Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1923, Page 65

SPORTS, STORIES, GAMES, Ferdie’s Rolling Stone. Ferdie was small, but 8o sly Twas no wonder he always got by; Though scared "most to fits, He held on to his wits, Determined he never would die ERDIE FOX was sly—very, very sly. And he was also wise—ex- tremely wise. In short, Ferdie was a fox. Ferdie was also a good runner. * Across the fields, over the hills and through the woods he ran just as fast as ever he could. Ferdle was in such o hurry because another fox (one that was wise d sly and also a good runner) was after him. The other fox was almost twice as big as Ferdle, too. Poor little Ferdle was frightened half to death. Faster and faster he ran, until he was so tired he almost dropped. But thought of the terrible fox that was after him kept him going. He tore into the woods. For a moment he was out of sight of his pursuer. If he could only find a place to hide! Then, just as though his wish had Leen answered, Ferdie saw a cave In the side of a hill. It was just the sort of a place he had been longing for. But Ferdle stopped a minute to think before he ran in. The other fox would expect him to hide there. Ferdie's footprints would lead right into the mouth of the cave. The fox would follow him in and corner him. Ferdle ran a few steps Into the cave, then flopped down and rolled out again. The big fox, seeing no footprints leading out, would natu- rally suppose Ferdle was still in the cave. Outside the mouth of the cave was a big stone, Ferdie rolled out of sight behind it.” He was just In time, too, for the terrible fox came around a tree Immediately. Ferdle was lying flat on his back. At the sight of the blg fox his hair stood on end so that it ralsed him right ‘off the ground. worse looking than Ferdle had thought. Ferdle trembled so that he had to fold his feet across his stomach to keep them from fying out on all sides of the rock. “I'll get you! I'll get you!” growled the terrible fox through clenched teeth. Ferdle trembled until be bounced right up and down on his back. “Ha! You thought you would hide from me, did you?" eneered the fox, following the footprints right into the cave. “Well, I thought you had better sense than that. Here's where 1 get you, sure enough. You can't get away from me now!" The big fox's tail disappeared into the cave. Ferdle quickly jumped up and rolled the stone over against the opening. “I thought you had better sense than that. Here's where 1 get you, sure enough. You can't get away from me now!" | Ferdie ye'led. The Grasshoppers’ Anti-Tobacco League. Priscilia was strong for reform; The speeches she made, long and) warm, Against all the chewing The **hoppers' were doing, Converted the Grasshopper swarm. RISCILLA GRASSHOPPER felt that she bad a mission in life. When she thought it all over she had | to admit that is was up to her. She would have to convert the whole grass- hopper tribe. She was the only inhabi- tant of all Hopperville that did not chew tobacco. Priscilla shuddered at the thought. Poor, ignorant creatures! They had all been brought up wro They did so need & serious-minded m| slonary among them to teach them the error of their ways. Priscilla had borrowed a book from the family of June bugs next door and had been reading up on the harm- ful effects of nicotine. She had dis- covered that there was only one thin, worse than chewing tobacco and tha was smokinz cigarettes. She was glad that all her townspeople were not addicted to that terrible habit. And so Priscilla committed a speech ell about the evil effects of chewing tobacco und went around to the vari- ous clubs and delivered It. | Her speech was so convincing and {ner lovely complexion (due to her | shunning of the bad habit) so enticing that even the worst old chewers were moved. They admitted that they had felt queer pains around their hearts lately, and Priscilla proved conclusive- 1y that it was due to the tobacco. It was not long before the frightened grasshoppers formed the “Grasshop- pers' Anti-Tobacco League,” afid they all signed the pledge never again to chew. All week long Priscilla worked, and at last late Saturday night she had the name of every inhabitant of Hop- rerville on her pledge. “What s that pecullar smell?” Pris- >fHla wondered. It reminded her that 1ey should have had some sort of elebration, & bonfire or something, to ark this wonderful change in Hopper- ille. Maybe some of the dear young rasshoppers that had helped her in er campaign had thought of it. Priscilla followed her nose to inves- | tigate. She was led around back of | | the barn. There thelovely missionary | tainted dead away to discover all the younger set of Hopperville learning to | smoke cigarettes. The Arm Action. (This is the third of a series of eight articies by Plerso: ming expert who b t municipal Dools. M. gua acing ewi Soate. " Mo Kuows what e is talking about When it comes to swimming. Clip these artl- and follow them if you wast to become a good swim: E¥ORE proceeding with the arm action do the dead man's float and crawl leg Kkick combined. as| taught in the two previous lessons, three times. Then get out of the pool and stand on the bank. Place your arms out in front of you, parallel to the ground, palms down- ward. Start the right arm slowly downward and bring it around in a complete circle. Do the same thing with the left arm. After having done this several times, come to the origindl position once more. Start out moving the right arm again, and as it passes the body and starts its upward swing start the left arm. The two must be mpved together, Mke & palr of slow-turning wind- mills. They must always be 180 de- grees from one another, that is, as they are traveling around there should be a stralght line from the tips of the fingers of the left hand .to the tips of the fingers of the right hand. XVhen this' movement = works smoothly, geét in the water. Start out with the dead ma: float, begin vour kick, and then start your arm movement. Make the legs move rapidly and the arms move slowly— that is the secret of a powerful stroke. Teke several strokes with the arms and then come up, for you must not yet attempt to breathe. It will take practice to get this movement of arms, legs and body working together, but with a little work you will find that you are mov- ing along with a greater speed than you ever swam betore. While you are practicing these motions, remem- ber to keep your head so that the water is breaking over your eye- brows, and arch your back a little. ‘When the arms have finished 2 stroke they are brought back out in front of the head, out of water. ‘When doing this, or making the re- covery, as it is called, relix the arms as much as possidle. ——e Ever See This One? Take the eight of spades and the nine of clubs—lay them on the top of the deck; take the nine of spades and the eight of clubs and put them on top of the other two cards. Ex- plain to the audience that you will take two cards from the top of the deck and let them see them for jus a glance. Do this, and then allow some one to place the cards back in the deck. Then put the cards be- hind your back for & second and bring them out in front again and take the two top cards and show them. “Ot course, they will not be the same ones which you first showed the audience, but many people will believe that the eight of spades and the nine of clubs which they are shown the second time are the nine of spades and eight of clubs which they were really shewny, He was much1 " THE SUNDAY STAR, WABHINGTON D. ¢, JULY 71, 1923-PAR']‘ 3. The Boys’' and Girls’ Own PUZZLES, Tool-Craft ERE'S a firecracker cannon which 1s safe to handle, easy to make and lots of fun to work after it is made. When vou load this cannon you have to use two hands, £o there | 1s no danger of getting the light near the fuse until all is ready. First, hunt up an old tin can. A square coffee can will do best because it 1s much easfer to work with than a round can. A round can may be used, however, if & square one not avaflable. In elither case, can must be one which has a top to It The truck Is made according to the dlagrams and the can is mounted upon it. Do mot fafl to let the end on which the top fits project out over the back end of the truck & little way, or it will be difficult to put the top back on after an ex- plosion has blown it off. In order to get the spool Into the can properly, the flange on one end must be cut off. The spool Is for holding the firecracker, as shown in the illustration. Wheels are made of wood, cut out carefully, although old roller skate wheels would be fine. Placing the one screw through the bottom.of | the truck and through the can allows the barrel of the cannon to be point- ed in different directions and holds it steadily to the truck. A screw-eye is placed in the forward end of the truck so that a plece of string may be attached for pulling the cannon along. Red and black makes a good color combination to paint the affair, red for the spool and truck, and black for the can. It may also be daubed here and there with all sorts of paints and made to look like the camou- fiaged weapons used in the great war. How Tanks Were Named. Dia you ever wonder how the big, lumbering war machines called “tanks,” the {ron monsters which helped turn the tide of victory to- ward the allles, got their name? Ome of the workmen in & plant in Sussex where the fighters were being manufactured was asked one day by a British general what he thought the fighters looked like. He replied, “T don’t know what they look like, but they look about as much unlike & tank of ale as anything I can think of.” —_— Who's Afraid? Ed—Aw! You're afraid to fight! Milton—No; I'm afrai@ my mother will find it out, Ed—How? Milton—She'll see the doctor going to your hous RIDDLES, All Sorts of Things for Boys and Men to Make HANDICRAFT, By Frank 1. Solar How to Make a Firecracker Cannon Typical Girls. Georgette, the Butterfly—Sparkling, Charming, Gay. ITH Georgette's arrival the fun begins. When she comes flying through the gate, curls bobbing, eyes wide awake and laughing, the dullest party becomes suddenly gay. “Hello,” she calls, and in some marvelous way everybody's shyness and reserve sppear to vanish. Just what is her business, anyway? To keep the conversational ball rolliny And how well she does it! She is Batter Up for the Train Game A train dossn’t seem like a very good base ball ground, does It? The Fun Maker, however, has invented a base ball game that is full of exciting twe.base hits and home runs, and yet can be played In' the narrow alsle of the train that takes you off on the vacation trip. ERE'S a game which will make the tiresome hours on the train pass by quickly. It is a form of base ball which is lots of fun‘and will not disturb the other passengers. Two or four may play. To get ready for the game, a series of paper slips are prepared, on which all the common plays of the game ai placed. As a starter, fry & set mad in the following proportions. 16 strikes, 13 balls, 4 one-base hits, 3 two-base hits, 2 three-base hits, 1 home rum, 6 out at first, 6 fly out, 1 safe bunt, 1 bunt with batter out at first only, 3 foul files, and any other plays which you wish to include. After the slips are made they are phmd in a hat and shaken up. The two players who represent one take their stations at opposite of the aisle. One player pitches and the m | representing the charming—wholly charming, every- where and all the time. Georgette's daintily distinctive ape pearance is half the secret of her soclal success. She's chic and stylish. You mote a colorful vivacity in her costume that accords with the pi- quancy of her manner. Rings on her fingers and bells in her laughter— you'll find the music of her volce wherever you find Georgette. other catches. Of course, a real ball is not used, but each time it is pretended that the ball is thrown, the pitcher reaches into the hat full of slips and draws one, which designates what play Eas resulted. 1f, beoause of the plays which have gone before, it is impossible to carry out & play which is drawn from the hat, the slip will count as & strike. Sometimes, two plays might be put on some of the slips, with the aide at bat having the choice of which play they will use. ‘When there are only two players, the catcher becomes the pitcher when his side has three outs, the catcher side at the bat and the pitcher representing the side in the field. Snood and Piffles Say ““We hi a murder In our town Of most pecullar orderj ‘A paperhanger did the dead— He tried %o hang a border.” SCIENCE, ADVENTURE, The Black Cat of Nut-Town Peanut cats can do all sorts of clever tricks. Theyll make the cunningest sort of favors for your summer party. HIS is the last of a series of nut dolls which you can make of nuts, millinery wire, No. 7, and crepe paper. The features are put on the nut laces with black and red crayon. The body of the cat 1s made of a large-peanut. Cut a plece of wire about four inches long and run it through the peanut lengthwise, al- lowing % inch to stick through at the other end. Insert this in a hazel- nut for the head. The longer end of this wire is curved up to form the tail. For the legs and feet, cut two pieces of wire about 2% Inches long and insert through the side of the peanut a short distance from each end. Make loops at the end of the wires % inch long to form the feet. Cut a strip of black crepe paper % inch wide, fasten end to peanut with paste and wind around the nut until covered. Cover legs and tall in the same way with strips % inch wide. For the ears, cut small triangles of black paper and paste them on shown in the fllustration. If you want your cat to have whiskers, paste or glue & few bristles from an old brush on both sides of the mouth. Miss Hazel Nut and her brother, Phil, arrived home today from a long trip through the west. Their many friends were at the station to meet them, and proceeded to the Nut home, where & party was given for the travelers. One accident marred their home- coming. Miss Nut brought with her & dog given her by her uncle, Mr. Wall Nut. On their arriving home the new dog caught sight of the family cat and proceeded to tree it. Mr. Nut was severely bruised in a fall from the tree when he tried to rescu¢ it ~ Cartoon Magic—The Bunny Beet. You know that rabbits are very fond of some vegetables, but you i‘ ¥ didn’t know that a sugar beet could be turned into a ral bit. Just follow the lines in the series of key pictures below the big picture and youll see how e-s:lz ears and to s it may be done. Be sure to shade the inside of the rabbit's ade out the tail of the beet. 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There was one thing that he wanted more than any- thing else; for this he gave up wealth and position. He wanted to free South America from the tyranny of Spanish rule. Bollvar loved an ideal and lived for it. His ideal was “liberty.” The money he inherited from his father he gave to his cause, and to prove his sincerity, he freed all his slaves. The sk Bollvar set for himself was almost hopeless. Spaln was strong and South America was not organized. Bolivar had to create a nation and bring the people together. Three times he carried forward his plans for rebellion, but each time he failed—Spain was too strong. In 1824 his fourth rebelllon was successful and he founded the Grand Republic, composed of Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, FEcuador and Sucre. They made him president ef Colombia, but of the $30,000 salary he received, he gave half to the widows and orphans of the soldlers who had fought with him. 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