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Evening star., 1949-02-20
Doll Hospital Fixes
Old Playthings
Prize Contribution
By Ruth Edna Person, 10
Tokome. D. c., School

One day our grandmother gave
us some queer-looking bundles.
When we opened them, there were
some pieces Of jointed. china
headed dolls belonging to our
mother. We heard about doll
hospital where they fix old dolls.
One doll needed new head.
new fingers and new eyes and wig.
The other needed q new wig and
a new hand. They both needed to
be restrung.
After about three weeks we
went to get them. They were
strung so tight they would stand
up.
We named them Betsy and
Shirley.
Then we started to make them
clothes. Now they sit on our beds.
Mine has a yellow organdy and
white dotted-Swiss dress and my
sisters has a pretty print and
muslin dress. What stories they
would tell if they could talk OF
the days when they were common
and baby dolls had just been in
vented! Wouldn't it be fun to
hear them? In those days all
stood up. They were all young
ladieSi
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Glass to Discuss
Low Key Photography

The basic portrait class Of the
National Photographic Society
will meet tomorrow night at the
home of Lee Harris, 212 Whittier
street NV, at 8 o'clock. to hear a
discussion of Low Key Photo
graphy" by Harold L. Sampson
Emphasis will be placed on Sub
jects and Lighting" and there will
be a demonstration on posing and
lighting with each student taking
two exposures.
Members of the advanced por-
trait class will convene at 8 O'Clock
in the evening at the home Of DR.
Sidney S. Jaffe. GOT Dorset avenue
Somerset, Md. for continuation
of Character. Studies" P. F
ambert, president Of the society
will be in charge OF the session.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

SORROWTOWN-A rec n =
structed New England village
forming part Of the Eastern States
EXPOSITION at West Springfield,
Mass. This photograph was made
by William Keogh, a member OF
the National Photograph Society,
on December "a. 1948, on a plus
x film through a K2 filter. Print
on portrait proof paper toned with
thiccarbamide gold. Lens aper-
ture not indicated.
PRINT ANALYSIS-This print
was exhibited at the January
meeting of the National Photo
graphic Society and was COM
mented on by several members.
The collective criticisms may be
summarized thus: Print quality
excellent, tone pleasing, exposure
and development of film practi-
cally perfect. Obviously the beau
tiful colonial church is the center
of interest, fact that is accen-
tuated by the lighting Of the
church and the background OF
sunlit cumulus clouds. The dom
nance of the church is further
emphasized by the prolonged eX-
posure burning in) of the upper
corners and top of the print; this
appears to be overdone, especially
on the left; consequently it Is too
obvious.
Evidently it was Mr.. Keogh's
intention to show the church in
its village environment. AS a rec
ord or documentary photograph
it is excellent. However, it is be-
lieved that from the pictorial
standpoint q part is greater than
the whole. The very dark tones
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Safety Circus Talks
Bv Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, direc-
tor of The Stars school safety
program and former chief OF the
Metropolitan Police Departments
Detective Bureau, is giving a series
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 schools:
Monday. IL am. Wheatley. wednesday,
IL am, Blair and Madison (at stuart,
Thursday, 2 pm, Kingsman. Friday, IL.
q m KenilWorth,
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Cave Explorers Plan
Salon Here in April

The Second Annual Photographic
Salon of the National Sociological
Society will be held here in April,
it was announced by E. Earl Porter
Of the Salon Committee. The
pictures of caves. underground
formations and caving activities
will be held in conjunction with
the sixth annual convention Of the
society. Although only members
will be eligible to receive awards,
nonmembers are invited to submit
prints to the Salon Committee for
consideration as entries for the
exhibit, scheduled to be hung at
the Smithsonian Institution in
May.
Photographs submitted must
show some phase Of caving activ-
tiles. showing a cave scene' or
recognizable appurtenances of
speleology. Prints must be 8xl0
inches or larger mounted on 16x20
salon mounts and carry only the
name of the maker and title of
the pri1t on the face of the mount.
On the back of the mount. the
name of entrant and address, loca-
ton of subject matter and data
of interest, type Of camera. film.
exposure, paper and degree of
enlargement should appear.
An entry fee of Is cents per
print to a maximum Of 81 for four
or more prints must accompany
the entries. All prints must be
shipped prepaid and must be in
the hands of the Salon Committee
by March /. Entries may be ad-
dressed to e. Earl Porter, 807
South Barton street, Arlington,
Va. or to the National Speleolog-
ical Society. $40 Star Building
Washington 4. D. c.
BY next April. the First Annual
Salon will have been exhibited in
10 cities and universities. both in
this country and in Mexico. and
at the New York Sportsmen' S
Show.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Camera Angles -
Photography in Crime Detection
ton relies+ By Alexander J. Wedderburn Itrating r

'trating rays Of infrared. It may
be discovered that original writing
on the paper was obliterated and
a subsequent text placed above a
signature to the first writing. And
invisible dyes and inks that will
not react to infrared will readily
huoresce and become visible
through the use of ultraviolet
rays.
X-Ray Plays a Part.
Even the common X-ray plays
its part in crime detection. Not
long ago customs agents were
tipped off that certain individual
would attempt to smuggle a par
ticularly valuable precious stone
into the country. The suspect was
politely interviewed when his ship
docked but failed to declare the
item in question. A thorough in
vestigation of his luggage revealed
nothing of value. A particular
close search Of his person was like
wise fruitless. Then an alert in
vestigator suggested an x-ray, and
there, tucked away in, his. "tum-
my" was the gem.
Movies are used where a person
is to be accused of drunken driv-
ing, he is usually photographed
with a 16-mm. camera as he tries
to walk a straight line or perform
other standard sobriety tests
Then, when he is known to be
entirely sober, he is again photo
graphed performing the same
tests.
Color photography also has its
niche in the anticrime laboratory.
1t is particularly useful when
pictures made during an autopsy
are made. It likewise is used to
show wounds and scars inflicted
during the commission Of crime
much more effectively than would
black and white film.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Cash Prizes offered
For Work of Young
WriterS and 4 rtists

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 under
Write on one side of paper (dou-
BILE space If you type). and put
your name, age. address and tele.
phone number In the upper left.
hand corner. Draw with black
India ink on white paper. and dc
not roll or fold. Contributions
cannot be returned.
The editor reserves the right tc
publish any contribution in what.
ever form he thinks best. regard
less Of whether it is awarded q
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 4,
d, c.,
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Modern crime detection reliest

Modern crime detection relies
heavily on the camera and photo
graphic procedures that are nor
mally devoted to more pleasant
purposes. Scarcely a year goes by
without some new application of
photography to the scientific study
and investigation of crime and
criminals. A generation ago the
criminal had little to worry about
from the photographer unless he
left his flngerprints behind or was
caught and "mugged." But now
adays the scientist-dectective with
his large outlay of specialized
cameras and gadgets, hot on the
trail, has supplanted the blood
hound-and usually gets his man.
Photographic Identification in
criminology falls into two general
categories-the Identification OF
persons, and the Identification OF
objects through comparison. When
a prisoner is hauled away to the
"pokey," he is flngerprinted and
photographed. Some law enforce
ment agencies still use the view
camera and divider to shoot the
full face and profile on one sheet
of film. But others use identlf1-
cation cameras made especially
for the purpose. This is usually a
magazine 35-mm. instrument
mounted between two fixed lights.
The front view is made to show
the general appearance of the sub
ject and the profile shot reveals
the contours of the face. In addi-
ton, some agencies take a full
length picture against height
scale that shows body proportions,
posture, and other characteristics
that may be helpful to officers who
may be seeking the subject at
some later date. Orthochromatlc
film is preferred as it emphasizes
lines. wrinkles, scars. etc. that do
not show up so well on pan film.
The Photographing Team.
AS a rule, however, this pro-
cedure is one of the last steps in
the game. First our man must
be caught and, as often as not,
the camera will be his downfall.
AS soon as crime has been dis
covered the police team goes to
work. One of its members will
be a fingerprint man who is also
a Photographic specialist. After
a print has been located our man
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Engineers to Seat
Officers for 1040

The Society of Photographic En-.
gineers will hold its annual ban.
quet tomorrow evening to install
new officers for 1949. The new
president is Wizard Jones, chief
Of the Signal Corps pictorial Sec
ton; vice president in charge o1
programs is Robert Lefebvre ano
vice president for memberships
is William Nagel. Keith Lewis
and John Peacock were reelected
treasurer and secretary. respec-
lively. The banquet will be held
at 1870 o'clock at Hotel 2400.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
The Monthly Print Clinic

on the left. including the over
printed sky and the gambrel-
rooted cottage, detract attention
from the point Of interest, which,
incidentally is too central for the
most pleasing effect.
The following rearrangements
are suggested: l. Crop the print
in the manner indicated, thus
making a. vertical instead of a
horizontal composition: the cloud
values then become more authen-
tic. The foreground could be i'm
proved by a graduated darkening
to give a firmer base to the pic
ture. 2. AS an alternative, crop
only the left side of the print,
thus leaving the buildings on the
right; also crop the sky near the
crests Of the cumulus clouds and
small strip of the foreground: !:
this would effect more pleasing
proportions as q horizontal
picture.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
By Alexander
curster Of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution

goes to work. Fingerprints are
seldom placed by a thoughtful
burglar on a background that will
make them stand out in sufficient
contrast for Photographic pur-
poses. If the background is dark
a light busting powder is used on
the print to make it stand out
sharp and clear. Should the
background be light dark
powder is used.
After the print has been pre-
pared the expert gets out. his
specially designed flngerprint cam
Iera. This looks somewhat like
one of the old box cameras that
were in use many years ago. But
it's really the latest thing on the
market. The camera has Q re-
cessed lens of fixed focus so that
the camera itself may be placed
flush against the surface on which
| the fingerprint is found. Within
the camera box itself are the bat
terry powered lights that make 1t
possible for the user to take his
pictures at any time. day or night.
In addition to the fingerprints,
the camera detective will also
take other pictures that may be
of considerable value later on at
the trial. General views at the
scene of a crime will provide in
controvertible evidence as to the
positions of certain objects in the
scene. Closeups will provide q
clinching argument regarding the
position and condition Of subject
matter.
$Photographs made at the scene
of a crime are often Of great
value when trial is held months
after the commission Of the Of
fenSe.
Photography is also the tool Of
the ballistics expert whose job it
is to prove that a certain bullet
or shell was or was not fired from
a particular f1rearm. When a
bullet, cartridge case, or shell, is
found at the scene of a crime it
is carefully compared under a
microscope with similar objects
whose ownership is attributed to
a suspected person. Rif1ing marks
from the barrel of a gun or firing
pin marks will be found to be
identical on two bullets fired from
the same weapon.
Forgeries or eraSures and other
alterations to wills, checks, stamps,
documents. ETC.. are detected by
means of infrared and ultra
violet photography. Many a
forged document has been dis
covered by means of jnfrared.
A sheet of white paper that is
opaque to the unaided eye may
look vastly different when viewed
and photographed by the pene-
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Window on the Sea, by Ellis
worth Newcomb (E. P. Dutton &
Co.; $2.5O.-The adventures and
tangled romantic web in which
Joan Andrews. a Navy captains
daughter, finds herself involved
provides the suspense which the
girl reader should find entertain
ing.
Jean Craig Grows Up. by Kay
Lyttelton (World: so cents An
other story of Jean Craig. whose
courage surmounted all obstacles
when she and her family met
financial hardships.
ACup of Courage, by Nina Lew
iton mckay; $2.5O.-Another OF
the youth Today Series" the au-
thor has presented a problem
parent" novel dealing with the
problems of a young girl whose
father is an alcoholic.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Movie Club to See
February Entries

For contest entries will be fea-
tured at the meeting of the Wash
ington Society Of Amateur Cine
photographers tomorrow night at
8 o'clock at the Review and Herald
Publishing House. Eastern avenue
at Willow street, Takoma Park
They are: George Brewster's Arc
tic Glimpses," Betty Mackrill's
"A Child's Garden" HaZelle John
sons 1.-TWO Gardens in Pennsyl-
vania" and Don Sutherland's "Ad-
ventures in Birding"
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Brazilian Inventor Did Much
To Advance Flying Science

he found that he could turn right
or left at will. After he had risen
to q height Of more than 1870
feet, the long. pointed bag began
to fold in the middle, like a pocket
knife. Gas escaped. and the craft
sank lower and lower.
On the field below. several boys
were flying kites. When Santos
Dumont caught sight Of them. an
idea flashed through his mind.
Catch hold Of the guide rope!"
he shouted. Then run against the
wind!"
The boys seized the long rope
which hung down from the air.
ship and ran with all their might.
This eased the fall and Santos
Dumont came safely to earth.
AS the years passed Santos
Dumont carried out many other
tests with airships. In 1901,
aboard his fifth motor-balloon.
he made a trip around Eiffel
Tower. flying above the heart Of
Paris. After while the motor
stopped working. He made q
forced landing in chestnut tree.
Tested AirplaneS.
Turning from airships, Santos
Dumont began to make tests
with heavier -than-air flying ma
chimes. In 1906 he flew an air.
plane 730 feet in 81 seconds.
Perhaps his most interesting
airplane was one called the De-
moiselle." This was a tiny mono
plane. hardly 20 feet from wingtip
to wingtip. 1t weighed only 50
pounds.
On a September day in 1909
Santos-Dumont boarded the De-
moiselle and flew from the village
OF st. Cyr in France to Buc. The
distance covered was 4A miles
and the flight was made in 8
minutes.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Judging Scheduled

A meeting of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Camera Club will
take place Tuesday at 8 pm. at
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Recre-
alton Center. A monochrome print
competition will be held. Winner
of the first-place award at the last
meeting was Ruth Lockwood with
a portrait shot. Hamilton H.
Poole was second and Miss Lock-
wood was third.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Moods
Prize Contribution :
By Jeonne Rembert

Mentsemsry Blair High School
Sometimes am an artist
And create new rainbow hues
To paint the stars in colors
And blend in different blues.
I join the busy spiders
AS their lacy strings are woven
For sometimes I must tune thei
webs
To play Bach and Beethoven
Safety First
Prize Contribution
By Mary Ann Lone, IA,
St. Stephens School
+. Some say it's smart to cross
When the light Is red.
But who knows? In a minute
You may be dead.
My advice to you.
If you are late:
Just another minute
Is all you have to wait.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

In the year 1898. . young mar
from Brazil was making Paris
take notice. His name was San
tos-Dumont. and he had issued 9
public statement that he was
going to try to rise in the ali
aboard . motor balloon" This
balloon was a kind Of airshir
which, he believed, could be
steered.
After spending a part of his
boyhood on a coffee plantation in
Brazil, Alberto Santos-Dumont
had crossed the Atlantic to at
tend . French school. Later, he
had turned from his studios and
had started making things.
Motorcycles, automobiles and
balloons were among the objects
which came from his workshops
At the age Of only Is, he had pre-
pared the airship. 1t was bag 81
feet long and II feet thick. with
a basket hanging below 1t to hold
the pilot and the motor. The
motor turned a two-blade pro-
peller.
The airship Of Santos-Dumont
was by no means the first to dare
the sky. Other men had worked
on power driven balloons, and
some had won a measure Of sue
cess. There had been trouble,
however, in regard to the power
Steam engines and electric motors
had failed to give all that had
been hoped from them.
Rose in Air.
In the presence Of a large
crowd. Santos-Dumont stepped
into the basket. Soon he was ris-
ing in the air, thanks to the lift
of the gas-filled bag. In a few
minutes he started his gasoline
motor and set the propeller going
BY moving a rudder. made Of silk
stretched over metal framework
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Just Between
Yourselves .
-By Phiiip n. Love

a.
her parents was q wrist watch.
It made her 50 happy that she
cried.
She'd had the watch only few
weeks. however. when she lost it.
She had accompanied her mother
downtown to pick up her father.
She was wearing the watch when
she got into the automobile; when
she returned home, it was miss
ing.
II must have lost It," she told
her father, when you got into
the car. I stepped out Of the
front seat and into the back. The
bracelet must have caught on the
door handle"
Father, mother and daughter
drove back downtown and searched
the street where Elizabeth had
changed seats. The policeman on
the beat joined in the search.
Somebody must have found 1t, "
the officer said. otherwise. 1t
would still be here. If a car had
run over it, you'd find some Of
the pieces, at least"
Elizabeth cried again.
Every day for a week. Eliza
beth's father advertised in the
Lost and Found" column of The
Star. Graduation gift" the ad-
vertisment began. in an effort to
touch the heart of the finder, and
it ended with a promise of re-
ward. But there was no response.
The police were given the
watch's serial number. If the
person who found it sells it to q
secondhand dealer in the Dis
trict," Elizabeth's father assured
her, "the police will return it to
you" But the police did not re-
cover the watch.
Elizabeth read the Lost and
Found" advertisements every day
not only in The Star, but in the
other local newspapers. Finally
there was an ad that described a
watch of the same make as hers
A telephone call to the woman
who had advertised raised Eliza
beth's hopes.
1T sounds exactly like my
watch" she told her father, "but
it wasn't found where I thought
I'd lost it. The woman said she
picked it up on Thirteenth street
NV. Well, we drove up Thir-
teenth street that night-remem-
ber? Maybe it was on the rum
ningboard and didn't fall of fol
several blocks"
It was a reasonable theory, all
right, so Elizabeth's father went
to see the woman.
All he needed to say was, Eyes
this is it," and the woman would
have given him the watch. 1t was
a good watch, as good as the one
that had been lost, and almost as
new. Here was a chance to re-
trieve the loss. to get another
watch at small cost; simply reim-
burse the woman for the cost OF
the ad and give her a reward,
say $5.
Elizabeth's. father said; "This
is very similar to my daughter &
watch, but it belongs to some one
else. can tell by the bracelet.
hope you find the owner; I know
how unhappy she must be-"
Cleaning the Dunbar High
School auditorium one night. q
janltor, j. L. Smith. found
watch. 1t was a good watch. shiny
with newness, and he turned it IN
to the principals Office. The father
Of the student who had lost 1t
gave him a reward.
Mr.. Smith has been a janitor at
the colored high school for about
seven years. Alma Hughes
member of the typewriting stan
of the Dunbar News Reel. who re-
ported the incident, quoted him as
saying:
IT try to be as honest as I can. /"
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Hessler Is Speaker

Leo Hessler, portrait photog-
rapher will be the principal speak
er at a meeting of the Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Camera
Club tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock. The group will meet in
the fifth-foor auditorium of the
Mather Building, GIG G street
INV
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Animals on My. Block
Prize Contribution
By Jocaueline Lee Henderson,

Prize Contribution
By Jocqueline Lee Henderson. 3
Emery School
There are nine dogs, two cats
and parrot that live on my block.
Blonde is the prettiest. She Is
Ia cocker spaniel. golden color
Just a puppy. She comes through
the fence into my yard looking
for bones. In the big white house
there are two bulldogs. They
stay in their own yard and bark
and growl at me. Next door are
three little dogs. all black and
white. They come and lick my
hand when I reach through the
fence. In back there lives q little
brown puppy. He just moved
there and haven't yet learned
his name.
skippy is O little black and tan
dog who belongs to q boy named
Billy. Skippy follows Billy every"
where.
A little girl named Nancy has
q pretty black spaniel puppy.
Two Of the cats on the block
wear collars with bells. 50 that
birds can hear them coming and
fly away.
/. The parrot does not talk. He
is green, with q long. red tail. He
| sits on his perch and watches
every one who comes into the
house.
Evening star., 1949-02-20
Foto.Craft Club

The Foto-Craft Club Of the
Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A. will
meet Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
for the monthly print competition.
The group will convene in the
auditorium of the "Y." 1916
Twelfth street NV.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

The Neanderthal man of nearly
a million years ago had q brain
no smaller than one borne by
man today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

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