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Title: The Young Citizen : the magazine for young people
Issue Date: Volume 7 (Issue No. 4) April 1941
Year: 1941
Language: English
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extracted text: Announcement to All Writers: - - - 0 - We Will Pay You for writing articles of merit for publication in THE YOUNG .CITIZEN. We want interesting children's stories from 200 to 500 words in length; also games, reading device., articles of historical interest, elementary science ai;id health articles, puzzles, jokes, and playlct1. We also 1'isb to buy several good serial stories. Interesting stories le9t than 200 words in lcnKth arc de~ired for Little People. You can add to your income by writing for ua. Primary Teachers: We especially desire various kinds of interesting material suitable for First, Second, and Third Grade Pupils. We will pay teachers and others for material which we can use. Each article should be written in clear, easy, correct English, on one side of the paper, typewritten if possible, or written by hand neatly and legibly. The article should be submitted with a self-addressed stamped envelope, otherwise the publishers will not return it to the writer in case it cannot be used. Address all communication3 to: The Managing Editor The Young Citizen Care of Community Publishers, Inc. P. 0. Box 685. Manila, Philippines I APRIL • For First Graders Something for a Good Worker Which Is Different? • For Second Graders Can You Read and Draw These? Something to Do Choose the Right Vl'ord . And These, Too? Some More Drawing Finding More Words • For Third Graders 1 9 4 1 Yo~r Friend, the .Denfot-Cornelia ·Gutierrez ~':n!~i~~ I. M~s~ Do. . . . . . . Your. Friend, the Aviator-Cornelia Gutierrez An Airplane The Air Mail . • Stories The Friendly Helpers-Pancita Flores The Miser's Gold-H. G. K. HOw the Fox Lost his Dinner A Night in a Native Hut A Good-for-Nothing Makes Good-Robert McAfee • Poems The Easter Lily Vacation Time Vacation Thought Camping • Character and Citizenship April-Dr. I. Panlasigui • Elementary Science Mother Duck and her Babies The Mightiest Cataract in the World Sponges • Music Appreciation Gounod-Bert Paul Osbon • Work and Play Vacation Games A Picture from Twelve Lines and a Dot Vacation Camping-Manuelo Pastrano Business in Vacation-Li Ong Kwang Using My Time-Matilde Santos The Funny Page Chat.s with the Editor 12+ 125 126 126 126 127 127 127 128 128 128 129 129 129 131 113 11+ 135 118 123 139 139 139 122 110 1+2 143 140 1+5 1+6 144 1+4 14+ 148 152 Published monthly by the Community .Publi~hers, !Jic., 122 Crystal Arcade, E~colta. Manila, Philippines. Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at tile Manila Post Offl.ce 011 May 16, 1935. Editorial Di?ector: Joee E. Romero: Manalring Editor: Bert Pa•I Osbon; Contributinir Editors: Dr. l. Paniaeiq•i and Qtliri.:o A. Gnu:; Sts.ff Artist: Pefi.ro Pag•io; Business Manager: .lmilicna Garcia Roaaiee. Subscription Price: P3.00 for one year of 12 !.!mes: 12.00 !11 the United States and foreip eotmtriea. Single copy, 30 centavos. Subscriptloml 11re to be paid to Communitv PubliWra, hie. nu:; MAGAZINI; !=OR YOUNG P!;OPL[; 122 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 1941 THE MESSAGE THIS MONTH ~ J~~~~~~--~~~ APRIL April is a month of vacation. April is also a month . of prayer. April brings a beautiful message to every school child. It is a message from every one's heart. April gives us time to think of our country, the .Philippines. The Philippines is a very beautiful country. The mountains are high and full of green plants. Against the blue morning sky, the .mountain peaks are glorious. The Sierra Madre, the Arayat, the Apo, and the Mayon are mountains that make our country really the Pearl of the Orient Seas. · We have flowers of all shapes and colors. The sampaguita, the ilang-ilang, the cadena de amor, and others make our country a beautiful garden. It is like the Garden of Eden. We should all be proud of our country. We should love it. We should do everything that will make it a prosperous and a happy country. The beauty, the prosperity, and the happiness of the country should be in our thoughts during our vacation days. · April is the month of prayer. During the second week of April, all Christians over the whole world will remember the life, the teachings, and .the sufferings of Jesus Christ who loves all peoples everywhere. If everyone, specially the leaders of the different peoples of the earth, had the love that Jesus had for mankind, there would be no hatred in the hearts of men. There would be no war. Big and small nations could live together as happy neighbors. Big nations would not conquer the small and weak nations. But many people have not yet learned to love others like Jesus did. So in our meditations during this month of prayer let us all say: "God bless the Philippines!~' -DR. I. PANLASIGUI APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN llJ A POEM FOR THIS MONTH 124 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, _1941 FOR FIRST GRADERS SOMETHING FOR A GOOD WORKER Do what the sentences tell you to do. Print the right word undczr <Zacn picture . cup plate candle -birthday cake chair bed doll 6 7 6 Ha~ llach dress in the right place on the line. Add the numbers to find out thil namcz of the family of little rabbits. (olor the farthest house red. . Color the nearest house blue. ···----_________ ....._ _________ __, APRIL, 19.p THE YOUNG CITIZEN 125 FOR FIRST GRADERS WHICH IS DIFFERENT? Color the object red which is different from the others. oouooo @@@Ea@@G) JJlJlJkJctlJkJ Jr Jr Jr Jr ID . - . ~ IJ!J!J cot <;gt cat . 126 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 1941 FOR SECOND GRADERS CAN YOU READ AND DRAW THESE? I con hop. I I ik'e carrots. \t/ho om I? Color me. I have a. big bil I I om yellow Who am I? Something to Do Get a pencil and some thit1 paper without lines. Place the paper over the rabbit and draw it. Place the paper over the duck, too, and draw it. . Read all of the words under the brown rabbit. Read all of the words under the yellow duck. Then print the words which you read under each picture. Choose the Right Word A rabbit can - - . A duck has a -. -. A rabbit eats - - . A duck can - - . It swims in the - - . A rabbit has long - - . hop ears quack swim four water A rabbit has - - . A duck has web - - .. A duck has - - feet. A rabbit has - - feet. A duck says "--." A duck has - -.. two bill carrots fur feet wings APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN FOR SECOND GRADERS AND THESE. TOO? Iam yellow. I say,"P~e p:, Who am l? Col . I am round. r·am brown. What aml? Color me. Some More Drawing 127 Again get a sharp pencil and Read all of the words under the some thin paper without lines. little yellow chick. Place the paper over the little Read all of the words under the chick and draw it. brown: basket of eggs. Place the paper over the basket Then print the words which you of eggs, too, and draw it. read under each picture. · Finding More Words A chick says "--." The basket is - - . The chick eats - - . I eat--. The chick has two - - . It has a--. peep yellow big round shells rice It has--. The eggs have - - . The chick will grow - - . The --.laid the eggs. This chick is - - . Some chicks are - - . feet hen eggs black bill wings 128 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 19.p FOR THIRD GRADERS YOUR FRIEND. THE DENTIST By CORNELIA GU'I_'IERREZ .--'77'11..---.......-..--. I AM the Then you will not have toothache. :..- dentist. I I will help to save your teeth, so am your you can chew your food well. friend, for I will teach you how to . take ,I will help you to keep good care of your teeth. Good i n g 0 0 d teeth are necessary to good health. health. · Do not be afraid of me, for I will And you not hurt you if you will come to me s h o u 1 d often enough. But you wiU have 1 come to see painful toothache if you do not 'me often. come. Come to Everyone likes to see beautiful m Y office, · teeth which are clean and well where I do cared for. my work. I w i 11 If your teeth are crooked, I can look at your straighten them, although it will teeth. If take a long time to do this. But -~---"=--...Jany of them it will not hurt you. are decayed, I will stop the decay. . Am I not your friend? My Teeth MY TEETH are all good. There are no cavities in them, because.I have the dentist look at them and clean them. I am careful not to injure my teeth. I do not bite anything which js very hard. Something hard would crack them. My teeth are beautiful and sparkling, because I take good care of them. Do you take good care of your teeth? Something I Must Do I MUST get a toothbrush and some good toothpaste at the drugstore. I must brush my teeth each morning before I go to school, and each night before I go to bed. Every six months I must go to th~dentist to have him look at my teeth. I must have him clean them and put them in good condition. I must not forget to do this. APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 129 FOR THIBD GRADERS YOUR FRIEND, THE AVIATOR By CORNELIA Gl}TIERREZ I AM an aviator. I fly in an airplane and I fly very fast. I can go faster than the train. I am your friend, for I will do m a n y things for you. I will carry you or your parents or friends in my airplane very swiftly from one place to another. . If necessary I will quickly carry medicine to a sick person. Or I will carry an important letter so that it will be deliver.ed soon. Often I go on important errands for some one. Frequently I make an important trip in a few hours. I am willing to help you at any time. And I will risk my life if necessary. Have you seen me in my airplane flying high up in the sky? You can hear the. humming of the motor, even when I am a long ways off from you. I am very useful, for I· can fly over land or sea, plain or mountain. Am I not your friend? An Airplane AN AIRPLANE looks like a giant bird. It has wings and a tail. It has an engine, and bums gasoline like an auto. • Passeng\lrs can ride in some airplanes. Some airplanes · are . so large that fifty or sixty or even more persons can ride in one. Did you ever ride in an airplane? It is a wonderful _experience. The Air Mail A LONG TIME AGO men on horseback carried important letters. The horses went as fast as they could run, but it sometimes took a long time to make the trip. Now important letters are often carried in an airplane; A letter can be carried by airplane from Manila to Cebu or Iloilo or Zamboanga in a few hours, and to the United States in five days. The air mail is very swift. 130 THE YOUNG CITIZEN MOTHER DUCK AND HER. BABIES THIS MOTHER is a barnyard duck. Her babies are called ducklings, As soon as the baby ducks come out of the shells, .Mother Duck leads them to the; water. She does not have to teach them to swim and dive. They seem to know how. Their webbed feet are made < for swimming. ·They are like paddles. · .. · A mother duck makes her nest on the ground. She pulls down and feathers from her own breast to make the nest soft. When she leaves the nest, she covers it with dry grass and feathers; She will not leave it when it is time for the eggs to hatch. Father Duck is called a drake. Mother Duck and Father Duck both say "Quack! Quack!" A roasted duck makes a very good ·dinner, and a roasted halfgrown duckling is delicious. There are many kinds of wild ducks, too. Some are found in the Philippines. Hunters like to shoot them and carry them home for food. Have you ever seen duck eggs? They are larger than the eggs of a hen. Mother Duck makes a nice pet. She will learn to know het master and will follow him about for food. Have you. seen Mother Duck and her babies swim all together on the water? APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 131 LITTLE STORIES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE THE FRIENDLY HELPERS ADAPTED BY PANCITA FLORES SCHOOL had been closed for a week. The novelty of vacation was beginning to wear off. "Let's cfo something, Jo," said Samuel. "What will it be?" asked Jo. "I think it's a wonderful day to fly our kites," cried Samuel, happily. "And it's just windy enough to make them go 'way up high, too," added Jo. The boys hurriedly ate their breakfast. They could scarcely wait to get out-of-doors, so anxious were they to get their kites in the air. Jo and Samuel were very proud of their kites. They had made them all by themselves, and now they could hardly wait to see how high they would go. It was not long until the kites of both boys were high up in the air. "See how high my kite· is!" cried Jo. "Look at mine! It's sailing right along, too," laughed Samuel. Soon Daniel came running over to play with the boys. "Look!" he called. "I have a kite, too. I think my kite is prettier than yours." And Daniel held it up for the other boys to see. What a beautiful kite it was! It was ni.ade out of thin, shiny green paper. Jo and Samuel looked at the kite longingly. It was by far the nicest kite they had ever seen! "My uncle made it for me," said Daniel. "He bought me this kind of paper because it is just right for making kites. It is so light it will go higher than any kite you ever saw. You just watch!'.' Sure enough, up went Daniel's kite, higher and higher. Soon itwas as high as Jo's and Samuel's kites. But Daniel unwound more string, and up went the kite higher than ever. "Oh," said Samuel sadly. "I thought our kites were so nice, but Daniel's is much nicer, and look how high it goes." "I wish ours were like that," decided Jo. "But we had only that old wrapping pa per to make ours from." The two boys tried not to feel too bad as they.watched Daniel's kite flying 'way up above theirs. · "I'm ·glad my kite is the best," thought Daniel happily, as he ran along the field, letting out more string so that the kite went higher and higher. Poor Daniel! He was so busy thinking how wonderful his kite was that he forgot all about watching where he was going. Nearer and nearer to the big, tall trees he ran. Suddenly along came We can make a new kite. 132 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 1941 a big gust of wind. "Oh," cried Daniel, looking very frightened, "my kite is going right into the tree." He started to pull the string as fast as he could, but it was too late! Straight toward the tree went his beautiful kite. "Oh, it's all broken!" cried Daniel. "My pretty green kite is all spoiled." There it was, up in the top of the tree. The pa per was torn and the framework was broken. And the string was tangled up in the branches. Daniel stood and looked at his kite as if he could hardly believe his eyes.· Just then Jo and Samuel came running up ·to him. "I'm sorry about your kite," Jo said to Daniel. "I'm sorry, too," added Samuel. "It was such a pretty kite." "And now it's spoiled," cried Daniel, rubbing his eyes. "Maybe you can make another one like it," suggested Jo. · But Daniel shook his head. "I don't know how to make a kite," he said. "My uncle made this .one· for me." '.'You can ta.ke turns flying our kites," said Samuel kinqly. "But that isn't so much0 fun as having one all your own," said Jo. "I know what. we can do," he added excitedly. "We·can help Daniel make a new kite. We know how. We made ours at! by ourselVes." How happy that made Daniel feel! But he· was a little bit ashamed of himself, too. "I'm sorry I tried .to show off with my kite," he said. "I guess that's why it got smashed. Unde gave me a big pile of that p~per, .~w! you.c.a_n_ti!!.ve some for your kites if you want it." What a busy morning the three boys had! They worked as hard as they could. "There!" said Samuel with satisfaction. "They're all finished!" How happy the boys were when they looked at their three new kites! 'there was a pretty red one for Samuel, a nice bright blue one for Jo, and a green one for Daniel that looked exactly like the one his uncle had made. · "Come on," called Samuel. "Now let's see how high they will go." Soon the three kites were flying high up in. the sky. QUESTIONS !. What had Jo and Samuel made? ·2 .. Why were they proud of them? 3. Why did Daniel's kite fly higher than the other kites? 4. What happened to Daniel's kite? 5. What did Jo and Samuel say they would do to help Daniel? 6. Why did Daniel feel ashamed? . 7. What did Daniel give to the other two boys? 8. What colors were the three new kites? 9. Do you try to show off when you have something nice, or do you try to share it with your friends? Which is the better way? 10. Did you like this story? Why? 11. What have you learned from this story? 12. Do you think you could do as Jo and Samuel did in this story? 13. Do you think all the boys were happier when they became "friendly helpers"? 14. Do you tr.y to avoid being jealous? Or envious? 15. How do you avoid jealousy? APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 133 READING TIME FOR YOUNG. FOLKS THE MISER'S GOLD An Old Legend By H. G. K. THERE was once a greedy old miser-who lived alone in a hut in a forest. All his life this old man had saved all his money. When he had saved enough coppers, he would exchange them for a gold piece. Then he would hide the gpld piece away in an iron kettle that he buried in the ground. One night a robber, who had heard of the greedy old miser and of his many gold pieces, crept into the woods. When the old man had blown out his candle and gone to sleep, the robber. crept to the hiding place of the i r on kettle of gold money. He began to dig in the earth, and soon found the k et t 1 e. He pulled it out of the ground and took off the lid. By the bright moonlight that shone down through the trees, the robber could see the gold pieces shine. "How rich I shall be!" said the robber. He put the lid back onto the kettle and started for the edge of the woods. Just as he was almost out of th.e woods, he thought he heard a twig crack behind him. "Someone. is trying to catch me/' he thought, and so he started to run. And at that moment he caught his foot on a · big root that stuck up from the ground. Down went the robber. The kettle flew out of his hand, the lid came off, and the gold pieces were scattered ov_er . the ground. Before he could get up and hunt the gold pieces, it was dawn, and the robber was glad to run away into the town without being caught. Soon after, a good, beautiful fairy floatecl by. She saw the gold pieces lying about on the ground, and guessed at once that some one had _been trying to rob' the greedy old miser who lived in the hut in the forest. "This go 1 d must not stay here," the fairy. said. "If I leave it the old miser will find it and will hide it away again. I will see if I cannot put it away where everyone call enjoy it." So the good fairy bent down, gathered up the gold pieces,_ and put them back into, the iron kettle. · Then she left the forest and floated out over the green meadows. As the fairy floated along she reached into the iron kettle for gold pieces: She tossed them down one by one into the grass of the green meadows. In each spot where a gold piece. fell, there blossomed in a moment a shining .(Please turn to page 147.) 134 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 1941 HOW THE FOX LOST HIS DINNER IN SOME COUNTRIES foxes are quite common. A fox looks like a dog. He is very sly. He likes to eat chickens and ducks and geese and turkeys. One· .day a fox was hiding in some bushes. He looked this way and that, hoping to see a nice fat hen which he could catch. All at once he saw a turkey and some ducks. "Ah!" said Mr. Fox. "I am just in time. Here are some nice fat ducks and a turkey. They are so close together that I can catch them all, very easily, one after the other." So he went toward the ducks and the turkey, and called out to them in a very friendly manner. "Good morning, pretty ducks," said he. "Good morning, dear Mr. Turkey." The ducks and the turkey were very frightened. They said, "Oh, have you come to eat us,. Mr. Fox? Please do not eat us. Please let us go back safe to our home on the farm." Mr. Fox said, "No, I shall not let you go. I shall eat you· up, every one.'.' The ducks and the turkey cried, "Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" "It is hard for us poor fowls to lose our lives in this way," said one of the ducks. "Please let us do one thing before we die, Mr. F!Jx," "Yes, please let us all have just one wish," said Mr. Turkey. "Afterwards we will all stand up before you in a row, so that you may choose the fattest and the best." "What is it that you all want?" asked Mr. Fox. The first duck replied, "We would like to have one hour in which to say our prayers before you eat us.'' _ "Please .do, Mr. Fox," begged all the ducks and the turkey. "'Well, that is fair," said the fox,,"and I am quite willing. Begin your prayers .now, and I will sit down beside you and wait for· you to finish.'' So the fox sat down. The ducks· and the turkey stood in a row and all began to talk very loudly. "Quack! Quack! Gobble! Gobble! Quack! Gobble!" they said. "Such a noise!" exclaimed Mr. Fox. "Can't you pray more quietly?" But the ducks and th~ turkey only called ou't louder," Quack! Quack! 'Q u a·c k ! Gobble! · Gobble! ·Gobble! Quack!" The farmer, who was working near by, heard the ducks and the turkey. "What is the matter with those ducks and the turkey?" the farmer thought. "I will see.'' ' So the farmer looked. around. He saw ·the ducks and the turkey standing in a row and the fox sitting near them. The farmer ran quickly to drive the fox away. Mr. Fox saw the farrner coming, so he ran away a.s fast as he could. "There goes my nice dinner!" said Mr. Fox. "How foolish I was not to eat it · at once." QUESTIONS I. What is a fox? 2. What does he like to eat? 3. Where was a fox hiding? 4. What did he see? 5. What did he say to the ducks and the turkey? {Please turn io page 150.) APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 135 AMONG THE WILD ANIMALS OF EAST· AFRICA True Exfltriences Related by a Young Tr(l'Ueler IV. A NIGHT IN A NATIVE HUT MY FRIEND and I had been on a visit to a . neighbor's farm near Kitale, Kenya Colony, East Africa. We were on ,the way back t.o our own farm in the foothills of Mount Elgon. (See the map on page 136.) The afternoon had been rainy, and therefore the road was not very .good. Our motorcycle slid in the red soil of the road from one side to another and I had a hard tim~ to keep myself steady on the back seat.· Near Entebass my friend, who was steering, hit a rock with the front wheel of the motorcycle, and turned . long _ _ poles into· the ground for about a foot, while five feet of the pole remains above the gro11nd. These poles arc set up in a circle _ and thin branches are woven in between them until it becomes a round wall of branches. A thick clay mixed with cattle manure is then plastered on this woven wall. This plastering starts from the bottom and goes slowly upward around the wall. After the first layer is dry, fresh plaster is put on. This continues until the wall is five feet high arid six jnchcs thick.' This work takes about two days, during which the riatives laugh an.d joke all the time. They like to b'uild rtew houses. There are some tribes in East Africa who build new houses every two months. completely over. Wt.en we got up, our clothing was daubed with the red mud. We tried to start our motorcycle, but the red clay clung to the tires. We found it impossible to continue on our way, because the wheels Native Huts of East Africa After the walls of our _motorcycle would turn no more, and it was then too late to clean the mud off. . The country around us was filled with lions, elephants, and leopards. We decided, therefore, to . try to · find night quarters in one of the nearby native huts. There were a few natives who knew us arid they were happy to take us into one of their huts over night. This was a great honor for them, as it is very seldom that a foreigner goes into a native hut to sleep. · It was interesting to see how these native huts arc built. The natives drive are completed and nearly dry, a roof is placed on top. Long poles are bound together at an angle of ninety degrees. Thifi is necessary; otherwise the rain would run into the house. The roofing is ordin'ary grass which is five to eight feet 'long. The " fioor -0f the hut is the soil on which the hut has been built. It_ is always very dirty. There is a fireplace on one side, usually in a hole in the ground. The natives are very careful to see that the roof over their heads does not catch fire. My friend and I were in such a clayplastercd hut as this. We sat with the · 136 THE YOUNG CITIZEN Map Sliowing a Part of East Africa natives before their fireplace. The heavy smoke from the wood fire made our eyes water. I took out of my pocket a little flute which I had with me, and played a few of our songs for these East Afr ic.an · natives. They seemed to enjoy my music, although I am only fJ. very ordinary performer on the instrument. . After I had finished, one of the natives took a string instrument from his bed and played on it. It was only a poor substitute for a guitar, but the natives seemed to like it. He played a few tunes and then the other natives started to sing. Their songs were long and very monotonous. My friend and I could not understand a word of what they were singing. Over the fire they were cooking some corn meal, or posho as they called it. The posho meal was ready when they finished their long ·song. They took it off the fire and started to eat with iheir fin. gers. They ate noisily, and smacked their thick lips together, showing their evident pleasure in the meal. My friend and I did not say anything while they were eating-they were so ·noisy we could not have been heard. An ·old man, who s.eemed . to be the father of the whole family, was dressed ·in a cow-hide, which was bound together over his right shoulder. The hide was just as it had come from the cow. It had been dries! in the sun before it was llSed for a garment, and it still had the odor of the animal. We started a conversation after they had finished their meal. ·The young men told us that the old man was .very rich, .. as he owned a herd of about sixteen. caitle. And he had three wives; the first one had been paid for by his father; he bought the other two himself, and paid six cows for each one. This is the customary way of getting a wife among those natives. A man who has enough cattle· to pay for them has seve.ral wives; this is a sign of wealth, dignity, and power. We talked about witch doctors; that was· the most interesting subject we could choose. It was astonishing to see how ·much those natives b.elieve in the pow.er of a witch doctor. When they are sick, they would rather go to a witch doctor than to the government doctor at .a hospital. They consult a witch doctor for ·all sorts. of things. If it does not rain just right, or if their cattle become thin, they consult a witch doctor. · · Witch doctors also act as judges for the natives. The 11atives very often have quarrels. Sometimes such a quarrel~a feud-goes on for years. For · example,. a man may have bought ·himself a wile· for six cows. It might happen that in a few days after the wedding one of these cows would die. This would s~rely start a quarrel or feud, and the whole family would be busy talking about it. Every-· body would believe that' this cow had been sick when it was given as payment for the wife, or had been· bewitched. Sometimes these quarrels are brought before the court of an old tribesman, .but APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 137 they are usually settled with the help of a witch doctor. It depends upon the witch doctor whether the quarrel is settled peacefully or not. The natives in our hut told us how the old man had lost his eldest son through a witch doctor. A feud had gone on for a .long time between the ·two families. Th.e other family had finally consulted a witch doctor. He had advised his clients to tell the old man to pa y th em three young healthy cows. This was the common way of settling a feud. The old man had found a dead hen hanging at the door of his hut every morning for a long period. A dead heri meant evil wishes from somebody. Shortly after this two of the old man's cows had been bitten by snakes and one had died. He now believed in the After four weeks the son became sick; the old man was very frightened and called the witch doctor. Nobody knows what the witch doctor did, but the son died. The old man then paid the three cows to settle the feud. This is a typical case, and shows how strong the power of a witch doctor can be. The British law in Africa forbids the consultation of witch doctors, ·but ___ 9 their power is still great and the natives believe in them more than in anything else. j We listened to this inter.esting story, although it took us a long time to understand the natives. While telling it, they had become v er y excited, and their language was not easy to understand:· It had now . become very late, and as my friend and I were both tired, "{e went to our hut with power of the witch EAsT AFRICAN CHIEFS a native to show us doctor ~nd wanted to 01u of these chiefs has a tuft of wool on the way. He carried pay the three COWS. tlu end of his spear; that means that all thret a burning . t Or ch: However the son of of tlum and their people are at peace. There were· many the oid man did not want to let his father leopards around, but they do not attack pay. He wanted to marry soon, and the three cows were to be the payment for a native girl from another family. A small bag made of cow hide and containing five feathers was found at his door each morning. The · five feathers meant the old man had to pay the three cows within five weeks; otherwise, something very terrible would happen. when they see a burning light moving. There were a few boards in the hut, and we. placed them before the entrance. It has sometimes happened that leopards hav_e gone into the huts and have carried goats, dogs, and even children away with them. .They have also killed natives, but have disappeared before the other .natives ' .(Please turn to page 147.) THE YOUNG CITIZEN APR.IL, 1941 A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING MAKES GOOD By ROBERT McAFEE • "Perhaps I could write a story," thought Pedro. ALL his young life Pedro had been called a worthless good-for-nothing. He had ·been told that so many times by his teachers that he took it seriously and actually believed it himself. Yes, Pedro really thought that he could not do anything worth while. His teachers had made it clear to him that he had passed his grades only by luck and not because he had the ability to get through. His mother had often asked him to do something to earn a few pesos to add to the slender income of the family, but her pleadings were useless, · since Pedro thought he did not have the ability to do anything. So, gradually his parents had lost all faith in him, and the boy . had lost all faith in himself. Occasionally, to be sure, he got a small job doing some -kind of work outside of school hours, but he always lost the job in a short time. • Student, Brent School, Bajiuio, Mountain Province. "It's just no use," he would say. "I'm only a .good-for-nothing, and so I can't make good." Pedro was not a bad boy; he w~s just a worthless boy-at least he and his teachers and his parents thought so . . About the only thing Pedro -really liked to do was to read stories; he enjoyed reading a good story very much. He liked to tell them, too. Sometimes at recess he would get a group of younger boys around him and would tell them something he had just read. Usually he told a story which he h~d read, but if none occurred to, him at the moment he ·made up one of his own. Pedro was a subscriber to several magazines for boys and young people. He liked to read the stories in Boys' Life or THE YOUNG CITIZEN or similar publications. He had a number of story books in his room, and often he read them instead of studying his lessons. One night he sat in his room reading · a thrilling story. Presently he finished the story. "I suppose I should work those problems assigned for tomorrow," he said to himself. "But what's the use? I couldn't get them right." So. he decided to go to bed. He took off his clothing and put on his pajamas. Pedro always said his prayers before he went to bed. On this particular night as he knelt down he happened to notice the crucifix which his mother had placed on the wall near his bed. An idea came to the boy. "Perhaps if I- ask God to help me, I might not be such a worthless, good-for-nothing boy," he thought. (Please turn to gage 149.) THE YOUNG CITIZEN A PAGE OF SELECTED VACATION POEMS Vacation Time I'M GLAD vacation time is here Altho' I hold the schooldays dear, But everyone needs change, it. seen'lsVacation, too, has lovely themes. I haven't made my plans as yet But think perhaps that I shall get Some flower seeds, a rake, and hoe- · I must make ready first, you knowPrepare the ground, then plant the seeds, And when they sprout, look out for weeds! I may raise vegetables, tooThere is so much· for me to do! So much I doubt if I shall find The time to do what's in my mind. Many things, both great and small; I. know I cannot do them all. I'll like to camp a week or two; Yes, that is one thirig I must do. And in between tasks I shall play, But work, too, can be very gay. And maybe I shall go to se~ The great big city-you'll agree That that would be a lot of fun. And when vacation days are done, I'll not be sorry,· but instead I'll welcome schooldays just ahead. Vacation Thouqht I WONDER if our schoolbooks .Are lonely all the day, While thro' the long vacation In cupboards put away? - I wonder if the blackboard . Seems rather out of place, Without a single piece of chalk· To mark upon its face? I wonder if the schoolroom Is ·sometimes lonely, too, While standing bare and empty Without·a thing to dor l;lut t~is we can ass~re them: When vacation days all flee We'll join them in the schoolroom And keep them company. • * * Campint;J VACATION time has come again And camping days are here, With hiking, swimming, playing, too-· The best time of the year, We climb the trees and roam the. wood.s, And all grow strong and tall; Our friends will hardly know us When we are no longer small. We do not miss the shops and stores, The movies, or the cars, When we can play and swim all day, And sleep beneath the stars. 139 THE YOUNG CITIZEN MUSIC APPRECIATION SECTION GREAT COMPOSERS OF ,MUSIC SECOND SERIES By 11ERT PAUL OSBON• IV. GOUNOD APRIL, 1941 WHEN the music so developed his piety and religious director- of zeal, thai, when he returned to France, t h e p a r i s he considered seriously becoming a priest, 0 per a was and adopted the title of Abbe Gounod. If asked to name you read the story of L(szt' in THE YOUNG the most pop- CITIZEN for February, 1941, you reular French member that abbe is the title given by the opera of to- Catholic Church in France to a clergyday, he re- man who has not taken vows and .does plied witlwut not receive his living from the church. hes it a ti on, While in Rome, Gounod devoted much "G o u n o d's time to the study of church music; later Faust!' And he studied theology, but he gave this tip Gounod, Idol of Frenc!. Op"a yet, when this in' order to devote himself to music, opera was especially to the writing of operas. His first produced in Paris in 1859, it was first operas were not well received, but a failure, Ten years later, after a total later he achieved success. His first sucof 300 successful ·performances outside of cessful opera was Faust, although, as France, it began to become. well-known previously stated, it was not liked in and liked in Paris. France until ten years after its first proGounod (pron'ounced goo-no), now · duction in Paris, "the idol of the French opera," was born I am sure in Paris in 1818. He received his first yo u have musical instruction froin his mother who heard some was an artist. She did her ·best to make of the lovea practical man of her son. After hav- ly melodies ing been taught music by his mother, the from the talented boy entered the great inusic 0 p e r a school of France which is known as. the Faust. Let Paris Conservatory. Here he did such me tell you outstanding work in music that he won a I i t t J e the Grand Prize, about this Later he went to Rome where he heard opera, and the music of Palestrina. (See THE y 0 u will YOUNG CITIZEN for.January, 1941.) This want to •Formerly of the Department ~f MUsic Educa~ tion, Sahool of Education, New York: University, New York City, U.'S, A. hear more of it. First, let. The Grand Stair-Case of the Frend 0 per a THE YOUNG CITiZEN Ann.,.1941 ELEMEN-I'ARY SCIENCE SECTION THE MIGHTIEST CATARACT IN THE WORLD Victoria 'Falls on Jiu Zambtzi River in Rhodesia, British Africa THIS mightiest of all waterfalls in the world is situated in Rhodesia, British Africa, at a point where the Zambezi river passes from the central African plateau to lower levels. Its roar is like c~ntinuous thunder, and the vapor from the falling water rises in a column that can be seen for miles. The native African name (M usi-oa-tunya) for the falls means "thundering smoke." Dr. Livingstone was the first Europeiln 'to·view this falls. He discovered it in 1855. We can imagine the sensation of awe and exultation with which he gazed. upon this mighty. spectacle. The height of Victoria Falls is more than twice that of Niagara Falls in North America, which has been described in ._previous issues of THE YOUNG CITIZEN. It is divided by islands into four separate cataracts, of which the middle two, Main Fall and Rainbow Fall, are the widest. Their brea<!th together is slightly greater than that of the Horseshoe Fall and American Fall of Niagara. (See the February, 1939, and the September, 1939, issue of THE YOUNG CITIZEN.) The total breadth at the edge is considerably over a mile. The river pows perpendicularly into a deep chasm or crack in. the earth, set squarely across the current, from which it issues roaring and boiling, the whole volume pent up and confined in a narrow gorge leading to a Z-shaped canyon. The railway, which enables visitors to reach the spot, crosses the canyon so close that passengers are wet with the spray. The greatest spectacle of the kind in the world is this falls of the Zambezi river named Victoria Falls in .honor of Queen Victoria of Engla~d. A.rruL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN SPONGES SPONGES have been known for thousands of years. Yet it is only within the last seventy-five years that they have certainly been known to be animals and noi plants. Like plants they are always fixed and never move about. They do not have eyes or legs or any of the sense organs. They do not have any of the internal organs. that we usually think of as belonging to animals. Yet they have a way of feeding and type of egg cells and their developme11t that belong to animals. And in other obscure ways they resemble animals and not plants. Of course this means living sponges. Perhaps you are thinking of what we usually call 'lsponges," which are only the dry skeletons of sponges. In life these were all filled in and covered over with the soft jelly-like flesh·of living cells. Sponges of all kinds always. live in water. Most of them live in shallow water in the ocean. They are of many sizes and forms and colors. The skeletons of sponges are very interesting. The wonderfully beautiful skeleton of the "Venus's flower-basket," which is found in the Philippines, is made of flinty fibers intertwined and interwoven in ways so delicate and intricate that one wonders chat such a simple· and lowly creature as a sponge could have formed it and had it for its skeleton. Although sponges are in most ways very simple animals, they are rather difficult to understand, for t'hey are differe~t from the animals with which we are f, The only work the feed, and the sea reall:,_ him, bec"ause he gets all 6. of the currents of water wh. body. The surplus water po~rs out through another set cit openings. Sponges are never eaten by other animals, probably because they have a peculiar disagreeable odor and perhaps flavor. But other animals of many kinds live in sponges for their homes-worms, small crabs, mollusks, etc. Sponges adapted for commercial use are found in the eastern part of the Med.iterranean Sea, near the Bahama Islands, on the coast of Florida, and in other parts of the world. They are secured from the water by diving, dredging, and, in' shallow water, by long forks. Sponges are of different sizes and. textures. Some are large and .coarse; these are used for auto-washing. Smaller, finer sponges are used for many purposes. Sponge fishing is an important industry. P arious Forms of Sponges THE YOUNG CITIZEN C .LUH, .cation Camping Business in Vacation -B;MANUELO PASTRANO By LI ONG KWANG APRIL, 1941 Using My Tiine By MATILDE SANTOS ( 16 _YEARS OLD) (15 YEARS OLD) ( 14 YEARS OLD) FOR several vacations some MY older sister and I lived "TIME is precious; do not of us boys·have camped out with our aunt and uncle in waste it even in vacation," for a· short time on the one of the la~ger Philip- was the last thing our teachbanks of a small stream a pine towns during the vaca- er said to us just before the few miles away. Every boy tion months of 1940. · close of school. brings his own bed, dishes, One day my sister said So ·the first morning of knives, forks, and spoons, to me, "Let's ea.rn some my vacation .I said to my and food. We sleep in a money." . mother at the breakfast borrowed tent and cook at "How?" I naturally iable, "Mother, our teacher an outdoor fire. asked. told.us not to waste our time Everyone takes his turn " By making and selling even during vacation. How. carrying water, gathering candy," she said. can I avoid wasting my wood, and helping to pre- My sister can make deli- time?" pare the meals. Each boy cious candy-~everal kinds. "Budget your time, make washes and dries his own So each morning we made a. schedule, and follow it." dishes. W e have two swim 1different kinds of candy- And that · is what I did. periods a day. taffy, coconut bar, caramels, First I made a list of the The rest of the time we peanut brittle, and. other things which I planned to spend in playing ball and kinds. Each afternoon I do. These included the folother outdoor games, going went out selling our wares lowing items: reading, on hikes, a.nd reading books on one of the large business practicing on the piano, and magazines which we streets. I wore a clean pair playing tennis, learning to have brought with us. At of shorts and a clean '\vhite cook, doing some sewi11g, night we have a camp fire coat. By means of a strap taking kodak pictures, hikwhere we sing songs and tell around my neck I had a ing, wnting letters ID stories. tray of various kinds of friends, arranging my stamp One boy brings a micro- delicious homemade candy collection (yes, I collect scope and a pair of field in front of me. The candy stamp even though I am a glasses to help uncover in- was temptingly displayed in girl), and other things. teresting facts. We have little cellophane bags to Then mother helped me added to our knowledge of protect it from dust and in- to budget my iime for each (Pleau turn to pa9t 150.) (Please turn to page 150,) (Please turn to page 150.) APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 145 WORK AND PLAY SECTION VACATION GAMES Horseshoe Pitching IN INFORMAL horseshoe pitching two stakes are fixed 30 to 40 feet away from each other. New or discarded horseshoes are used. The first throw is determined by a 'toss. In turn each contestant then pitches his two horseshoes. A foul line is drawn, and any player who steps over it when throwing is disqualified for that throw. Each player tries to throw his two horseshoes nearest to the stake at the opposite end. If a horseshoe encircles the stake, it is called a ringer. The scoring is: ringer, 3; horseshoe leaning' against the stake (leaner), 2; horseshoe nearest to the stake, l ; both horseshoes nearest to the stake, 2. The game consists of 21 points. Circular metal rings may be used instead of horseshoes as in the game called quoits. Touclz~ng Wood THE PLAYER selected as the It starts inside a circle of the other players in soine yard, field, or grassy spot. A definite bounds is assigned, and a player who goes out of bounds immediately becomes the It. If the It tags a player inside bounds, he immediately become the It in turn, unl1ess he is touching something made of wood. As a player tempts the It from one side of the circle, players from the other side leave the wood and run to new sections of th.e circle, even across the entire circle. Firefly A CIRCLE is formed <if couples, each boy holding his girl partner's hand. One couple, the Fireflies, runs around the outside of the circle, carrying a flashlight. Suddenly they flash it on cine of. the couples in the circle. They then try to run around the circle to the right, while the other couple runs to the left, both couples trying to arrive first at the only vacancy in the circle. The couple that fails gets·the flashlight, and becomes the Fireflies. The game is best played after dark. Poison Circle THE PLAYERS stand in as .wide a circle as they can, with hands' clasping those of their neighbors. A circle is drawn four 'feet inside the circle, and a soft . rubber ball placed in !is center. At a signal all pull and push, endeavoring to force a player into the central Poison Circle. When a player is forceq in, the others cry "Poison!" and run . away. The player pushed inside gets the ball, and tries to hit one of the fleeing players. He continues until a player has been hit three times. If several players are pushed into the circle, they scramble for the ball, and the one securing it throws. A player who is hit by the ball has one score against him. When a· player has three scores against him, he stands with his back towards the others, and the "Poison" player has three more throws at him. Zamboanga Two GOAL LINES 60 feet apart are.drawn. Two teams are selected, one placed behind each goal line. Team No. 1 agrees upon some trade (planting rice, or sewing a coat, or some other occupation), and (Please turn to page 150.) APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNQ CITIZEN 147 MISER'S GOLD NIGHT IN A HUT During the night a leop( Continued from page 13]) (Continued from page 137) ard had sneaked through golden yellow flower. Soon were able to kill them. the fence to get one of the all the meadows in ·all the We were tired and soon goats. He had killed two land were filled ~ith beau- we went to sleep, although of th~m and had begun ~o tiful golden flowers, the our beds were not very eat his prey. The cattle m good fairy's golden yellow comfortable. I do not know t~e corral h~d be~ome. exflowers which everyone how.long I.had been asleep, cited. . This n01~e h~d could enjoy. And they have when I was sudden 1 y aw~kened the natives m bloomed there ever since. awakened by a loud scream- their huts, and they knew Thus. the good fairy ing and yelling. outside. at. once that there was a changed the miser's ~old We got up at once. We wild beast around. Two ~f into something beautiful could clearly hear the ex- the men ha~ taken their which everybody would . d . f . d spears and shields and gone eni'oy. cite yo1ces o men outs1 e. outside quietly. We did not know what had k · h d I k . 1 It was dar ou.ts1de, but appene . too a p1sto h . d QUESTIONS . h d d f . d t ese natives are accustome m my an an my nen · · h d k I. What is. a legend? t k f th boa d to seemg m t e ar ness. 00 some 0 e r s The two men quick! y found (See the dictionary.) down.. We c?uld not see the leopard. The animal 2. What is a . miser? anythmg outside and the then tried to get out of the (Again see the dictionary.) noise ha~ stopped. We corral. He leaped at the 3. How did the miser in cal~ed twice and one ?f th~ two men, and they killed this story secure his "gold natives answered: Tu 1 h. . . Pl .eces? b . h P b ,, 1m with their long spears. m a1a sana a a, wana. A d · · d I d 4. Where did he hide (I h v kill d a leo ard.) me rnm size eopar th ? · a. e .. e P lay before us. The claws em . . . This k1l.lmg of a leopard of the beast were long and 5. What ey1l ~erson went did not interest us- very sharp, and looked' very to the old m1~er shut? much, we .were so accus- strong. I raised his lips and 6. What did the robber tomed to 1t at our farm. saw his great fangs which do?. Therefore we went to bed were about three inches 7. What happened to the ~gain and slept until morn- long: kettle of gold? mg. The leopard still had the 8. What did the fairy The naiives were talking spear in his side. Several see? noisily when we came out wounds showed us that both 9. What did the fairy of our hut the next morn- spearsmen had fought him. decide to do? ing. There was a corral The natives do not like too 10. Tell the rest of the near the huts where the cat- many holes in the skin of a story. tie and the goats .were kept leopard. They sell the 11. ·What do you think of at ·night. The fence of this yellow and brown spotted hoarding money and not corral was about nine feet skin, and they will get more using it? high and was built from money for it when there are 12. Do you know any branches of .red thorn trees. not many h-;,les in it. They fairy stories? Could you It was effective for keeping usually dry the skin in the tell one?· the wild animals out. (Please, turn to page 149.) THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 1941 THE FUNNY PAGE APRIL, 1941 NIGHT IN A HUT (Continued from page 147) THE YOUNG CITIZEN A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING (Continued from page I 38) GOUNOD {Continued from page 141) 149 sun, and then sell it to one So he added a little petition dramas, Wagner. (See THE of the farmer's wives. of his own to his prayer. YOUNG CITIZEN for NovThey offered us the skin, "Help me, God, to do some- ember, 1940.) but we thanked them and thing worth while, so I At seventy-five, crippled declined. We could not won't be a good-for-noth- and blinded by .a paralytic take the skin with us be- ing." stroke, Gounod composed cause we had no means of Just as he finished his a Requiem. He heard it· carrying it on our motor- prayer, he happened to played, and when it was cycle. notice the back cover of a finished, he fell over unWe cleaned the mud recent magazine for young conscious and died. This from our motorcycle, ·and people. "C.an you write a was in 1893. At the funeral waited until the hot sun had good story? Win a prize!" service hosts of his admirdried the road. Then we the advertisement read. He ers were present. said goodbye and climbed scanned the announcement Gounod's great operas onto our motorcycle which through. "I wonder. if I Faust, Rom(o and Juliette, took us to our farm in a could," he said, half aloud. and many of his sacred comshort time. He thought for a few mo- positions will always be We were glad that we ments. "Well;. I'll try." . heard and loved whenever had stayed with the natives He seated himself ~t his there is music. during the night, as th.is had study t~ble.. As he did so, given us the opportunity h~ agam said the words of REVIEW . of seeing their home life his prayer utter,~d a few I. What is Gounod d . . h . h . 1 moments before. Help me, ~n en1oymg t CI~ OS~lta - God, to do.something worth called? I!y.. But one night m a while, so I wonlt be a good- 2. What is his nationalnattv~ hut was enough, for-nothing." ity? especially when we had a Inspiration and strength 3. What are the dates of visit fro!TI an East African come to the boy. Soon he his life? . , leopard. was working away on a 4. What is Gounods short story to be sent in an- most famous opera? swer to the advertisement h.5. Tell of the success of t 1s opera. I. What can you tell he had read. Never before 6. What is an opera? about a leopard? (See the ha~ he had such an ea?er 7. Name some selections encyclopedia.) desire t~ do somethmg from Faust. · 2. Describe the skin of worth while. He wrot.e and 8. Name some other wrote. It was a simple compositions by Gounod. . story, and the plot unfolded 9. Tell of the disposition 3. Why do the natives naturally and easily. of Gounod not wish to make holes in "I think this is a pretty 11. Nam~ one contemQUESTIONS the leopard. the leopard's hide? good story," Pedro thought I porary. . 4. Find Kenya Colony when it was almost finished. 12. What was Gounod's on the map. Mount Elgon. (Please turn to page 151.) last composition? HOW THE FOX LOST (Continued from page 134) 6. Why were the ducks and the turkey frightened? 7. What. did the fox say THE YOUNG CITIZEN VACATION GAMES (Continued from page 145) approaches the other team with this dialogue: Team No. I: Here we to them? come. 8. What request did they f Te;m No. 2 : Where make? rom 9 D"d th f . ? No. I: Zamboanga. APRIL, 19.p VACATION CAMPING (Continued from page 144) trees, birds, stones, stars, and water creatures, besides having fun and learning to know one another better. BUSINESS IN VACATION (Contjnued from page 144) · 1 e ox agree No. 2: What's . your 10. What did the ducks trade? sects. and the turkey do them? No. 1 : Lemonade. I foun_d no. difficulty Why? No. 2 : How's it made? whatever m selling two or I I.. Did the farmer hear Then team No. I acts out three trayfuls each afterthem? noon. After a person tasted the movements of the trade some of the delightful can12. What did he do? selected. As soon as a mem- dy which my sister can 13. What kind of story is ·ber of team No. 2 guesses make, thaf individual althis? (A fable.) it correctly and announces ways wanted more. Some14. What is a fable? it, the members of the first times, too, I took orders for 15. Which was wiser, the team race for their goal, several kilos of a certain fox or the fowls? the other team trying to tag kind which was well liked: 16. Did you lik~ this them. When my sister and I story? All who are tagged' or returned home after vaca17. What. did you learn "caught" before reaching tion, we each had nearly a their home go.al join the hundred pesos. · from it? 18. Have you ever seen a duck? 19. Have you ever seen· a other team. Then team No. 2 selects a trllde, and the games proceeds as before. USING MY TIME (Continued from page 144) turkey? you about Grimm. activity. Of course I left a 20. Have you ever seen a 25. What else did Grimm generous allowance for unfox? Or a picture of a fox? write? (Many fairy stories looked-for activities. Each 21. What have you read and other stories which morning I made a daily or heard about a fox? have become famous.) schedule, and tacked it up 22. is the fox a wise ani- 26. Can you draw a pie- in the sala. I did my best ture to illustrate this story? to follow my schedule, and ma!? 27. What should be in the succeeded fairly well. Each 23. Do you think he was picture? (The ducks and night I wrote in my diary wise when he agreed to the turkey in a row making all the things I had done what the ducks and the a loud noise, and the fox during the day. At the end turkey asked? sitting nearby.) of vacation I wa·s astonished 24. This story was told 28. ·Have you ever read at the number of things I long ago by a man named any other fables?·(You will had accomplished, all on Grimm. Ask your· teacher 1 find some in other numbers I account of using my time or some other person to tell of THE YOUNG CITIZEN.) wisely. APRIL, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 151 A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING company. "Just like "every- himself. And from that (Continued from page 149) thing else I try to do-- time he was a changed boy. Presenily it was completed. worthless!" he thought. The boy read it over care- But one day he received ANSWER THESE fully, changing a sentence a letter-a letter in a long I. Did you like this here and there, or looking envelope with the name of story? Why? up a doubtful spelling in die publishing company in 2. What did Pedro's the dictionary. the upper left hand corner. parents and teachers think "When the story was He could hardly wait to about him? written to his satisfaction, open the envelope. 3. What did Pedro think he placed it in the drawer "Dear Pedro," the letter about himself?· · of his study table. "Tomor- ran. "We congratulate you 4. Was this true? row night I will copy it and upon th.e manuscript which 5. ·What did ·Pedro like send it in," he said to him- you entered in our recent to do? self. Then be went to bed. contest. We are pleased to 6. What changed PeMo's The next morning Pedro announce that your story opinion of himself? read his story before break- was awarded second place. 7. What did Pedro need fast. "It is really a good We enclose you ·our check in order to "make good"? story-better t ban I for one hundred pesos, the 8. Dp you ever doubt thought,'' be decided. How- amount offered as ·second your own ability? ever be felt it was best to prize. Your contribution 9. Do you think you say ~otbing to anyone about will soon appear in our would be more successful in bis attempt at story-writing. magazine for young people. doing things if. you tried That evening be made a If Y?U care to. send us more harder? neatcopyofhisstory,placed stones we will buy them 10. Is there any person. it in a large envelope, and fro.m you if they are as well who is really good for addressed it to the editor wntten as the one you sent nothing? Why do you think of the magazine. "I hope I us." so? · get at least a small prize,'' . Ped~o could hardly be- 11. Have you ever beard be said to himself. And heve his eyes. One hundred of an "inferiority comtben the words of bis player pesos! . He showed his let- plex"? again came to his mind. ter to his parents and teach- 12. What is an "inferior"Help me, God, to do some- ers. They were as astonished ity ~omplex"? (It is the thing worth wl\ile, so I as he was. . ~eehng in a person th.at be . w 0 n't ·be a good- for_ They all thought a mu- 1s unable to ·do anythmgnotbing." ~cle ha.d happened. And the feeling that be is good The story was mailed at mdeed it bad, for after that for nothing.) . th ffi b. p d nobody could persuade Pe- 13. Is it possible to dee post-a ce, ut e ro dro that b d f 1 "" f . . told no one of bis literar . e was a goo - or- ve op an . m ~nonty comT . Y nothmg. Heknewnowtbat plex" w1tb1n yourself? attempt. hen tbmgs went he could do something (Yes) on about as usual. h b"l b · · wort w 1 e-- e was a sue- 14. It 1s possible to destroy Weeks and weeks went cessful writer! an "inferiority complex" ~y, and the boy heard. no.th- "A good-far-not bing when you have developed mg from the pubhsbmg makes good,'' said Pedro to such a feeling?(Yes) How? 152 THE YOUNG CITIZEN APRIL, 1941 vacation games listed on page 145 in this issue. Some are old-have stood the.test of time-others are new. But they're all good. As in previous issues, we are running another. interesting story this month about. life in East Africa. WONDER; boys . and girls would certainly do that This \s very timely just now, and grownups who read very thing. (Perhaps that since East Africa is one· of THE YOUNG CITIZEN, how is because your Editor has the theaters of action in the you are spending your vaca- a "sweet tooth.") . present World War. Next tion (if you have one). For the boy who likes to month there will be another Perhaps my thoughts along camp there is. a splendid of these true experiences. this 1 in e have been short article on Vacati9n The article will tell of a prompted by a girl's article Camping (page 144 in this great forest fir~ which sent to The What-Are-You- issue). Any group of boys drove before it scores of Doing? Ciub page. I hope interested in carrip life wild animals-elephants, you will read it-the article could have a .fine tJme at a lions, leopards, bucks, anteUsing My Time on pa~e very small cost. by follow- lopes, buffaloes, zebras~all 144 in this issue. That girl mg the suggest10ns of that trying to escape from a teris blessed with a wise' teach- article. rible common enemy-a er, a wise mother, _and a All-in-all, our page set forest fire. Of course you wise little self. What did aside for The What-Are- will not miss reading the she do? Scheduled her Y~u-Doing? C!ub is rep!ete May issue of THE YOUNG time so she could use it to this month w1.th practical CITIZEN just for that article the best~advantage. I hope vacation suggestions. alone. ·, that many of our young If you are something of Perhaps you, my dear readers will do-at.l'east to 1 a. shark for working. out 1reader, will.have so~e .in~ some extent-as d~d that I picture puzzles-espe~ially j teresting or even· t~r·tllmg fourteen-year-old girl. I 'f you h~.ve some aplltude 'experience during this v;wa• And I hope you will for drawing-you will find I tion. If you do, why not read the business sugges- a very interesting and sug-1 write it up and send it to tion in the article Busine_ss j gestive page in t~e W 01-_k the Editor?. We will gladly· in Vacation (page 144 in.and Play Section this publish it-sooner or later this issue) by our fifteen-I month. Turn to pag~ 146, '-if .it is worth while. Try year-old Chinese friend read carefully A Picture it. who lives· in one of the I from Twelve Lines and a Once again, your Editor provinces of· southern Lu- Dot, and then-see w.hat wishes you a very plea;ant zon. That article con tams I you can ~o. There are JU_'t and profitable v a cat 1 on a suggestion which scores twelve hnes and a dot m wherever you. may be, or of boys and girls all -0ver I every one of them; I know whatever you may do. Unthe Philippines could fol-II because I counted them. ti! next month, then, Goodfow.· If I were a boy, I You will find some good bye.-THE EDITOR. Announcement to All Our Young Readers: Did J'OU ever do 1ometbing interesting and worth while? Have you had an7 up&rien.ce in doinc any of the following: (1) Collecting Philippine Shella, (2) Huntins Tu:rtle1, (8) Esploring a Volcano, (4) Catching Sharks, (6) Making an Aquarium, (6) Collecting Postage Stamps, (7) Visiting Famous Churches of the Philippine&, (8) Making a Garden, (9) Raising Flowers, (10) Making Candie., (11) ~uildin1 a Sail Boat1 (12) Banting for Wild Animala, (18) Baking Bread or Cakes, (14) Making Articles of Clothing, (16) Making Articles of Furniture, (16) Visiting the Aquarium in Manila, (17) Collecting Moths and Butterflies, (18) Collectinc Jntereating Botanical Specimen111 (19) Raising Orehids, (20) Visiting Pl'imitive Peoples in the Pll'llippinea, or doing many other illtereatin&: things. WRITE ABOUT IT IN A SHORT COMPOSITION. Send your composition to TM Young Citiz•n.. Each month the Editor of The Young Citizen will publish as man!' of the best compositions as space will permit. If your composition is accepted for publication, you will become a member of The What-Ara-You-Doing? Club. The rules for securing membership are aimple. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING RULES: 1. Write about oomething interesting which you have done, such ao the above titles suggest. Do not write .a story which is not true. If your otory is accepted, you are a member of the Club. 2. On your composition write your name and address VERY PLAINLY. 3. State your age. (. Tell what you liked best in recent issues of Th• Young Citi:•n. Addreso all letters to: The What-Are-You-Doing? Club Care of Community Publishero, Inc. Publishers of The Young Citizen P. 0. Box 685, Manila, Philippines opens June 1, 1941 '71'1 sen }Aateeh1101 }Aanna w5iilRWl&WMilR1K - \iltlMtl/ Mi,iW&ifil\Wll0m