Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1923, Page 69

SPORTS, Bugs. This is the first of a series of stories about strange and fascinating insects. 'HERE is nothing funny about be- ng the’ husband of a female pray- ing mantis. Mrs, Mantis. a queer lit- | tie insect, has about the meanest| sposition imaginable and takes It | on Mr. Mantis frequently. | As soon as Mrs. Mantis becomes ghe least bit tired of her husband, which she will usually do after hav- 1§ known him for two or three days. she attacks him and eats him. \s she Is quite a bit larger than her nusband and very much more fero- cious, she has no more difficulty in cisposing of him than she does in disposing of the crickets and other insects which form her usual fare. Mrs. Mantis is a disagreeable lady only to her husband, but also to the other females around her. Often two females will have a battle. Un- less this occurs in the mating sea- they will stop their fight as| %001 as one of them has injured the other. As they attack each other thev look very much like boxers, ~parring with their powerful forelegs. Jim’s Luck. Warren sald Jim had “good luck," . So often a gold mine he struck, Nor thought, when he sald It, That Jim should have credit For patlence, persistence and pluck. €6}, it's Just Jim's Tuck. He surely in the luckiest thing.” Warren ied with longng. “T wish I were| cky like he §s™* The other boys alll rodded. Do vou know what the latest is?, Old Judge Anderson has given him is son's violin.” This time Warren | ‘tually groaned with his desire for such luck. “I've wanted one all my Gee, T'd giye my head for one; and here Mr. Anderson just goes and iands one out to Jim. How do vou ~uppose he ever happened to give it| him? It's just Jim's luck!" | “Jim mows his lawn for him; that's he came to know him," one of & other fellows suggested. “But, T used to mow Judge | Anderson’s lawn myself,” Warren in- | terrupted, “and he never gave me any violin. T quit because he wanted me to come every Monday night, even ball season. Jim's a nut to go.| that's just the way it Is—it's ays the nuts like Jim that have the luck. TI'm just dying for a some kind of instru- shoo Hut “ll vie an then, music | chance, the come ur I was ilbert. tracher, who had just up in! ‘ime to hear the last sentence. “I'm #oing to start an orchestra,” he ex piained. “The school board has or- dered all the necessary instruments. and they will be kept here at the school and rented out. I'll give le: sons to any of you fellows, and the one that learns to play the best will ket the instrum: Oh-h-h-h'" arren, who oved musfc, was delighted. ‘ake lessons on the flute? “Yes, several of the fellows want » learn to play the flute, so yvou'll ave some competition. However. vAu're musical and there's no reason ¢hy you couldn’t win out if you work. It will be between you and James. “James? But he has a violin no “Oh, you heard about the violin he ®ot. did vou? It is a fine one. How-| ever, it seems that he has always| had a desire to learn to play the| fute, and now that such a good | t in the end rea “May 1 he asked chance has come he is determined to| wonder how the story will turn out. | are knights of old, the gay ladies of Louis XI | pirates caning out of tiny windows 1ake advantage of it. IHe wants to jearn to play both, “There's no use for me to try if ne's golng to. He always gets every- 1hing he wants and more, too. Just think of him getting that violin| given to him. Ha surely is the Tuckiest thing.” Rut the next weck both the boys crarted thelr lessons. Scarcely a week had passed before Warren had/ tacome tired of them and given them| ip. But James plodded along at the | tessons and when the exams were given he won the flute. “You surely are the luckiest thing." Warren sighed. The critic sald who saw It; ut where's the wagon?” | replled, The horse is going to draw it. R 2 s = B Speakin® o’ Speed. The restaurant had taken fire and tastus ran for his life. After three ays he returned and the boss said. Rastus. where have you been all his time? AIn't bin no place,” was the re- ‘Bin comin’ back.” STORIES, " A Saint and Sinner All in One. GAMES, " HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 17, 1923—PART 3. Girls’ RIDDLES, | PUZZLES, | _ (This is the first of a tic.os by Plerson L. Max: |expert, “who has taueht bo; is to |swim &t municipal besches, ocean beachies and private pools. Mr. Maxwell has boen & life- |guard and a racing swimmer for & number of iyoars, He knows what he is talking about ‘when it comes to swimming. Olip these arti- | oles ‘and follow them if you want to bscome a good swimmer.) {Tms sct of articles will teach you ! not only how to swim, but how to swim right, the way the great rac-| ing swimmers of the world swim m-‘i | day. Of course, any way of swim- | This strange-looking creature, onc of the most interesting of all insccts, is the praying mantis, so called because it has a habit of holding look' like hands folded together in prayer. | ever, youll see that the mantis is a sinner its front legs so that they If you read the story, ho as well as a saint. If the fight takes place dur mating season, the battle is alw the s to | the death and the defeated mantis is eaten by her victorious rival During the fights which M carries on she utters a war ery Mantis which | ming which will keep you on top of | | the water and will furnish you with amusement fs a good way to swim, | but with a little work, which 1s sport | i in itself, you can learn to be & really | good swimmer. In attempting to learn the strokes | FIRST | sounds very much as though a cmxdl were trying to say. “Pouf, pouf.” | | The mantis the only insect in| | the entire insect family which can | move its eyes In whatever directfon | 11t pleases Typical Girls Alice, the Dream Girl, a Lover of Story-Book Fantasies which will be given in these articles, | do not try to make too much haste. Each week a particular form of ex-| | ercise will be given. and if you wili | practice faithfully during fhe week, | you will be able to take up the work of each article in succession. HANDICRAFT, What Is the best and easlest stroke for boys and girls to learn? The American crawl stroke; it is the fast- est and you can get a longer distance through the water with the same amount of work than with any other stroke. The first step to take up is to learn how to do the “dead man's flomt" Get into a pool or swimming hole, not deeper than your walst. Back up to the wall of the pool and put one foot agalnst this wall. Place your arms out in front of your body, crouch down, put your head in the water, and shove with the foot which is against the wall. Keep your head under water. If you follow these directions, your body will be floating easily on the POSITION surface of the water, face When you are tired of holding your breath. come up by throwing the head into the and the hapds at the sides, doubling the knees in to the body. During this dead mar fioat. there must not be an Society News From Nut Town. Mies her brother | Phil,, Hazel ot nd are trip. were our returning Before | from { their western starting home they taken by their uncle, Mr. Wall Nut. with whom | | they have been visiting, to a vaude- | show in the city. Phil writes | ked the acrobats, and Hazel | thought the 1cing girls were the best. but when the last act was! shown, they both agreed that the Jit- tle Al Mond. with his clever little dog, was the best of them all. “The clown in the show had a much prettier suit than the clowns in the circus had,” Miss Nut writes. “It was made of vellow and black crepe { paper. with big white paper ruffles around the neck. wrists and ankles." (This is another in a series of nut dolls which you can make of nuts, millinery wire No. and crepe paper. The features are put on the nut faces with black and red crayvon. To make the body of the doll, cut | clown, one another three inches and another six | inches. Bend one end of the seven- inch and also of the three-inch wire | wires by Cut a long r e three-quarters in moistening with paste, = winding along the wire alf inch unwound at the straight end of the seven- e. The end of this wire is to be forced into the end of the nut which forms ths head. Fasten the three-irch wire about two inches from the loop ernd of the inch wire hy fwisting. Find he middle of the nch wire an wind around the seven-inch plece close to the nut to form arms. Bend the bottom loops over so that they form teet. Fill out the body by wind- ing a one-inch strip of crepe paper eround many times, pasting In place. The clown's head is an almond nut. Cut the sult in two pieces, one of vellow and of biack, and paste together as illustrated. © strips of white crepe paper puck- ered in to fit on one cdge and frilled with the finger tips on the otker strp o pe paper Cover the loop end i then lLeave about h wde cover! h piec one pompons are also made of white pa- per puckered. The cap is half yel- Ikw and half black. To make the SCIENCE, that's the only way to win this game. It's a game meant for boys who like hard play. At least six the more the merrier. Two sides, with an equal number of players on a side, are chosen. When this is done, the two ‘teams seat themselves on the ground In line and facing one another. The players at the front of each line clasp |hands. The players behind them put their arms around the man in front. | The sport is then ready to commence. At the signal, “Go,” the players on both sides begin to pull with all their might. The object is for one team to pull the leader of the other team from the grasp of his team- mates. 1f this is done, the player who has been dislodged must join the team which has succeeded In dis- lodging him, going to the foot of | their line. | There are several little things be- | side strength which will help a team win. One of these WHAT FIVE RHYMING WORDS ARE PICTURED HERE? down. | motion. Answer to today’s picture puzzle: The five rhyming words pictured are: | row, hoe, crow, bow. players are required to play it, but ADVENTURE, The Fuq Maker ULL, pull, and pull some more—| is the way the! player clasps his hands about the|anoher way in which a team “imay| Can You Solve These Puzzles? Dor’t look for the answers till you've tried the puzzle. Sow, | name of the movie star These boys are playing “Pull for Shore, Sailor.” It tells you how to play the same You'll have all sorts of fun. alongside the picture. get your friends and go to it. waist of the man in front of Mm.|get a greater pulling force The best way to do this is for the|work is a large fa player to grasp his left wrist with|Every pl. his right hand. Digging holes for the heel THE NAME OF A P?;U’LAR MOVIE STAR | is JOKES, “Pull for Shore, Sailor!” It’s a Great Game to Play Read the me, story Then Team- in winning. hould give to help dis- er from his 2 heave at the sar |lodge an opposing squad. Anything But That. timid first A her country miss rafiroad When the ,conductor | said, “Ticwets, pleas | her bag wimi awe. | ment. | Soon aftey the | her car and said, ewing gum { With a sigh, «he said. “Oh, goodne | @0 I have to give that up, was tak Journey ald to her and + fished in too? Must Be on a Strike. “We have a koo clock Answer to today's picture puzzie: The | Cartoon Magic—The Spigot Express. | The ruffies | iece of wire seven inches long. | The neck ruffle should be double. The | into a loop about an inch lorg. Bend | hoop, paste white paper over a ring | vach end of the six-inch wire into a ioop one-half inch long. What Kind of a Girl Are You? re you “Alice, the Dream Girl” who will be shown next wee six wecks there will be some “Typ: you will see yourself as others see you. shown above—or “Jane, tiic Athlete.” | —well wait and see. Each week for | ical Girl" Study them and perhaps In a _cool hammock under a whispering shade tree lies Alice, the “Dream Girl.” Here you see her There is no game, from the story book fant her book, except, perhaps, to look Before her e court, with their jeweled skirt: coast, and sad-eyed princesses towers in the land of romance. Would you like to be “Alice, the Dream Girl?"” A Friendly Rattle. A “rattier” coiled up In the hall— A scream—then the sound of a fall— The girls gathered 'round, All frightened, and found The Joke was on them, after all. HE girls of the boarding school were all gathered in Florence Barton's room. As usual, every one was talking at once. “Oh, girls, do be quiet a minute and listen to Floss burst out Betty Johnson. “She has something important to tell you." “I just thought maybe we could have fun,” Florence began. “You know that new girl is scared to death of snakes. She comes from the north and has heard that we have lots of them down here. She asked me yesterday if they ever come In the housge, and T told her we girls frequently found them among our clothes.” “Oh, Flossy, you the girls laughed. “Yes, 1 did. She maid she'd just die of fright. Now, T found a plece of hose out behind the gymn and 1 thought—- It wasn't necessary for Florence to say what she thought. The other gliris all thought the same; that is, all except Mary Bursani. think you're mean.” ghe de- clared. “I won't help you. What if she should have hysterics or some- thing? People sometimes do."” But the other girls did not let Mary’'s opposition dampen thelr ardor, Quickly they sot to work with brush and paints and soon the hose was converted into a very lifelike snake. A paper head was pasted on one end. By this time, against her will, Mary's services were drafted. She knew one of the girls in the dorm who had spme didn't really?” bought a rattie for her baby brother. | This was borrowed, placed in the tall, and a long black thread tled to it. When the thread was jerked the rubber snake became a feroclous rattler, The. girl's colled the snake today. no_frolic enticing enough to draw her away asies she loves so much. She never puts down up into the interlacing leaves and hiding gold on the Barbary | in high Bob Robin greedy indeed; His mother’s advice he wouldn't heed; So, cocky and merry, He ate ev'ry cherry— But Bobby got paid for his greed. T WAS cherry season and Bobby {1 Robin was happy. Mamma Robin in[had said that he might have a niwe. fat, red cherry for dessert every mesd Shi” Florence warned. “Here | \hile they lasted, even for breaifast! |she comes.” They heard Christine | At first this seemed very wonder- come down the hall and enter her |fy] to Bobby. But when he went to |room. Immediately, by the ald ofypick his first cherry and saw the |the slender black thread, the snake [whole tree covered with the lusclous raised its tail and rattled as no snake | fruit, it seemed to him that it would ever before rattled, hardly pay Jjust to eat one measly There was a plercing shriek, then |jittle cherry. Mamma Robin, how- |another, and another. The girls|aver, had told him that If he ate more | rushed into the hall just in time to |than one she would never let him go |seo Christine plunge forward, face(pack, and that was the worst pun- jdown. “She's fainted,” shrieked |{jshment Bobby could think of. He Betty. “Oh, what shall we do2"|jooked all around and picked out the They crowded arpund Christine, %0 |very biggest and reddest cherry, frightened thelr 'faces were even|which he slowly ate. Then, turning whiter than hers. his back on all the rest of the tempt- Suddenly, opening her eyes, the un- | ing fruit, he flew home to walt for conscious girl threw back her head |the next meal. and laughed. The other girls looked | Fat, juicy worms lost all their more frightened than ever. “Oh, she's | attractiveness when compared to the hysterical,” Florence almost sobbed.[lovely cherries. “Oh, do I have to! “IU'S too funny!" Christine crled |eat them?” asked Bobby. “Why | between her shoits of merriment. |can't T make my whole meal out of | “If you girls don't quit looking 50 |cherries? scared, T'll dle. Did you think I| “Nothing but dessert!” gasped his Are you? fi 1 | before Christine’s door and hid the next room. made of wire and make slashes center.) A Greedy Robin. he could stand it no longer. Ha had never been s in his life and a few cherries surely were not going to hurt him. Besides. any day now they might 'be picked and he would get no more. Bobby got up early in the morn- ing. He was eating and eating and had just flnished his second dozen when there was a terrible noise right under him and a big ladder banged into the tree. “I waen't going to pick them for another week,” sald a voice, “but the birds are just taking them all.’ Bobby tried to fly away, but he felt so dizzy and queer he could not tell where to go. If his mother had not come to his rescue he would have fainted and fallen right into the big cherry bucket. HOW MEN LEARNED TO FLY IN BALLOONS As you watch a circling, dipping airplane, do you ever stop to think how long men have been trying to fly? For 5,000 vears, at least, men have been trylng to conquer the air, have they had any succeas. Naturally enough, most of the early was really afraid of snakes? I was|mother. “Why, Bobby, T should say reared in Africa! Besides,” she gig- no! You would be sick. 1 certainly | gled,. “I recognized any rattle that|can’t afford to have & sick boy on my | Mary borrowed.” hands just in canning season. Now, | you listen to me! You're to eat only one cherry after each meal. You do | worry me 50,” poor Mrs. Robin sighed “If it wasn't that I want to get all | the cherries that I can canned, 1| would almost wish that those people | would pick their cherries.” “Pick them!" gasped Bobby in| slarm. |“Does somebody pick them? Aren't they all ours?” This was Bobby's first cherry season. “You sillly boy!" laughed Mama Robin. “Of course some one picks them. Poor Bobby! This was a terrible { revelation to him. He had thought that the cherries were all his and that they would last all summer. Now he lived in terror every day for fear some one would pick them and hs would never get another, Finall . Piffles Says Nutmegs are great, but you can.al- ways find & nutmeg greaten, attempts at fiying machines were along the general lines of a bird, because the things which men did see fiylng were birds. Unfortunately, birds were about as poor a model as it was possible for man to imitate. Wings which flap up and down are all right for birds, but not at all adapted for mechanical flight. Some one noticed that heated air | would carry & paper bag or & silk bag upward if it. were confined in the bag. This led to balloon experi- ments, which were, at first, very crude, ‘but which have resulted in the gigantic airships of today, pat- terned after the Zeppelin type. The third false start in building fiying machines was the effort to build a plane which would rise straight off the ground by means of a horizontal propeller. Such types of machines are called helicopter: and are just starting to have a tiny bit of sudcess today, in Pencils ready! come in just at the right place. Made Plain. 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