Vegetable Hair.

At this time of the year, Florida
bound travellers are commenting on
the long strands of Spanish moss
swinging from trees, fences and
telephone poles. This gray drapery
is wrongly called moss. 1t Is
neither Spanish nor moss.
This plant Is an air plant related
to the pineapple. Many think 1t is
parasite, living at the expense OF
its tree host. This is untrue. All
the plant asks is anchorage. It
draws food from the air, all the
carbon dioxide 1t needs. Unless It
becomes too dense and covers the
leaves, its presence adds beauty
not harm-to the host.
Usually the streamers are from !
foot to 8 feet long, If the twisting
strands were Strengthened, the
length would be doubled.
During dry weather the plant
must slack it's thirst with dew.
When showers come, the water
hungry plant drinks all it can hold.
Then its dull gray aspect turns to
la lovely shade of living green. Few
notice the difference.
During the spring the entire mass
lis covered with tiny, greenish
three-petaled flowers. The bloom
ing season is long. Later, In the
place OF the blossoms appear slender
seed pods. When the seed babies
are mature, the pod bursts open
to free countless seeds all equipped
| with silky ''parachutes.' The
wind takes them swiftly to new
lhomes, often slamming them hard
against power wires and high
places. This accounts for the re-
markable places where you find the
plant hourishing. After making a
landing, the plant grows fast and,
since 1t only needs anchorage, is
self supporting.
| For centuries this moss has been
q valuable asset to Southern seem
cry. Only the Parula warbler
made us Of 1t. In It's heavy drapery
,she built her nest knowing It vaa
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Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey

safe from prying enemies. Later,
hunters and outdoor men found 1t
useful as springy mattress or
pillow, excellent for cushioning be-
iongings needing careful packing,
and, when wrapped about stone,
grand for securing soot-blackened
frying pans. ......
It became the vegetable hair"
of commerce. Countless ways have
been found to use it. Fences are
draped with it for privacy. Hung
over pipes it serves as an awning
It is superior for packing fural-
ture.
Recently it has been called gold
growing on trees" In fact, It Is
the poor mans gold mine waiting
Evening star., 1949-12-06
CHAPTER 2.

Henry led Mr.. Dilly to a very
queer shed of a house at the edge
Of the town. It looked so rickety
you would have thought even a
spring breeze would send 1t tum-
bling to the ground. AS they turned
in at the gate a woman with fly
away hair opened the door and
swept the porch vigorously.
rs that your mother?" asked Mr..
Dilly.
"Oh, no." said Henry. 81 don't
have a mother. That is Mrs. Smell.
She takes care of me, I guess"
Just then Mrs. Smell caught sight
Of Henry.
you! Where have you been?
There's work to be done. you know.
Get in here and scrub the kitchen
and fill the wood box and peel the
potatoes" Her voice was dreadfully
loud and cross.
Henry said, II went to a Christ
mas magic show and this is"
"Christmas!" cried Mrs. Smell.
sJust forget about Christmas.
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Younger Set Enjoys
Fun Breokfosts "

breakfast Is real fun when it's
Ranger Joe for breakfast" says
Gerry Ann Tully, age 4.
So say all the younger set when
they taste crisp, crunchy Ranger
Joe Popped Wheat with its de-
licious honey flavor. 30 good 1t
needs no sugar. Children nibble
It right from the bag for school
lunches. Ranger Joe Popped
Wheat is one cereal youngsters
eat like candy--for the pure fun
Of II.
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Test Your Horse Sense-syD. G. ". co".

words IN capital letters which has .
similar relationship to the third
word of that same line. You are
entitled to one point for each correct
judgment.
(a) Democr 'ss::: COP: HORSE
BEAR -. L E P II A N t.
WALRUS.
90 Softwood: Fir: Hardwood:
MAHOG ANY-PINE
CEDAR.
Co Hate: War: Love: MUSIC
BUSINESS-A T LETICS-
PEACE.
I'd Extrovert: Introvert::: r. D.
Roosevelt: COOLIDGE-TRUMAN
AL SMITH-BOB HOPE.
(e) Baa: Mutton: Maa: VEAL
-PORK-CAPON-SQUAB.
Score yourself as follows: 0-2. poor:
3-6, average; 7-S. superior; 9-1O, very
superior.
Answer to Horse Sense Quiz. sg,
4: Coax. 2: SIc Kitchen. 3. 5edroom; remnt: ::
ASS: Republican: ELEPHANT !bl Soft
wood: Fir Hardwood: MAHOGANY. (cl,
Hate: war: Love: PEACE. ID Extrovert:
Introyert: Roosevelt: COOLIDGE. (e) Baa:
Mutton: Maa: VEAL. EE
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Points for Parents By Edy'A 7'o"'' w'''s'
happier
lar gifts.

Little children iDho play constantly together aoH haue
happier Christmas parents gtoing them stri-
Gifts y
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Puppets on N Show
Can Pick Up Objects
~ she Assoeiafsd Press

NEW YORK.-The type OF pup
nets used in the television show,
Kukla,. Fran and Ollie, are known
Is "hand puppets" They fit on
much as q pair Of mittens and are
negotiated by movement OF the
fingers.
AS q rule. the puppeteer, such as
Kula's Burr -Tillstrom, Is ambi-
dextrous so that he can have two
characters in action at the same
time. Because Of their design
such puppets can pick up small
objects. -
Evening star., 1949-12-06

l. Which word Is inappropriate IN
this general grouping?
Coax 1ntlmldate
Bulldoze BroWbeat
Coax Bulldoze Intimidate Browbeat
2. Flies would most likely be on
the ceiling of which room?
Bedroom Kitchen
Library Living room
3. Mosquitoes would most likely be
on the ceiling of which room?
Bedroom Kitchen
Library Living room
4. One bushel of peas in the pod
will yield approximately how many
quarts OF shelled peas?
S qts. 10 qts. Is qts. 20 OTIS.
5. A jackpot should make one
think primarily OF
Cooking Painting
Camping Gambling
6-10. This is an analogy problem
in which the first two terms on the
line are related to each other in
some way. Study this relationship
carefully; then select one of the four
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Answer IN RESTRICT

only for an industrious miner. At
last one of natures great gifts has
been discovered, It's uselessness at
an end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

those who celebrate the men who
once dWelt in them.
Armin Landeck, now in his mid
40s, studied at Columbia Uni
versity. He is an etcher, lithog-
rapher, engraver and painter
affiliated with the National 1nSti-
tute of Arts and Letters, the Ma
tional Academy and the Society of
American Print Makers. He is
represented in such outstanding
collections as those of the Library
of Congress, the New York Public
Library, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York; the Swedish
National Museum and the Kaiser
Friedrich in Berlin and many
others. He has received coveted
awards for his prints.
This exhibition will remain
thro,Ioh October 2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Jones and SiIverstein
Join Law School Faculty

Registration for the fall term
of National University Of Law,
1925 New York avenue NV, will
be held September 10 through
September % with classes COM
mencing on September rs.
The school, which will begin its
81st year, is expecting an enroll
ment of more than 800 students.
Rowland F. Kinks, dean Of the
school, announced the appoint
ment of Francis E. Jones, jr.. for
merly with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, as professor
of law. Mr.. Jones will teach equity
and Federal trade regulations and
personal property and business
associat lions.
A course in Government con-
tracts will be offered this fall, Mr..
Kinks said. This course will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

are mere painters aids, while still
others make drawings as ends in
themselves. To this last group
Duer belonged. in the opinion Of
the author. The emphasis in this
monograph is on Durer's tech
inques, and on his work as illus
trative Of the development Of his
career. The plates were made and
the printing done in Switzerland
F. S. B.
JAN vERMEER OF DELFT. BY Frithjo
van Thienen. Harper's Art Library
The author of this monograph
professor at the State Academy Of
Arts, Amsterdam. is obviously 6
man Of integrity, as we'll as 6
scholar. He reconstructs the lif,
Of Vermeer solely from meager ex
listing records. He admits the au.
thenticity of only SO works (omit.
ting two Of the five at our Nationa
Gallery. What he does with the
modest residue of his material /!
plausible and convincing, and pre-.
sented with no little charm. The
book has IS illustrations, nine ir
colors.-F. s. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Books About Art Reviewed

THE LANGUAGE OF DRAWING ANE
PAINTING. BY Arthur Pope. Harvard
University Press; So
Before we can appreciate what
a foreign language expresses we
must learn the language. This
book is a key to the Languages"
of drawing and painting. the aim
of which is to enable the reader
to understand specific works in
them, no matter how varied. 1t
comprises a theory of color and
of visual relationships propounded
by the author. professor of fine
arts at Harvard, who has revised
extended and rearranged the ma
terial of two of his earlier books
published 18 to 20 years ago.
This is not a book for a dilet-
tante, but for the serious student
critic, artist and cultivated lay
man. truly interested in clarifying
their ideas. Differences between
various factors will probably seem
so subtle to most readers. however
earnest and informed. that despite
the authors lucid treatment, they
will have to give the book alert
attention. A wandering mind here
will court chaos.
About a quarter Of the text is
devoted to analysis of master
works represented in IS half tone
plates, reproducing paintings
drawings, prints, sculpture and
moSsics.-F. S. B.
ALBRIGHT DURER DRAWINGS AMI
WATER COLORS. Introduction by Ed
mund Schilling. Harper's Art Library;
$2.50)
Some masters drawings are
means to an end: others drawings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Nine. ReuchIin Paintings Shown
Under Ambassadors Patronage
By Florence S. Berrymon

many exhibitions here. 1t has
continuing charm. This Wiscon-
sin-born artist has made New
York City roofscapes and kindred
themes his very own. and renders
them with such exquisite precision
and careful perspective, that he
reveals beauty in common places
where most people would not look
for it.
Mr.. Landeck's presentations OF
rectangular buildings, chimney
pots, water towers. railroad sid
ings, old stoves, ETC., are done IN
sharp focus realism, and mathe-
NAUTICAL precision that gives them
an abstract flavor.
Furthermore, these scenes are
seldom inhabited. They remind
one of an artists description OF
the white emptiness of Sunday
afternoon"
People in Some Works.
One knows that on weekdays.
Mr. Landeck's office buildings and
warehouses are teeming with in
dustrious people; that under his
monlit empty rooftops, thou
sands are sleeping: that some one
has recently descended that va
cant stairway. Infrequently, he
allows a human being to enter the
scene, and the observer will notice
that the artist can draw homo
sapiens just as competently as he
depicts his habitations.
Mr.. Landeck's architectural in
tereSts are contemporary. The
buildings he portrays do not in
spire campaigns by associations
for the preservation of historic
monuments. No one would shed
tears if a demolition crew arrived
tomorrow and pulled down these
unitarian structures. Mr.. Lam
decks prints may be regarded at
some future time as important
documents of characteristic set
tings in which we live now.
In the current group Of 26
prints, there are two exceptions
to the contemporary emphasis.
aquatints of the Tom Paine and
Edgar Allen Poe houses. Both
are novels which appear ready to
collapse at the first gust of wind;
in fact, they are reproaches to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Current Exhibitions

NAIlUNAL GALLEhf Of AhI. Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
Gulbenkian collection Of Egyptian
sculpture and French 18th century
art Gallatin Beauest.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. National Col
lection of Fine Arts, Constitution
esnnu ea and Tenth shd oS
Thayer centennial exhibition,
through December Exhibition by
Henriette Renchlin.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. Division
of Graphic Arts. Independence ave-
nue. and Tenth street-Prints by
Aruni Landeck, through October 3.
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
entail and Far Eastern arts. Paint.
ings and etchings by Whistler end
other, American artists; chansinE
hibition. through December.
CORCoRAN GALLERY OF ART, Sew
paintings and sculpture and the
W. A. Clark collection. American
water colors and drawings. Exhi-
t pit,0ns By s.nt kainsn and smith,
1900 twenty first street-Paint-
paintings from the collection.
ARTS CLUB, o017 ! street-Mem
bers' show, through September.
DUMBARTON OAKS, COLLECTION,
1908 Thirty second greet NV.
Byzantine Art
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and x
streets N. W-EXhibiIlon by Mary
Eta Sharpe
WHITE GALLERY, 1913 Connecti-
cut avenue N.W-Exhioition by
Jack Berkman, opening Tuesday.
ALFRED FOWLER PRINT GALLERY,
IVA Connecticut avenue Nv
Engravings by Stanley Anderson.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. East Capt.
toll and First streets-Goethe Me-
mortal exhibition, through septem-
beI=J5.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY GALLERY
OF ART, Sixth street and Howard
place N.W.-Student show.
PLAYHOUSE THEATER GALLERY,
727 Fifteenth street N.W-"Por-
tugal," by Ferry and Clayton.
SILVER SPRING ART GALLERY.
9216 Flower avenue, Silver Spring,
| Md.-Artist Co-ooeratlve Group
through the summer.
STUDIO GROUP. Hilyer court
Group show, Saturdays 10-4:30;
Sundays, 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Armin Londeck Exhibition
Opens at Smithsonian

An admirable exhibition opened
since Labor Day is that of Armin
Landeck's superb etchings. dry
points and engravings in the Divi-
sion of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian
building.
He is no stranger to Washing
ton: his work has been shown in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

JOHN ". DREW
WRUN-Utica -Rome-N. Z.
"It is diicuit to measure the
value derived from NAOb.
Factors that contributed 70
my radio career were the
literature made available TO
me, use OF proper facilities
studios, classrooms, equip
.ment, competent instructors,
presentation of 15-n1inute
scripts, produced, directed
and played by.>students, ana
most important, the purpose
for which I think the school
stands-good clean, Amer
lean Radio"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Arts Institute Adds
Some New Glasses

The Institute of Contemporary,
Arts is beginning its second year
of teaching students in Washing,
ton that to learn by doing is per-
haps the most satisfying way Of
educating oneself in the arts.
Located at 1922 New York ave-
nue. NV, the institute holds day
and evening classes In music,
poetry, fiction. essay, design.
architecture, sculpture. painting.
photography. pottery, drama.
dance, theater and film. AL
classes are conducted on q work.
shop basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

group shows such as the Wash
ington Water Color Clubs an
nual. in which she received third
prize last year. She has had three
solo shows, and currently has one
in Wolfeboro, N. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

given by Julius Silverstein, an at
torney with the General Services,
Administration. Mr.. Silverstein
is chairman of the Federal Stand-A
ard Contract Committee and coun- 1.
sci to the Advisory Committee on
Procurement Policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Old Buildings Are Glorified
In Mrs. Shorpe's PAINTINGS

Mary Eta Sharpe, who loves
buildings of century ago and
earlier, is showing more than 20
works, mostly water colors, at the
Central Public Library through
September.
Certainly Alexandria offers a
sympathetic setting for one with
Mrs. Shapes architectural tastes,
and her paintings of stately old
houses, although they do not con-
stitute more than a quarter OF
her exhibition, are the best works
in it. She has also essayed 'harbor
and wharf scenes. rainy days.
flower studies, landscapes and
other types Of subject. l''"
She has been active in Wash
ington area art organizations in
the last few years exhibiting in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-11-24

calendar-it's an American institu-
ton as American as apple pie and
hot dogs-the rest of the world just
doesn't understand it--a rare com
bination of good living, sentiment
and thankfulness-inex inter
twined with turkeys and cranberries
all permeated with that flavor of
old New England where the high
spot of the day is still spoken of as
the Thanksgiving feast-it's down
right disrespectful, or something
still worse, to call it dinner as we
Middle Westerners do ]. it has
always been something distinctive
and different ever since the old Pill
grim fathers shouldered whatever
they used for Winchesters and start
ed Americas first hunting season =.
giving succeeding generations an ex-
ample of resourcefulness and thrift
and be thankful that you are
living in land like this whose
founders held no price too great to
pay for liberty-and remember that
many of the liberties for which we
forget to be thankful would be es-
teemed as priceless by other peoples
who do not have them and
some of the boys will be shouldering
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-11-24

Once arrived, she enjoyed a little
midnight snack consisting of loo
pounds of potatoes, % pounds of
onions, 20 loaves of bread, 10 pounds
of pancake flour, eight candy bars
and box of shredded wheat. She
was finally discovered trying to open
a pound can of tobacco which she
likes.
1t was a gay Thanksgiving ball
where gathered Bluffton's elite 72
years ago, as was announced by a
program yellow with age which
came to our desk the ~other day
The date was Thursday evening,
November 20, 1877, and the place
Cramer' hall on the second floor of
what is now the Grove factory build
ing on North Main street.
It was really one of the gala af-
fairs of the winter season with
merrymakers coming from surround
towns as was indicated by the COM
mittee on invitation including Jacob
Fleek of Findlay; Leroy Woods of
Rawson; John Bentley, Ada; Harry
Boyer, Col. Grove; Leonard Ward,
Beaverdam, Wes Reader, West Cairo
and Sam Foltz Ottawa. Each men,
Der of the committee was responsible
for bringing a crowd from his re-
spective locality.
Dancing started early-it had to,
with "a numbers on the program
with an intermission we'll toward
midnight for supper at Buttons
nearby National hotel-later the
American House. Oldtime dances,
now all but forgotten, but popular
in those days included the quadrille,
schottische, varsouvienne, opera reel,
mazurka, freman's dance, monnie
musk and polka.
Music was furnished by Ed and
Luke Myers, oldtime fiddlers and
floor managers were Hi Waltz, w.
H. Rockwell, A. J. Young, John
Bentley and Dave Franks.
Cramer's hall, where the affair
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-11-24

was held was the opera house in
the early days, transformed into a
ballroom by stacking the benches on
the stage and around the walls. In
stead of sloping floor to give those
IN the rear of the hall view of
the stage when being used as an
opera house, the benches were of
graduated keights-each row being
higher than the one in front. The
back row benches were so high from
the floor that it required consider
able agility to vault up to the seats.