Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 58

F—6 CHILDREN'S PAGE. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 1, 1937—PART FOUR. CHILDREN 'S PAGE. August Contest for Young Residents of Capital Area Opens Today Letter Writing Prizes Offer QOal ir_l_ Contest Hobbies and Money-Making Are Subjects in| Which Readers Should Find Good Mate- rial for Stories and Experience Tales. OW can I make some extra One way to get some week in The Star's Augu: it to the Editor of the Chi spending money? in a hurry is to enter a letter this st letter-writing contest, addressing Idren’s Page There are cash prizes—three of: them. We are offering $3 for the best letter, $2 for the letter taking second place and $1 for the letter chosen for third place. subjects to write on this week Hobbies” and “How I Make Extra Spending Money.” Select whichever you prefer. The contest opens tomor- row and all letters submitted on these two topics must be in The Star office not later than Friday of this week. The winning letters will be published on this page Sunday, August 15. Nearly everybody has a hobby and inly every boy or girl enjoys the ill of earning money that isn't an allowance. So get out a pencil and paper (or a typewriter if you are so fortunate as to own and know how to run one) and go out in a cool spot in the garden this afternoon and tell other young people about it. Per- haps you will give them excellent ideas, but in any case you will share your pleasure with them, AS FOR points to be taken into con- sideration in selecting the best letters, the judges. I imagine, will look for several things. If a hobby, for instance, or your way of making money | 1, it will probably give | is very unus your letter a high rating Then, it will be important to have your letter neatly written. Use only one side of the paper and write as clearly as you can Your style in writing will count, too, but by that I don’t mean you have to use great big words. Just write as clearly and entertainingly as you can—as if you were telling your story to some one as concisely as possible. Since this contest is designed encourage letter Writing among young readers of this page, ants over 18 years of age barred. So in writing your , Dlease state your age to the will letter, name and address letter, 1g on “Hobbies,” it is not necessary to describe your own. Per- vou know of some other boy girl who is engaged in an interesting cccupation just for the fun of it Your letter will be a good way to pass the idea on. JJOBBIES are numerous. of course and often the mnterests taken up vouth f people into their ¥ ps the common- tamps, leading the be how you in your collec- display it, and add to it, will, other young ge in the same pursuit. fon you may win $3 boys model ai in est Lobb coins and mat field. The way first beca tion, how from what howev lanes ly technical on muniature railway systems— 8 hobby er many grown- ups all over States. I have who make a hobby of r have perfected hem- a degree that their count on them for a com- plete suppiv of Christmas gift hand- kerchiefs. We know of other girls who have learned cookery by being allowed 1o do all the shopping and planning of meals in their homes one day a week. Mother does not come near the kitchen on those days. Some girls are permit- ted to plan and prepare Thursday night supper when the maid is out. Whatever your hobby, why not try your hand at writing about it? And if your hobby is writing, you can tell ebout that, even, The topic of “How I Make My Bpending Money” also offers a variety of possibilities Do you car sell magazines? ) suc a newspaper route or The rules you ob- Cuddles and Tuckie BY FRANCES ROYSTER WILLIAM: Tuckie built a little stand And set it in the shade, And all day long he tried to sell Some pop and lemonade. But business wasn't very good, And so he scratched his head; “If they won't come to us,” he cried, “We'll go to them instead.” He got his wagon out and then He fixed a stand on top And traveled 'round from door to door To sell his soda pop. Miss Cuddles’ lively music brought ‘The people to tle door, And Tuckie did more business than He ever did before. (Copyright, 1937.) ) contest- | be or serve in making these jobs a success will interest many other boys. | J ONCE wrote a story about a boy who caught mice and sold them to a laboratory at $1 each. There are lots of mice, are there? Well, did you ever try to catch a mouse and deliver him some place in good health? Two other local boys run a shoeshine busi- ness during the Summer, canvassing from house to house in the residential area However, these are unusual methods of earning money, and whether you make it running errands for mother, washing dishes, washing the car, cut- | ting the lawn, minding your younger | brothers and sisters or the younger | children next door, why not tell about | it in a letter to The Star? It may mean money in the bank. And remember, letters should be ad- dressed to the editor of the Children’s Page of The Star and don't forget to give your name, age and address. ‘Two new topics will be published on this page next Sunday, to be writ- ten about for the following week. So far, a good many original ideas have come in in answer to requests for them on this page. Helen Drazin, 16, of 535 Irving street northwest, for example, suggests that some time dur- | ing this contest month, boys and girls | be asked to write on their travels, good | citizenship and school. However, the next topics will be named a week from today. If you know of a topic that | You think should be selected, will you | write to the Children's Page Editor? My Most Exciting | Adventure || Boy Is Saved From Rattlesnake by “ Timely Toss. | [LLOYD HAYFORD. 14, of Havmar- ~ ke, Va. reports the following adventure to The Star: “My most exciting moment and | biggest scare was several years ago. when I nearly stepped on a rattl We were walking along a mountain | road and € was on A bank several feet above the Toad level picking some | huckleberries. At that time I had lived the most of my life in the city | and had never seen or heard a rattle- snake. “We were all laughing and walking, when all at once myv mother grabbed children to go back down the road. There had been a big rattler right in | front of me, but I had not recognized the sound of his rattle, which sounded | like dry locust pods, Mother did not dare speak for fear that I would take a step forward and | be struck by the snake, but being thrown across the road without a word | sight of any snake possibly could. had read of people suddenly going mad and thought that my mother had. Not long afterward there was & rattler killed at that very spot with 12 rattles.” The Star will pay $1 for each story it publishes on the subject “My Most Exciting Adventure,” written by a boy or girl reader of the paper. |my arm and threw me clear across [ the road. Sternly she told the other | | of warning scared me worse than the | I| Jackie, Old Gang Comic, Visits Here Stage Experience Is Hope of Youthful Movie Survivor. HAT'S become of the rascals of the original “Our Gang” movie comedies of a dozen and more years ago? Most of the readers of this page are too young to remember them, but thier fathers and mothers, their older brothers and sisters will recall with a chuckle Farina, the saucer-eyed colored elf, with kinky pigtails; Joe, the roly-poly fat boy: Johnny, the ringleader, the good-looking boy filled with mischievous deviltry; Mary, the golden-haired little sweetheart of the gang, and Jackie, lozenge-eyed, and so tousle-haired that he was known as “the boy who combs his hair with an egg beater.” To the movie-goers of 1921-8 it must have seamed that these ca- pricious children of the screen—“Hal | Roach's Rascals” they were cailed— | would never grow up; there was the illusion that they would forever re- main Peter Pan-ish, scampering in their hilarious, childish play from one | trick to another. But their legs grew long, their faces changed and they outgrew their star- dom. Jackie—John Michael Condon—tells | what has become of the “gang.” He has been visiting Bob Hunter, son of Dr. S. A. Dulany Hunter of the Georgetown University Foreign Serv- ice School, and Mrs. Hunter, at their Kenwood, Md., home. Farina, who is a boy, although h(“ | appeared to be a girl in the “Our Gang” comedies, is in high school, but is not out of the movies entirely, having played In a few Joe E. Brown pictures Joe—Joe Cobb—has just graduated from an Oklahoma high school. Mary Kornmann—is married to a wood cameraman and has a baby. Johnny Downs has returned | to acting. He played | lead in “Turn Off the Moon.” | A handsome youth of 19, with wavy | hair, Jackie Condon plans to continue the acting career which he began at | the age of 3. He has been studying | dramatics in junior high school and | high school, and plans to continue | his studies at a school which spe- cializes in this kind of instruction. He | hopes to go on the stage before re- | turning to the screen. Shakespearean roles are his ultimate ambition. While still in the toddling stage, ;Ja(kie. his older brother and sister | were taken by their mother to the Hal | Roach studio in answer to an adver- tisement for child performers. The youngest Condon took direction so well that he was signed up at once, and remained with the “gang” seven vears, making as many as 13 pictures a vear. A private tutor taught the “ras- cals” their three R's in classes at | the studio. When on location, but not actually at work, the children at- tended school in a bus equipped for | classes and study. | During his movie days, Jackie | earned from $50 to $60 a day. His mother invested most of his earnings in property. Property values have de- teriorated, and he is not the rich voungster he once was, but there are ample funds to pay for his education and keep him comfortably. Jackie’s brother Patrick is an un- dergraduate at Georgetown Univer- | sity. His sister is emploved here with the Treasury Department. Holl African Lion Traps. THE natives hunt in Africa with lion traps. They build a stout | inclosure of bamboo and palm, and it is baited with a sheep to draw the | hungry animal. The sheep cry at- tracts the lion, and he enters, a chtch- slip gate falling behind him so that | he is secused. The hunters then erect | a stout net above the gate. They gather about and shout all together to frighten the lion, lifting the gate at the same time. As he rushes out, the net is dropped on him and quickly | | drawn tight. The king of beasts is a | | prisoner. 5 It Wasn’t There. PROF‘F‘SSOR: I forgot my umbrella this morning. Student: How did you remember you forgot it? Professor: Well I missed it when I raised my hand to close it after it had | stopped raining. | 1 ALy 772 i) A R STRONG _boxlike platform, A and securely nailed and braced at the corners, makes a splen- did back-yard play spot, holding either sand or water. Construct the sides of the box with 4-foot lengths of 1 by 6, nailed at each corner, then braced with 12-inch lengths of 1 by 6, which also act as legs. Use smooth boards for the bot tom and brace through the center. These boards should be tight-fitting Sand or Water Makes Box Useful Play Spot constructed of 1-inch lumber. the Juvenile to prevent sand from sifting through the cracks. o, ‘To use the box as a wading pool, & large square of canvas should be spread inside of the box and the cor- ners of the canvas fastened securely to the legs with ropes. Use heavy, water- proof canvas which will not leak when filled with water. s Boxes of this type are easily con- structed and may be moved from place to place without difficulty. An “Our Gang” Comedy Star Grows Up Before and after ing in Washington, is shown, original “Our Gang” comedies. have a reunion 10 years lafer. Jackie Condon, who has just been visit - left, as he appeared in the Right, Jackie and the “gang” Jackie, now 19, has his arms on the shoulders of Farina and Mary Kornmann. The others are Johnny Downs and fat Joe Cobb. Young Maker of Ships John Tillson Prefers to Build His Own Craft for Sailing. John Tillson, 14 years old models he likes to build and sa | cil and pad and wri shown il with one of the boat IRST he made little boats to! float in puddles and bathtubs. and now John Tillson of 2703 P street has a model boat almost as big as himself. | He calls her the Annie Ross, after a | big schooner he once saw in the| Charleston harbor. Five feet three | inches long, she's fast and sails per- | fectly, and John hopes to race her | some day. And she was a lot of trouble to | make, too. But what of it? John would like to know. “There’s so much more fun in mak- | ing your own model sailboats than in buying them,” he stated. “Not that they don't cost much—because they do! The materials are quite ex- pensive. You can buy model boats readymade, of course. But think of the fun you'd miss in not making | them yourself!" BES]DES the Annie Ross, John has another favorite model which is a copy of the famous Marietta, one of the French liners sunk in the World War. This model actually runs by an engine fired in its engine reom with match sticks and coal oil, and has batteries which light up the port- holes brightly. It is 3 feet in length. Lots of time and care go into making the models. The average keel for a good-sized boat takes about ‘8 or 10 pounds of lead for weighting. Erectors are necessary to hold it firm when mainsail and jib are set up. There are fasteners to make for rigging holders—they are similar to button clips of men’s coats—and if the boat is to be sailed careful ma- nipulation ‘of rigging and sails is necessary. fter the boat is done, the sailing has to be studied, t0o,” John recounted. “You study the tides in the pool or wherever you go to sail her. She must ride with the tide, of course, for speed; and you feel which way the wind is blowing to set your sails for it. Every boat has to be adjusted differently be- cause of her weight and other factors. No two are quite the same.” John had experience in sailing at SIT UP! HE other night I went to the across the aisle from me sat a boy of It was a warm evening, and maybe this boy had got himself all tired At any rate, from his position I judged that he must be just about about 13. out doing somethirg or other. ready to give up the ghost. He was slouched away down on the back of his neck, with one knee up in the other leg wandering clear out into the aisle. His shoulders were sluniped down, and his arms hung as though they were made of wet spaghetti. Altogether, he was a sorry-looking sight. Now, I have the greatest sympathy for that poor fellow if he was really as tired as he looked. But as a matter of fact, he probably wasn't tired at all. Instead, I'll bet he's just naturally careless and sloppy about everything. ‘Which is a good tip for all of us—folks can’t help judging us by the way we stand and walk and sit. If years old and in poor health, then want them to think you are young and alive and alert, then sit up and look your age. the Quarantine Station Charleston, when he lived there. He's going to study law when he goes to college, but that won't interfere with | his hobby of model boats. NE of these days, however, he's going back to making tiny models, | only his future craft won't be for bath- tubs—it'll be so small and pliable he can place it inside a glass bottle, just as sailors did in n times. His| grandmother has a nice one and John | explains the mystery of getting the ! boat boat into the slim bottle neck. “You make the hull like any boat, but it's got to be small enough to go through the bottle neck, of course Then the masts and sails are made so they'll fold up, but strings are at- tached to pull them erect once you've got the boat in the bottle. She stands up fullrigged, then. and you just fasten the strings and put in the cork It sounds simple enough, and prob- | ably is to John, considering the many | boats he's made already. But model boat making certainly isn't the easiest | hobby to be found! Oriental Spun bandy.; ANDY blowers in China sell spunl sugar candy on the streets to big- eyed little boys and girls. The candy blower will make your candy in any shape yau ask for. He blows sugar sweets from his pipe formed like ani- mals, birds and to; He balances his Kettle of boiling sugar sirup on a long pole but never spills a drop. Streets in China are gay with “ad- vertising noises” as each vendor an- nounces his coming. Besides calling his wares, each salesman sounds some instryment. The barber hits a brass triangle, the man with dumplings rattles a little wooden mallet, the linen seller beats a small gold drum. And what you hear singing in that little cage on the back of the old man over there is not a canary—it's a pet toy cricket! movies and air and the you want people to think you're 85 sprawl all over your seat. If you Girl’s Book of Vérsés H as I%i_r-dA-Animal Lore By Louise Hartley Wassell. I.am Mr. Robin My nest 1s in the tree, And I uwill sing to you As you sing to me. vn Shirley Cohen, 9 a cunning lttle s for her pen- < a poem about it ttle book she has bound the of her Y time E 3 ol animal or bird she r wes In & neat | pieasure vmes about and a children’s pla mates in the neighborhood. These s were produced under in her yard “and they went over big.” she proudly says. Needless to say, she directs her own cast. the trees Making scrapbooks is one of Eve- lyn’s hobbies. She has two filled with the important events of her life from about 3 years up to date. These books contain many pictures which Evelyn has touched up most artistically with water colors and crayons, displaying an eye for the artistic. Included in the scrapbook are pic- tures of her in children’s plays. At 3 years she was Miss Muf- feti in the piay of the same name and her last role was the part of a boy “It was a beautiful piece of work,” her friends say, “and would have done credit to a child twice her age.” 1yn has taken part in 34 plays to date. With her mother, Mrs. Rose Robin- son Cohen, Evelyn will leave soon for & Western trip. After a visit to her grandparents in Oklahoma and friends in Texas they plan to go to Holly- wood and, perhaps, may investigate what the boys and girls in Califor- nia are doing about the production EVELYN SHIRLEY COHEN, 9-year-old, costumed for the part of Tyl-Tyl in Maeter- linck's “‘Blue Bird.” and direction of chil | Evelyn wants to be a | when she grows up. ren’s plays, for ector of plays For the Puzzle Fans ke HIS week’s cross-word puzzle is contained in a war helmet such as the ancient Greeks used to wear, Some of the words are rather difficult—but we hope they won't be “all Greek” to you! The definitions: HORIZONTAL. Bashful. Soldier’s protective covering. Protects. . Greek letter, 10. Dined. A warning sign. . Egg-shaped. Heights (abbr.). . Part of verb “to be." . Father. . Tantalum (abbr.). . To shut in. . The sun god. . Like. 1. 3. T VERTICAL. . A metal hat. . Exclamation. . Laughing. . A butter substitute (abbr.). . Road (abbr.). . Result of eddition. . An ancient Grecian community. . Negative. . Exclamation. . Virginia (abbr.. . Discovers. An ancient soldier's weapon. . Part of verb “to be.” 23. Beside. —3— Next comes a word diamond built about the word Grecian. The second line contains & word meaning & part of a circle, the third is affirm, the fifth is to fold or pleat and the sixth is the juice of s tree. Can you form the dismond? [ GRECIAN p 4 A N —g Take a four-letter word meaning rip, add the letter H, and rearrange the letters to form a word for soil Take a four-letter word for fall lower, add the letter G, and rearrange to form a word for rulers. g The names of three famous men of ancient Greece are concealed in this puzzle. Who are they? B Ancient Groeks N Curtail a wood-working machine and get a strip of wood. Behead a kind of dancing and get a fallen tree. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES. 1. Cross-word puzzle solution. (z Al 210 20| a7 S MEOZ] (SIZ2 Ol 7Z V7] 2. The diamond is C, can, comet, eampers, needy, try and 8. 3. POLE — pose — post — pest — test — TENT. HUNT — hint — hist — fist — FISH. 4. Mosquitoes, sunts and fruits. 8. Pork and veal. Story Told Along With Card Trick Magician Presents ‘Cops and Robbers’ as Principals. BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN. CAN remember that when I was & youngster in knee pants, I took the greatest of joy in playing a game which was unofficially entitied “Cops and Robbers.” My playmates and my. self would take sides, and some of us would be the ‘“cops.” while others would take the role of “robbers.’” The effect that I am explaining for you this week reminds me so much of that game I played years ago that I have given it the same name. Effect: The magician removes the four jacks from the top of a deck of cards. He explains that they are to represent four policemen, or “cops.” He also tells his audience that the deck of cards, which may be shuffied before you continue, is to represent a | house to which the four police are called to capture a robber. The performer proceeds to explain that the house has three floors and an attic. In order to catch the criminal, the first jack is removed from the top of the deck, where it has just been placed, and is put in the basement ... the botcom of the deck. The next one is placed on the first floor . . . about a third of the way up. The third one second floor , . . 3 CARDS BACK OF FOURTH W | is placed o1 the | about two thirds of the way up. the last one is left on top . . attic Now the performer tells the au- dience that the policeman in the attic has found the ‘“robber” and to tell the other police of his discovery, he taps on the floor with his nightstick, which the performer imitates by tap- ping on the top of the deck. The magician now proves that the police did really come up to the attic, for he removes the first four top cards . . . and lo and behold . . .- there are the four jacks before one's very eyes! Explanation: The secret of this effect is in the use of tnree extra cards. These cards are placed on top of the four jacks. and then all seven cards are placed on top of the deck. When vou perform the trick, remova the first seven cards and arrange them in your hand as shown in the drawing, with the three unimportant cards bee hind the top jack. unseen by the au- dience. Since the audience doesn't see these three cards, they don't know they are there. Now, after the four jacks (plus the three cards used as gimmicks) are shown to the audience, they are placed on top of the deck. The first card, supposedly a jack. is placed on the i bottom. The next card is placed about | a third of the way up. The third card 1s placed about two-thirds of the way up and the last card is left on the top. You can readily see that the sit- uation is The three unimportant cards are the ones placed in the deck and the four jacks are still on top. You now proceed as described above and reveal this fact to the audience— a startling revelation!!! Blindfolded Donkey. N KOREA every boy has a donkey for his pet This little family beast is also useful: Korean boys drive | him in a circle about a huge round stone on which grain is crushed as the donkey pulls the crusher For fear his pet will get dizzy, the Korean boy blindfolds him with a piece of fine white cloth as he travels patiently round and round. 3 And . the | | TED. SINCE we've moved to the coun- t explained the hostess proud- 1y, raise nearly everything we eat. We even keep our own cow.” “Well.” said the small son of the etting down his glass disgusted- | NOT CONT! Riddles 'HERE seems to be an almost end- less supply of riddles in the world, Here are some we hope you haven't heard before. 1. Why is a lame dog like & school- boy adding 6 and 7—Cleaveland J. Rice, jr. 2. What stars come out in the day- time?—Shirley Blais. 3. What song does every poor man like to sing?—Joe Carrano, jr. 4. What scale will not weigh ar- ticles>—Hazel Walker. 5. One's an ember; two a name, Both make a maid of story fame. —Bettie Durden. ANSWERS. 1. Because he puts down three and carries one. 2. Motion picture stars, 3. “Pennies from Heaven.” 4. A fish scale. 5. Cinderella (cinder Eli Send your riddles to the Riddle Man, in care of this newspaper! If they are good ones, he will print them with your name. Turn to the Comic Section . for HIGHLIGHTS OF HISTORY PUZZLE PAGE IN COLOR WORLD MUSEUM DIORAMAS