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"An Interlude” by William Sergeant Kendall, included in <
the Evans collection now on vietp in the United States National
Museum.
The Art World
Paintings From the William T. Evans
Collection on View at National Museum
By Leila Mechlin.
For the first time in some years a
large section of the William T.
Evans collection of American paint
ings is on view in the National
Museum.
This collection, comprising ap
proximately 150 works by outstand
ing artists, was given to the Nation,
under custody of the Smithsonian
Institution, in 1907, less than a year
after a decree of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia had
legalised the existence of a National
Art Gallery in the city of Washing
ton. Mr. Evans had been collecting
works by America© artists for some
years. In fact, when in 1900 he sold
the. accumulated works that had
gradually filled to overflowing his
home in Montclair, N. J., the prices
brought did much to fix values for
current production in this field.
Some of the works then sold were
bought in by the seller and thus the
nucleus of what was later to become
the National Collection was formed.
From the first a high standard was
established and sustained.
Sought to Aid Others.
Mr. Evans' interest in American
painting went deeper than merely
collecting. From his boyhood he
had been interested in art and de
sirous of becoming an artist. In
fact, he studied architecture and
began its practice when a young
man, but for family and economic
reasons he abandoned, reluctantly,
a professional career for mercantile
business. For many years he was a
member of the firm of Mills St Gibbs,
wholesale dry goods merchants of
New York. “If I cannot paint pic
tures myself,” he was wont to say,
“I can at least help others to do so.”
In 1907 Mr. Evans’ collection had
again overflowed its bounds, cover
ing the walls of his home, and also
the gallery, improvised, in the loft
of his stable. Then it was that he
evolved the plan of making a gift to
the Nation, thereby honoring the
artists and sharing with the world
at large the pleasure he had enjoyed
in collecting.
The otter was made to the late
William H. Holmes, then serving as
director of the National Collection,
and by him communicated to the
head of the Smithsonian Institution,
Charles D. Wa'c°tt. The original
proposition was the gift of about 35
paintings by outstanding artists, but
the number was almost directly
raised to 50, then 86, then 100, and,
finally, to paintings by 100 painters,
some, like Inness and Winslow
Homer, being represented by more
than one work each. Again and
again when an artist exceeded his
earlier *1)est,” Mr. Evans arranged
for withdrawal and replacement.
► While strong in his, likes and dis
likes, Mr. Evans was far from opin
ionated. and freely invited guidance
• and criticism, especially from his
friends among the artists.
Momentous Meeting.
The present writer had the privi
lege of attending the momentous
meeting held, quite informally, in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, be
tween Mr. Evans and Mr. Holmes.
At its conclusion, the former turned
to his wife and said, “Well, what do
you think of our plan?” Mrs. Evans’
response was immediate and direct.
“I think it is fine,” she said, adding,
“but you must remember to give
only your best.” This was the spirit
in which the gift was made and the
collection subsequently built up.
The Evans National Gallery col
lection had its first showing in the
Corcoran Gallery, as gallery space
in the National Museum was not
then available. In 1909 it was trans
ferred to the museum, where it re
mained on view for some time. The
Gellatly collection crowded it out of
three galleries, on acceptance, but
plans for a National Gallery were
then in the wind ar-d the with
drawal of 'j large portion of the
Evans collection was regarded as
merely temporary. Mr. Evans died
in 1918, but through the bequest of
his friend, Henry W. Ranger, the
collection has continued to grow.
Some may wonder why the Evans
collection of American paintings
has not been transferred to the
National Gallery of Art, so gener
ously donated by Mr. Mellon. The
reason is that it could not be taken
as a whole and to snatch from It
its best would be a grave injustice.
There will undoubtedly, from time
to time, be loans from the Evans
collection for the purpose of special
display in the great building across
the Mall, and when the proposed
Smithsonian Gallery is erected it
will be displayed in its entirety.
Already Homer’s masterpiece—
"High Cliff, Coast of Maine”—has,
through loan, found its way into the
company of greatest works over
the-way, and others will certainly
follow.
Immortal Paintings.
It should be remarked, and never
forgotten, that for the most part
the Evans collection was assembled
while the artists represented therein
were living. Time alone gives im
mortality, but among the works
chosen by Mr. Evans were more
than a few to which this distinction
has been assured. Take for ex
ample “The Visit of Nlcodemus to
Christ,” by La Farge; “Sundown,”
by Inness; "The Torrent,” by
Twachtman. In the late 90s mural
painting made great progress in
this country and the American
school of illustration reached its
height. Progress in both these
fields is mirrored by works in this
collection. Especially well is our
American school of landscape paint
ing set before us in its best—and
how astonishingly good that best
is found to be!
It is also quite remarkable how
wide is the representation even in
the third of the whole now on view.
Here are landscapes by the earlier
painters who turned from copying
Nature to its interpretation—Inness
and his contemporaries. Also works
by those who went a step further
and transcribed light and air—the
impressionists who, however, ear
nestly sought for beauty and truth,
men and women of vision and
inspiration.
Then there are in addition many
sided figure painters, working di
versely but in like spirit—Mary
Cassatt, for instance, and Sergeant
Kendall; Alden Weir and Robert
Reid. There is no sameness—each
has something to say and says it
well. Then there are the marine
painters—after Homer, Dougherty
and Waugh and others. The tradi
tional is not flaunted, but neither
is it derided. There are here such
uniaue works as Vedder’s “Cup of
D*ath,” Rydner’s “Moonlight” and
“The Spouting Whale,” by William
Morris Hunt. There is an admirable
Dortrait of Mr. Evans by Alphonse
Jongers.
In connection with the purchase
of one of the paintings now on
view, the “Sibylla Europa,” by
mmwr mmm
Current Exhibitions
NATIONAL GALLERY OP ART.
Constitution avenue and Sixth street
—Paintings and sculpture by great
masters. International loan collec
tions lrom Prance and Belgium: also
private collectors. Special exhibition.
"American Battle Paintings.” 1770
^NAT&NAL^MUSEUM. National
Art Collection, constitution avenue
and Tenth street N.W.—Permanent
collection, gifts and loans, paintings
and other objects of art. Special ex
hibition. American paintings from
the William T. Evans collection. July
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Divi
sion of Graphic Arts, Independence
avenue and Tenth street S.W.—Dry
points by Diana Thorne, Louis C.
Rosenburg and Walter Tittle. Through
September 3.
FREER GALLERY OP ART. Twelfth
street and Independence avenue S.W.
—Chinese paintings and sculpture,
bronaea, ceramics and other works
from Near and Par East. Paintings
and etchings by Whistler, also Pea
. ^c^oSan GALLERY OP ART. |
Seventeenth street between New York
avenue and E street N.W.—Ameri
can paintings and sculpture: the W.
A. Qark collection.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY.
1600 Twenty-first street N.W.—Spe
cial exhibitions, oil paintings by
Raoul Dufy and by Arthur Dove,
water colors and tempera paintings
by Washington artists. July and
August.
LIBRARY OP CONGRESS. Divi
sion of Prints and Photograohs.
East Capitol and First streets—Orls
lnal prints by American print makers.
Special exhibition. "American Battle
Prints.” to September 4.
PUBLIC LIBRARY. Eighth and K
streets N.W.—Drawings by Helen
Gatch Dursten to August 31.
THE ARTS CLUB. 2017 I street
N.W.—Bummer exhibition of paint
ing! bymembers, to September.
WHYTE GALLERY, 1520 Connec
ticut avenue N.W.—Exhibition of
prints, etchings, etc., by Argentine
Artist Maurlcio Lasansky, through
JU& A. R. MUSEUM, Seventeenth
and D streets — Colonial silver by
American silversmiths, throughout
the summer.
Huho Ballin, best known today as a
mural painter, there is an interest
ing little story which may be re
peated now. This painting was
called to Mr. Evans’ attention by
Richard Watson Gilder, then editor
of the Century Magazine, who ar
ranged for him to see it in the
painter’s studio. Mr. Evans con
curred in Mr. Gilder’s opinion and
bought the picture at the artist’s
asking price. It was sent to Wash
ington and hung in the National
Museum. Some weeks later Mr.
Evans came to our city and seeing
the work placed with others, con
cluded it was better than even he
had thought, and on his return
home sent the painter a supple
mentary check with a few words of
warm appreciation. It was the
painter who first told the story.
Would that all collectors were as
generous.
ODviousiy all the works In the
Evans collection are not master
pieces, but in every instance they
found their way through admira
tion on the part of the purchaser.
Par better is it to err on this than
the other side, especially when, as
in Mr. Evans' case, no stipulations
were made which might hamper
those upon whose shoulders cus
todianship rested.
Because of lack of exhibition
space, the paintings, now on view,
are set forth in six groups, in gal
leries on the main floor, the lower
floor and even the staircase. One
must follow them from place to
place, but that is not difficult.
They have been admirably selected
and grouped by Mr. Ruel P. Tolman,
acting director of the National Col
lection of Pine Arts, under the
Smithsonian Institution, to illus
trate variety in color and style—
not an easy thing to do.
The exhibition will continue
throughout July and August.
Brazilian Exhibition on View
At Catholic University Library
By Florence S. Berryman.
Many aspects of Brazil are repre
sented in an exhibition which
ooened last Mondav at the Mullen
Library of the Catholic University
of America, to remain until July 24.
It was prepared by the Librarv Serv
ice of the United States Office of
Education, in co-ooeratlon with the
Office of Co-ordinator of Inter
American Affairs. This Washington
showing is the first on a national
circuit, it was arranged by Dr.
Manoel S. Cardozo. director of t.ima
Library and assistant professor of
Latin American history, and Mrs.
Hazel Drels McLean, bookbinder,
who is now on the university’s staff.
The exhibition is open to the public
from 9 to 9 on weekdays, 9 to 6 on
Saturdays.
Everything that increases knowl
edge of our Latin neighbors and
allies is welcome, even though it
is an unpretentious introduction
such as the current display. It ranges
over art, handicrafts, history, eco
nomics, music and literature. It
includes such diverse objects as an
illustrated card announcing the
birth of a child and phnogrmnh rec
ords of Carmen Miranda in “The
South American Way.” Other rec
ords provide Brazilian folk music to
be played from time to time for vis
itors to the exhibition. .
A ‘ "
Candido Portinari. regarded by
the Brazilians as their foremost
painter, Is represented with color
reproductions of a few of his paint
ings, dealing with subjects closely
related to Brazil.
Colorful exhibits in the handi
crafts field include a little model.
“Teatro da Crianca,” with puppets
made to resemble Brazilian natives
and dressed in their picturesque cos
tumes. There are children's rattles,
one made of a large gourd, brightly
painted and covered with a net of.
strung beads, another of Brazil nuts
left in their shell, which has been
carved and decorated, and a mate'
cup made of a gourd, accompanied
by a delicately chased silver sipper.
Sophisticated tastes will probably
prefer examples of handmade lace
from Northeastern Brazil. The
dainty and exquisite designs are
formed with a combination of cot
ton and banana fiber threads. Pic
torial maps set forth the resources
of the Americas for war and peace.
Among mounts giving information
are those displaying Brazilian post
age stamps. Their artistry should
commend them to a wider audience
than philatelists alone.
The exhibition has a pictorial his
tory of Dom Pedro II, second era
peipr of Brazil and last monarch of
Latin America, who abdicated in
1889, which includes a reproduction
of an original portrait of him now
hanging in the uma Library of
Catholic University.
It shows him as a solemn-faced
little boy of 4 years, wearing a
handsome udiform. it was painty
a little over a century ago by 81m
plieib da Se, who also portrayed Don
Pedro’s three sisters. The four
paintings, still fresh in color, wen
part cf the gift to Lima Library by
*
American Legion
Nearing 12,000
Local Membership
Richard Raymond, membership
chairman of the District of Colum
bia Department, the American Le
gion. announced last week that the
quota of 12,000 members is closely
approached.
He has requested all posts to sub
mit the names of their members to
headquarters, to be recorded before
the national convention which con
venes on July 27.
The Committee on Credentials,
Rules and Resolutions for the de
partment convention will meet at 0
pm. tomorrow at the American Le
gion clubhouse.
Department Comdr. C. Francis
McCarthy < has called a meeting of
the Executive Committee at g:15
pm. Thursday at the clubhouse to
decide upon the Legionnaire to be
awarded the Watson B. Miller
Trophy.
George Washington Post elected
the following to represent the post
at the department convention: Del
egates, Harry W. Brown, Joseph C.
Abrams, Charles O. Schuettler,
James E. Clarke, James J. Murphy,
Howard 8. Fisk, George P. Hooven,
Heywood N. Saunders and 8amuei
L. Crump. Alternates, Donald G.
Stanley, Bernard C. McGee, John
E. Chance, Gordon S. Roberts,
James Johns mi, J. Franklin Porter,
George Galloway, Howard W. Ted
ford and Charles E. Farmer.
The department convention com
mittee will hold its final meeting
at the clubhouse July 21, with
Chairman Frank Bloom presiding.
The convention will be held at the
Mayflower Hotel July 27, 28 and 29.
Legionnaires who are not delegates
or alternates from their respective
posts may attend.
Capital Transit Post passed a
resolution indorsing MsJ. Joseph J.
Malloy for re-election as national
executive committeeman for the
District of Columbia.
United States Internal Revenue
Post elected as delegates to the
convention: Robert E. Van Every,
John A. Long, Russell 8. Jeffreys,
Carlees E. Wolfe and Richard L.
Ryan.
Sergt. Jasper Post elected the fol
lowing delegates: Martin A. Schu
bert, chairman; William P. Kersh
ner, Pred G. Fraser, Charles H.
Pierce, Hirman W. Hummer. Alvin
E. Shonk, Ayden A. Dibble, Edward
L. Marthlll, James A. O’Neil], Vic
tor J. Farrar, John McMeel, Frank
G. Ellison, George T. McNeely, Hen
ry F. Hill, Jr., Fred F. Money, Al
bert L. Duff, Robert L. Fain, John
P. Lester, J. E. Montesanto, Russell
W. Clarkson, C. M. Falnagan, Frank
P. Platz, Elwood W. Schuler, Paul
Fuller and John E. Bonner; alter
nates, Gordon B. Keith, Thomas J.
Frailey, Henry A. Weaver, John Q.
Adams, George Lee, B. Y. Martin,
Harold J. MacLaughlin, William L.
Des Prez. Bernard O. Mead, Edward
R. O'Neill, John N. Van Ness, James
T. White, David A. Young, Joseph
E. Sager, Roger G. Coombs, C. Hur
ley, Justus C. De Booy, Herman B.
Bolton, James Moore, Robert P.
Steward, Marshall D Clagette, As
bury B. Hammond. Cloid R. Smith,
Guy M. Carlon and Parrand E. H.
Curtis.
Victory Post elected as delegatee
H. T. Thomas, chairman; P. J.
Pitzgibbons. G. R. Lansdale, R. P.
Gill, O. Miller and J. E. Lindholm;
as alternates, T. P. Reynolds, E. E.
Smith. A. Schroeder. H. E. Sweet,
J. Newton and C. Bradley.
The post nominated the follow
ing to be officers: For commander,
A. P. Gill; first vice commander, F.
Costigan and C. Bradley; second
vice commander, H. E. Sweet; third
vice commander, G. Miller; chap
lain, A. N. Schroeder, and sergeant
at arms, E. E. Smith.
National Cathedral Post nomi
nated the following officers: Com
mander, Lester H. Steinem; senior
vice commander, George Keyser;
junior vice commander, Stanley H.
Fischer.
In the American Legion junior
baseball series today. Bunker Hill
and Fort Stevens, neither of which
has lost a game will play on the west
diamond of the Ellipse at 3 o’clock.
The first game, at 1 pm., between
Costello and National Cathedral,
may decide which team will have
the privilege of participating in
the play-off, starting next Sunday.
Athletic Officer Lester H. Steinem
reports he has been invited by Clark
Griffith, president of the Wash
ington baseball club, to hold the
final championship game at Grif
fith Stadium, which should take
place Saturday afternoon. July 20.
The President has signed legisla
tion granting a pay boost to expert
infantrymen who possess certain
qualifications. Infantrymen not in
combat will receive an additional $5
per month, and those in combat will
get $10 more each month. The leg
islation also provides for a special
medal to be issued to those who
qualify for the pay increases.
The War Bond Committee of the
District Department, headed by Past
Department Comdr. P. J. Fitzglb
bons, reports sales by Legionnaires,
direct and indirect, of Bonds total
ing $1,371,824.
Mr. Fitzgibbons has requested post
commanders and chairmen of War
Bond committees to report sales to
department headquarters at an early
date. ’
Meetings this week are:
Monday—Department’ of Justice
and Gas Light Posts, Legion Club
house.
Tuesday—National Press Club
Post, Press Club; 2d Division Post,
New Colonial Hotel; Bunker Hill,
United States Maritime and Cooley
McCullough Poets, Legion Club
house.
Thursday—Stanley Church Depue
Post, Legion Clubhouse; Kenna
Main Post, 1210 Good Hope road
SB.; Internal Revenue Post, Stans
bury Temple.
the late Brazilian historian and dip
lomat, Mancel de Oliveira Lima.
Another interesting painting in
the Lima Library is a Pemambucan
landscape with a procession of Ne
groes, done by Frans Post, a 17th
century Dutch painter who accom
panied Count Maurice of Nassau
Siegen to Brazil.
The larger part of the Lima gift
comprises manuscripts, books and
letters, mostly of Portugal and
Brazil. It has a small collection of
paintings and prints, including the
works mentioned above, which is
open to the public.
Wtiyte Gallery Program.
A large exhibition of original
prints by Maurlcio Lasansky was
opened on July 6 at the Whyte Gal
lery, to remain until the Slat. This
Argentine artist, who is now in
Washington, came to the United
States on a Guggenheim fellowship.
A
VFW to Close
Funds Campaign;
Department News
Tha campaign for funds to con
duct an elaborate program in vet
erans’ hospitals in the District and
vicinity under direction of Chief at
Staff R. C. Mlnard of the District
of Columbia Department, Veterans
at Foreign Wan, ia being brought
to a successful dose.
In connection with the program
Department Comdr. Neville-Thomp
aon last week appointed Comdr.
Charles Kohen of Columbia Poet
as chairman of the department hos
pital committee. Re will soon or
ganise a minstrel team to augment
his present talent.
National Capital Post elected the
following as delegates and alter
nates to the national encampment:
Delegates, Comdr. Dr. John L. de
Mayo, Past. Comdr. Thomas W.
Nixon. George Fowler end Lucian
Chaplin; alternates, Michael Guif
fre, Leon Amsducci, Charles Pritch
ard and Walter Yebbens.
Equality Walter Reed Post and
Auxiliary will hold a joint social
tomorrow night at 713 D street N.W.
At the last post meeting Albert
M. Armstrong, Peter de RoselU and
Oscar Waldvogel were elected mem
bers to the department council of
administration; Comdr. O. T. Rey
nolds will also be on the council.
The following were elected to mem
bership: R. D. Austin, Warren H.
Ott, B. M. Strong, A. R. Towner, J.
W. Wood, Robert Louis Brown, D.
C. Eberly and Allen V. Jones.
Comdr. Reynolds gave the obliga
tion to James P. Dick and Clarence
Russell. Department Comdr. Neville
Thompson made sn address.
McKtmmie-Cattertqn Police and
Fire Post will be represented as
delegate at the national encamp
ment by Charles M. O’Malley and
John Jasinowskl. B. Harry Statz
and Richard Burton are alternates.
Front Line Post voted to hold a
coming-out patty on July 24 for
the newly created auxiliary. Comdr.
Clyde Keirns administered the obli
gation to the following World War
II veterans: J. W. Bowen, Harmon
R. Gibbs, Robert R. Perkins, George
E. Doheny, Ernest R. Maclnness,
George Keatley, John O. Kahenbul,
Edward B. Parker, Howard Petti
cord, Robert C. Sebilian, Edward W.
Stephen, Kenneth E. Woldt and
Paul M. Howell.
Potomac Post will obligate re
cruits July 20. Front Line degree
team will officiate.
Meetings this week are:
Monday, Equality Walter Reed
Post, 713 D street N.W., 8 pjn.;
Federal Post, 1328 Massachusetts
avenue N.W., 8 p.m.; Internal Reve
nue Post, 1508 Fourteenth street
N.W.. 8 p.m.
Tuesday. Military Order of the
Cottles, 835 O place N.W., 8 pjn.
Wednesday, MaJ. Gen. Clarence
R. Edwards Post, Weightman School,
8 p.m.; McKimmie-Catterton Police
and Fire Post, 713 D street N.W., 8
pjn.; United States Naval Gun Fac
tory Post, 1012 Good Hope road
S. E., 8 p.m.
Thursday, Potomac Post, 1818
Rhode Island avenue NJE., 8 pjn.
Friday, National Capital Post, 713
D street N.W., 8 pjn.
Party for Veterans
By VFW Auxiliary
Police and Fire Unit of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Auixillary
Fill give a ward party for veterans
at Mount Alto Hospital in conjunc
tion with United States Government
Printing Office Unit on Tuesday
evening.
Memorial services for Sergt.
Younger, who selected the body of
the Unknown Soldier of World War
No. 1, will be held at his grave in
Arlington National Cemetery on Au
gust 6.
Potomac Auxiliary met Monday
evening, with Mrs. Frances Dove
presiding. Mrs. Lillian Inge was ini
tiated.
Members of the auxiliary and poet
will attend a party today at the
summer home of Mrs. Ida Emmert
department president, at Deal Beach,
Md.
The auxiliary and National Cap
ital Auxiliary will hold a bingo
party at Mount Alto Hospital next
week and also visit their adopted
ward. -
Federal Auxiliary will meet to
morrow evening at the Thomas Cir
cle Club.
SWV Auxiliaries
Gen. Henry W. Lawton Auxiliary
elected Past President Helen Gris
sam delegate to the national con
vention and Elizabeth Burlingame
as alternate. Mabel Barstow was
received into membership.
The department will hold a moon
light trip down the Potomac on
July 31.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary
will have an evening of games at
the home of Ann Williams, 327 Wil
lard avenue, Friendship Heights,
July 21.
Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary will hold a dinner and
card party at the Fairfax Hotel,
6:30 pm., July 17.
Col. James S. Pettit Auxiliary will
hold a dinner at the Fairfax Hotel,
6:30 pm., July 26.
Picnic at the Copley Farm for
all members of the campe and aux
iliaries given by the Col. James S.
Pettit Camp today from 1 pm.
Loyal Order of Moose
Columbia Lodge met Tuesday eve
ning at 2200 Twentieth street N.W.
I Gov. Fred Rogers presided. It was
old-timers’ night. Charter mem
bers and past -governors were the*
guests of honor. Each past gov
ernor was given a past governor’s
Jewel. Deputy Supreme Gov. John
Lowe gave an address.
Hie annual moonlight cruise on
the steamship Potomac is July 20.
. The Membership Committee will
meet July 21.
Daughters of America
Meetings this week: Monday, Bur
nett, Eagle; Tuesday, Fidelity, Lib
erty, Star Spangled Banner, Mount
Vernon; Wednesday,Kenmore, Betsy
Roes, Red Cross Unit; Thursday,
Mizpah, Mayflower, Barbara Friet
chie; Friday, Friendship.
All-day outing to Marshall Hall
July 10.
loyalty Council will have public
installation July 26.
Pythian Sisters
Rathbane Temple will give a party
for the boys of Forest Glen Ann**
of Walter Reed Hospital on July 20
from 2 to 4 pm. Those wishing to
participate or donate contact Mrs.
Freda Stine, 81igo 4645, o* Mrs.
Miriam Flemming, Shepherd 4662,
not later than July 22.
The Needlepoint Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Lola V. Marks
tomorrow when July birthdays will
be honored.
: tv, ' . V/ ■ .
Shirley MUstead (left) showing some of her pitchers to
Janet Hilferty.
run coNimiBunoN, ~"8Ur tui rboto.
By Janet Hilferty, 13,
H7»t»Yllls MICH School.
Pitchers are the hobby of Shirley Milstead, 14, of Hyattsville High
School. She has collected about 10, most of them gifts from relatives
and friends. In fact, she recall* having bought only two of them herself.
8hirley doesn’t remember her first pitcher, she has been collecting
so long. The collection Includes all kinds of pitchers made from all nn<<«
of materials—wedgewood, sliver, iron, china and cut glass.
roe pitcner brui%ey likes beet Is a
wedgewood miniature from iftiglanri.
A friend bought it for her in Trini
dad. Another favorite is a hand
made pitcher from Philadelphia.
Shirley's collection also contains
items from Holland, Italy, Germany,
Japan and four States in the Union,
Pennsylvania, New York, Florida and
Washington. She keeps the pitchers
on a whatnot shelf in her bedroom.
"I became interested in miniature
pitchers through a cousin of my
father,” Shirley explained. ‘T don’t
use them for anything—they're just
to look at.”
Shirley also collects pictures of
movie stars.
Silver Spring Boy
Has Collection of *
3,000 Stamps
raizs CONTRIBUTION
By Anton Levandowsky, 11,
Parkdak School, Silver Sprint. Md
Among my four hobbies my fa
vorite is philately, or collecting
postage stamps.
My collection started when I was
6 years old. My father bought a
"beginners’ outfit” for me. which
contained an album, a watermark
detector, etc. I kept adding to my
collection in various ways and now
I have more than 3,000 different
stamps from 164 countries, ranging
from the Solomon Islands to Siberia.
Last Christmas, as a gift from my
aunt, I received a packet of 1,000
stamps. I looked at stamps from
countries that I had never heard
bf before.
Some of my Russian stamps I got
from my father, who has an album
filled with about 4,000 Russian
stamps. He is in Guatemala, on
war work now, so naturally he sends
me lots of Guatemalan stamps. I
now have 66 different ones.
I also get some of my best stamps
from a boy that lives near me. He
was born in Argentina and he has
been to Holland, Germany, Iceland
and other places. He has a stamp
from Curacao, an island off the
coast of Venezuela, that la worth
more than $300.
i minx mat stamps tell interest
ing stories. An example is the
special delivery stamps of the
United States from 1885-1931. The
one issued first shows a boy in a
uniform, running. In his hand he
holds a letter. The next issue has
a boy riding a motor cycle. The
following issue depicts a motor cycle
rider delivering a special delivery
letter to the door of a house. That
shows the three stages of special
delivery, runner, bicycle and motor
cycle. And in World War I, when
Germany was struck with inflation,
she issued stamps with face value
as high as 50,000.000,000 marks!
My other hobbies are collecting
bullets, matchbooks and foreign
money. The last I have Just started.
Included are a bill and five different
coins from Argentina.
Coolidge Cinquains
(These cinquains, by June grad
uates of Calvin Coolidge High
School, were sent to The Junior
Star by Miss Kathryn Trufant,
English teacher, in charge of
journalism.)
The Step
The step
That leads the great
To fame arrives on cushioned
Foot . . . Only feigners of greatness
Need shout.
Miner 1. Simmons, is.
The Search
It seems.
When we need God
And frantically search,
We always find Him at our side,
Waiting.
Louis* aiscrist, 17.
Shot
Feathers,
•Palling gently
On air, through which plummets
A mass of beauty ruined by
A. shot
Bax McDowalL 17.
Night and Day
She came.
And it was light.
But then again she went
As softly as she came, and it
Was night.
Douttis Thompson. 17.
The Way It’s Put
"Please do”
Seems to get me
Feeling WILL all over.
But "Must do” makes me feel like
WONT
Inside. with Dnnilsir, 17.
Let’s Do hi ~
Our soldiers, sailors and marines
Don’t alt and read their
They are always ready to fight
Every moraine, noon and night
Bo let’s buy stamps, quick, quick,
quick,
And give the Axis a gnat Mg kick.
—Miner Urartu, 11.
Prizes for Best
Contributions
The Junior Star awards as many
as five prizes of $1 each for the best
contributions published each week.
Boys and girls of high school age
and under are invited to compete.
Here are the rules:
All contributions must be ORIGI
NAL. Write on one side of paper
and give your name, age, address,
phone number and school. Type
written contributions must be double
spaced. The editor's choice of win
ners is final, and he reserves the
right to use any contribution in
whatever form he deems advisable
regardless of whether it is awarded
a prize. Checks are mailed to the
winners the week following publica
tion of their work. Reporters’ cards
will be issued to writers who, in the,
opinion of the editor, deserve them.
No contributions will be returned.
Address The Junior Star, 737 Star
Building, Washington 4, D. C.
New Alumni Editor
Of Silver Chips Is
Versatile Writer
ram contbibction
By Kathleen Faulconer, IS,
Montsoacrr Hair Kish School.
Fifteen-year-old Martha Barber,
who will begin her senior year at
Montgomery Blair High School this
fall, has been elected alumni editor
of Silver Chips,
the student' —^ ^
newspaper.
Martha says
she has liked to
write ever since
she can remem
ber. When she
was only 3 >4 her
mother would
write for her
the things she
said but could
not put down in
black and white. 1
When she was 7 : *
she began to
write for Spey- Martha Barter,
era Scoops, her school newspaper,
while living in New Tort. She also
composed the school song.
At 9 she moved to Silver Spring
and a year later she became a re
porter on the Junior high school
paper. Later she was named adver
tising manager. She has written on
Silver Chips for the last two years.
Martha's most successful piece of
work was a short short story, pub
lished in the American Magazine
several years ago. She keeps a col
lection of her poetry, short stories
and plays, and writes regularly in
her diary.
Martha is also interested in dra
matics. Her ambition is to become
a social worker and she is sure that
her writing will be a great asset in
putting over her work.
No Real Estate
Sales Manager—What’s this big
item on your expense account?”
Salesman—My hotel bill.
Sales Manager—Well, don’t buy
any more hotels.
—Tech Lift.
Bert—Just had an awfully long
exam.
Jip—Finish?
Bert—No, Spanish.
—Dunbtr M«w» Red.
Just Between
Ourselves,...
Philip H. Lov0 __
This is the lest you'll be seeing
of "Just Between Ourselves” tor a
while, because my annual vacation
begins tomorrow. At this writing,
I’m not sure where 111 spend the
two-week holiday, but I know that,
even If I get no farther than my
own backyard, 111 enjoy it. After
all, where you spend your vacation
4s less Important than how you
spend it. And I Intend to spend
mine loafing—which Is a game that
can be-played anywhere.
Of course, I’d prefer to go to my
favorite vacation spot, the Southern
Maryland water front farm on
which I’ve done my loafing every
summer since 1929. But getting
there is something of a problem—
and, what with one thing and an
other, I’m afraid I can’t solve It.
I’m not worried, however. The
yard la full of grass and sunshine.
And If It gets too hot I can always
squirt the hose cm myself.
• * * * *
• Midsummer miscellany: One of
The Junior Star’s corr&pondents.
Paula Slmonds, Alice Deal Junior
High School, is vacationing in
Whitewater, Wis. . . , Another,
Shltley Turner, Roosevelt High
School, plans to go to Atlantic City.
. . . Raymond Bellamy of Cheverly,
Md., veteran J. S. correspondent at
12, has been laid up for six months
with injuries suffered in a fall. He
has developed several new hobbies,
however, and will tell about them in
an article to be published in an
early issue of the J. S. . . . Nancy
Kaplan, Woodrow Wilson High
School, won a prize for sculpture
at the Corcoran School of Art. . . .
The Jewish Community Center roof
garden is being used by boys and
girls from 13 to 17 for » series of
Monday night "co-ed parties.”
Dancing, games and refreshments
are on the program, and admission
is by J. C. C. membership card or
a pass obtainable from the cen
ter’s club department. Mollie Lewis
and Mimi Friedenberg are in
charge. . . . Pour members of the
June graduating class of Holy Cross
Academy are represented In the 1944
National Poetry Anthology: Patricia
Irwin, Joan Callahan, Jane Ells
worth and Patricia Sullivan.
More of the same: The Junior Red
Cross is hard at work on Christmas
packages for service men and women
overseas. Packages for the Pacific
must be ready for shipment Septem
ber 1, those for the Atlantic a month
later; hence the early start. . . .
Jack Ray. McKinley High School's
baseball “handy man," is considering
a career on the diamond. . .. Doro
thy Mead Jacobsen, Alice Deal
Junior High, is enthusiastic a^out
horseback riding. . . , The official
songs of the graduating classes of
Macfarland Junior High School
■were written by Eunice Hammerman,
Paula Catloth, Clarann Headley and
Richard Lichens.... Walter Hartley,
Woodrow Wilson, is attending the
National Music Camp at Interlocked
Mich.... The aforementioned Paula
Simonds is an associate editor of
Clover Leaves, new magazine of the
Girl Scouts of District 3. Other con
tributors to the first issue: Evelyn
Yeide, Terri Youngman, Carole
Gilchrist, Kennetta Peters, Aloise
McKllllps, Sheila Knapp, Marjorie
Sanborn, Morag Millar. Barbara
Derrick, Margaret Gardiner, June
Anderson, Dorothy Haight, Shirley
Ontrlch, Janet Howe, Anne Smith,
Beverly Letter, Margaret Thomson,
Viginia Vincent. Pa tick Kinney,
Ruth Oram. Peggy Bresnahan,
Dorothy Levine, Patricia McCutch
eon, Virginia Norton, Suzanne Grass.
Mary Tarquhar, Diana- Ginzburg,
Mary Scully, Alice Gamer, Ruth
Lank, Catherine Bunting, Ruthann
Twomey. Althea Hulley, Joanne
Roehr, Margaret Beurket and Anne
Cooper. .. . Dutch refugees in Aus
tralia are forming Boy Scout units
of their own while awaiting the
liberation of their homeland. . . .
Sales of books for girls and boys are
booming. The supply is considerably
less than the demand, and, as a
result, many old books are coming
back on the market.
Pull Them Through
raizx coN-nuaunoN
By Betty Rosendorf, 14,
Powell Junior High School.
A B-29 flies through the air.
Spreading vengeance everywhere;
"Now a cruiser's in its sights,
Brother Tojo will soon see lights!
And as the ship goes up in flame,
Uncle Sam will say, “What an awful
shame!
The rising sun has set again.
Now there are less Jappo men.
“For these will Join their brothers
below,
Yes, all who’ve died for ‘Honorabls
Tojo.’ ”
The Allies have come through ones
more
And evened up another score!
Now. Americans, this isn't so funny,
Killing Tojo costs lots of money;
The life of our fighters depends on
you—
So buy more bonds to pull them
through!
Riddle
Question—What goes around like a
spinning wheel?
Answer—An expert skater.
—Ann Undw Ptttlt, 10.
Uncle Ray’s Corner...
Among the cities of Italy, Naples
ranks third in size. Only Rome
and Milan are larger.
In Naples, 56 yean ago, a 15
year-old boy was wandering the
streets. His name was Enrico Ca
ruso. He was a headstrong youth,
and had quarreled with his father.
At the age of 11, Enrico had
started singing in churches. O if ted
with a beautiful Trice, he had been
in demand ae a choir boy. The
death of his mother had made his
home seem empty.
Enrico’s father wanted him to be
came en engineer, but the youth did
not like the studies needed for that
profession. This had caused the
quarrel which led him to leave home
and earn his living as well as he
oould.
He sang in the streets, and people
gave him small cotes. Some times
he sang In a theater, and was paid
a little for his work. There were
nights when he went to bed hungry,
but his nature, though headstrong,
was sunny. Life seemed pleasant
to him In many ways.
Then came a great blow. His
▼oiee "cracked.” To his youthful
mind, it seemed the end of the
world. It is hard to guess what
would have happened to Caruso if
he had not met a rioter named
MtaBtono. This man took the youth
to a widely known teacher named
Ifemlm After hetaniiui to w»»
ring, Meerine agreed to teaah Un in
A
return for 25 per cent of the money
he might make during live years
after he became an opera singer.
By the time he was 21 Caruso was
singing in opera, and his fame
spread beyond Naples. For four
seasons, he had the leading tenor '
role at the public opera house of
Milan. Then came a tour of Ger
many. Russia, England and Portugal.
After winning success in Europe,
Caruso started making trips to Ar
gentina, where he sang before
crowds in Buenos Aires. Later, in
1903, he appeared at the Metro
politan opera house in New York,
(tee of those who heard him sing
there said:
“He has a ringing voice of the
most luscious quality. It pours from
his throat without the least sense
of effort.”
For 18 years, Caruso was the lead
ing tenor at the Metropolitan. His
fame was high, and many persons
spoke of him as the greatest singer
in the world. His salary rose until
he was receiving about $200,000 a
year. What a great change that
was from the days when he was
earning his bread by singing on the
streets of Naples.
To Urn credit of Caruso, let it
be said that be gave some of his
earnings to a fund which was used
to pay for the training of young
singers.
In 1931. after he had returned to
Italy, Caruso died of pleurisy. Be
was only 4$.