Evening star., 1950-06-04
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1SSN NA AAG G0 NkE1EN--
Teens will be barely out Of school
when they'll be searching for
something to do. Three girls in
Baltimore decided to capitalize on
this fact with summer book talks
for the benefit Of their favorite
charity. First they solicited mem
bership in q summer book club at
50 q teen and used this capital to
buy q few new books from o list
approved by the city librarian.
The girls plan to meet each week
at each others homes and ex-
change books. The hostess will
serve refreshments and the teens
will have q lazy. happy time dis
cuSsing what they've read. One
or two teens will be chosen to re-
port on new books. and as the
membership grows the teens can
add more current numbers. Two
or three times during the summer
the teens plan to invite the public
to hear an author or book author
ity discuss the book Of the mo-
ment. Tickets at a nominal fee
should bring parents and friends
to applaud the work Of this enter
prising book group. Such q plan
could be worked out by teens in
any community to make this Q
stimulating. pleasant summer.
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ST. IVES TALE-Remember
the nursery rhyme about the
wives with all the cats and kits?
Mac thought Of this when his two
black cats presented him with
eight kittens. Too many teens
are presented with this problem
whether puppies or kitties-and
too often Dad carts them to the
vets. while you choke back your
emotions. 1t takes a little effort.
Of course, but the best give-away
prospects are the 5. 6. 7 and 8
year oldS in your town. Mac has
decided to visit the kindergarten
and first grades with mimeo-
graphed sheets saying. do you
want sweet baby kitten? Then
ask your mother or father to sign
this paper and I will bring you
one" Mac says he will leave a
space marked name. address and
telephone number-and he hopes
to find a ready public. It's no
good giving a kitty or puppy to a
small child whose parents will re-
ject the pet.
FASCINATING TOY-The gy-
roscope has been an object Of our
startled wonder in physics class.
Now it's produced in miniature
for the benefit Of Teens and pre-
Teens. A lot of fascination for q
dollar. and your department store
will have 1t.
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RING OUT THE OLD-Rings
are ruined in school labs. in kodak
friends dark-rooms. but most Of
ten rings are lost in high schools
by exchanges or loans. Jewelry
of all types disappears forever
from rightful owners, when school
closes. One high school student
body has inaugurated Give 1t
Back Day" at the end Of the year
"a wonderful thought. for you
remember specifically to bring to
school anything and everything
which has been borrowed. Um-
brellas, books-even automobile
tires have been retrieved on this
day.
NOTEBOOKS-The years end
brings the mad scramble to finish
notebooks. Happy is he or she
who can type the scrambled bits
of lecture and lab notes and the
scrawling field-trip data. Make q
note: Earn that typewriter this
summer! A secondhand port
able isn't too expensive. and II
you laboriously type letters to
friends, but faithfully using the
correct hand-position on the keys.
you will have a workable prof.
cheney next fall. A beginners
tipping book will show you exactly
which fingers to place on which
letters.
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TALL TEEN-The tall girl
simply isn't taken into considera-
ton by the dress manufacturers
except for a few speciality lines.
The only thing the tall Teen can
do is to buy q dress q size or so
larger, then take In the waist and
side seams, and let down the hem.
It's such q lot of troublel Even
with shorter skirts acceptable
they're entirely too short on
tallies. It's almost simpler to make
the whole dress and have 1t really
At. Definitely, then, the tall girl
should learn to sew. and she can be
more perfectly gowned than all
others.