Show THE rIlE AUTHOR Editors Editor's Note This article won first prize in a contest sponsored by byI Western Newspaper I i per Union at the Fifth Annual A Ann n n u a I I Writers' Writers Confer Confer- Conference ence once at Northwestern Northwestern North North- western university ty in July 1941 1911 for the best feature fea fea- ture article appropriate ap ape appropriate to thea the a observance o of Constitution i Ion o n day I It H was written writ ten by Mrs Marte Ma Ma- Marie rie rte II H. aMarie a Marie II 11 teacher in a Chi Cb Chicago cago high school Mrs Is the daughter of an immigrant Bohemian shoemaker and although born In this country she did not learn to speak English until she was six years old She has achieved distinction as a writer having won several contests in short shor story and feature writing in the Middle Middie Mid lId lIddIe die dle West She is the mother of 01 a ason ason ason son who ho recently was accepted for tor CAA training and who hopes to become become become be be- come an army aviator |