Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 67

The Boys STORIES, SPORTS, SHORT, ab “'stung.” se he thought; But a6t out to prove he was not; he'd got. 0 & day, early in the spring this Zyéar, Marshall started to walk “Gee.” he said to him- skatéh 1 could go downtown in half the time if 1 had them. I wish T could sell my old ones; I can't wear fem any longer. Hey, Ralph” he called to a hoy across the street, “want to buy some roller skates?" “You bet I do,” answered Ralph, running across the street, “but I baven't any money. You know what I'm doing? T'm selling garden seeds. Gee, if I only had a pair of skates it sure would help me around town. Say, I'll tell you what <INl do! TN trade you a bunch of seeds for them. You could sell them and make more money than the skates are worth, or else you could swap them for something else.” Ralph offered him a dollar's worth of seeds. The skates were three years old and one strap on them was proken. Besides, they were so small Marshall could never wear them again. He decided to make the trade. It would be easier to sell nice new garden seeds than old skates. The trade was made. The skates were a perfect fit. Ralph seemed un- in getting | GAMES, STORIE usually happy as he skated down the | street. Marshall stood on the porch, | his hands full of packages of seeds. What'll you give me for all these | garden seeds?’ he asked Dave, as he came up the street. “What'll I give vou! Why nothing, of course. What do I want with your old garden lseeds? Did Ralph give them to you? He can’'t even find any one who will take them for a gift, let alone buy them. [There's been so many kids around sellmg seeds that people groan when they see them coming.” Marshall went slowly into the house. He guessed he was stung! What could he do with the old thiigs anyway? Ralph thought he had put one over on him. Suddenly he had an idea. “Dad, can I have a plece of the garden?” he asked. “Indeed you may answered his | | | you want.” He was surprised when Marshall stated that he already had his seeds. Marshall planted his seeds and he worked hard this spring tend- ing to his vegetables. grown, and he sells them to neighbors. “Gee, who would have thought it?" he says, as he skates down the street with a big basket of vegetables on his. arm. “When T sell these I'll have enough money to buy Sis a new pair of skates, too.” the The Tadpole’s Wish “T wish T could live on the ‘ground.” The Tadpole seid, swimming around. “T'd chortle with gles If & frog I could be . And travel along with a bound." RENJAMIN TADPOLE swam list- lessly across the pond. He looked with envy at the frogs playing on the bank. “Oh. how I wish 1 were a frog.” he sighed. “My, wouldn't it be lovely to be able to live on land, as well as in water! All my life I have longed to be able to hop. It 18 so common just to be able to swim | around in a pond.” Benjy could think of nothing else. he was swimming along when he met old Mr. Bass. Now,| Mr. Bass taught a school of fishes, | and Benjy immgined that he must| know a terrible lot. “T guess N ask | him what T can do to become a frog,” | thought Benjy. Mr. Bass scratched his scales and thought deeply. “Well” he said, “I| have heard of cases in history where just wishing hard enough has brought about the thing desired. I would ad- vise you to wish and wish every day to be a frog. In the morning when you crawl out of bed you must pat your Head three times and say, ‘every day and in every way I want to be a frog.’ Benjy did as Mr. Bass suggested and, sure enough, in even less than three weeks he turned into a frog. My, but he was happy. He decided to tell qthers of the wonderful miracle | that happened to him just because he wished so hard. Now Benjy Tadpole had a little triend, Carmen Minnow. Carmen had | no desire whatever to become a frog. | But she longed with all her might to | be a bird. She hated the water. She | wanted to fly through the clear blue sky. Benjy knew of this wish of his little friend, and after he had become a frog he did not forget her. He told her of how he had worked the won- derful change. - Carmen decided to try the same. So every morning Carmen repeated, n every day and in every wey i want to be a bird” Then she patted herself on the head not only three times, but six times! But poor little Carmen! It had no effect. Three weeks passed and she was still the same little minnow. Six weeks passed and still she hadn't changed a'bit, At last she gave up hope. “Oh, its just because you don't wish hard enough,” sniffed Benjy, not the least bit sympathetically. “Look at me—I got what T wished for. I'm After three weeks of such wishing, | there ought to he some result.” sure if 1 wanted to be & bird I could be.” {Carrots take on very funny shapes sometimes. The carrot you see in this drawing, with the help of your pen and a little imagination, will take on the form of an elephant with flapping ears. Notice that the feathery to form the inside-of the animal How About ‘UIyne‘?' Professor— Who was Homer?" Student Dumbell—"“The guy Babe 1‘1“! made famous.” —_—— Such a Silly Diet. Mary had. a little lamb, Its fleece was black as ink: leaves of the carrot are shaded ’s ear. Haw! Haw! Two farmers met on a country road and pulled up thelr teams. , “Sir,” said one, “I've got.a mule with dis- temper. ‘'What did you give that one of yours when he had it?” “Turpentine; giddap.” A week later they met again. “Say, Now they are ! father, “and I'll buy you any seeds: PUZZLES, i ‘an \ RIDDLES, Tool-Craft All Sorts of Things for Boys and Men to Make ’ S JULY 15 'y d Girls’ By Frank 1. Solar . How to Make a Fireless Cooker and Base JMMER cooking is made twice ! as easy with a fireless cooker. Such a cooker is not hard for| the “handy-one-with-tools” to| put together. i In making the cooker, figure 1. start on the box. Use ¥-inch lum- ber for the sides, ends, top, and bottom, Cut the parts out sepa- rately and then emble., with screws or finlshing nalls. The cover is fastened with 21:-inch hinges to the rear edge. A chain or rope may be fastened to one end and the top to prevent the top from falling all the way back to the ground. The inside partitions, separating walls and tray, are of %-inch lum- The Fun Maker Bang! BIff! There's | of 0 and acticn | AN in this war game. It's a \A a group of boys. and the more that play the better the game works. Divide the group of players into two equal numbers and let the cap- | tain of each side toss & coin to ses which team will be the defenders | and which will be the raiders. The nders choose a fort, which! should be located on the top of &| hill, if possible. The raiders must leave the terri- tory around the fort and not attack’ it for at least ten minutes. Each one of the defenders must have a plece of chalk and a penny toy bal- loon, blown up, and fastened on him somewhere. When everything has pare refere whistle. . Gait of the Ostrich. MAN who has been engaged in ostrich farming in South Africa | for some years corrects a prevalent | misconeeption concerning the manne in which these great birds run. It is| generally stated that, when running. the ostrich spreads out its wings and | thus skims lightly along the ground, but, aceording to the authority men- | tioned, this is not correct. In reality, when an ostrich settles itself to run, | it Irolds its head lower than ugual and | a little forward, with a deep loop in | the neck. The neck vibrates sinu- ously, but the head remains steady, thus enabling the bird, even at top speed, to look around with unshaken | glance in any direction. The wings lie ides about on a level with, or & little higher than, the back, and are held loosely just free of the plunging thigh. There is no sttempt to hold them extended, or to derive any assistance from them as organs of flight. been pre. gives a signal by blowing a Then the fight may start. ' | | Black Rain. NE of the services of saience is.in destroying superstition, and a no- table example of this was afforded not long 2go in Ireland. On an Oc- tober night & fall of black rain, leav- ing inky pools in the roads, occurred in many parts of the island. It was noted at the famous observatory at Birr Castle, and an investigation of the meteorological conditions prevail- ing at the time followed. The result was to show that there had been a movement of the air over the central part of the British Isles such as to carry soot. from the manufacturing districts of England over 'the Irish channel. Examination of the black rain showed that its color was due to the presence of an extraordinary amount of soot. " S’pose They'd Been Cacoanuts. The boy sat on the burning deck, Eating peanuts by the peck. His father took him by the shin * And shook the peanuts out of him. nhof, Some Acrobat, Movie Director—"You ha' ber. tray The cleats for supporting the %-inch thick by ! The well liner is & the tray. The | the top of the well box should be when the boards are 2 inches wide. tin bail tacked spacé between and the cover of the filled with a cushion cooker is in operation. Use excel-! sior and shredded newspaper for packing. Stones may be purchased and used. as In regularly bought cookers. if the welly ure of the cor- rect size to recelve them The base, figure 2, Is the right size | to support a’ standard cooker. but| the dimensions can be lengthened or shortened to fit individual needs. ! to “R A chalk mark kills the r: er; the defender must guard his balloon. This base is made by nailing the ends and back together and fastening the bottom to them. Next, the 3-inch pieces ure braded to the corners to add strength and to give the appearance of paneling to the ends and back. ‘A 2-inch frame is made and nailed to the ends and back piece, on which the casters of | the cooker rest Casters should be placed on cooker and base, and the top of the cooker should be fastened atch which keeps It tightly closed! when food is being cooked. In sc- lecting & varnish for the cooker, se- lect one which will not be harmed by steam or hot water. aid the Fort,” a Novel Balloon Battle Game. I's a great game. time must keep from being chalk-' one boy, who is to act as| The raiders try to break the balloons | marked over the heart by the de- {on the defenders and at the same|fenders. A broken balloon or a chalk mark’over the heart “kills” a player. Summer Time Jewelry. Making ¢« RINGS on my fingers and’—<well, “maybe not bells on my toes” in these modern times, but there are buckles that you can make “with sealing wax to put on your slippers which will be prettier than bells. For a foundation for your ring get a little brass ring at the hardware store to it your finger loos it with gold or silver wax. design for the top of the ring and cut two patterns of it from thin cardboard (Fig. 2), leaving tabs at the sides the width of the ring. Cov- er one pattern with wax and while still soft press the. second one squarely on top, bending them to sides well with wax and press into place on the ring. Hold over the flame until the wax is smooth at thp joining places. 4 For decoration you can dot the top here and there with melted wax of contrasting colors ‘and heat until blended. The ring in Fig. 7 is black with an {mitation diamond in the corner. The buckles are made with 2 foundation of & ¢heap metal buckle covered with wax and decorated with small atories, : (If you have never worked with sealing wax before, this is the way 1t is done: First, get r_an‘ir.qm of sealing wax of the colors you like, and ‘s small-plece of glask. for the table to catch any wax that might drip when it'is melted. Hold the not let the wax get too hot. Dip the article in cold water omce or twice to- cool, but be mure to dry it thor- oughly before returning to the flame, or the wax will blister. The illustra- tions suggest & number of designs that can be worked out in any color combinations you choose.) “Electric Ghosts.” an address to electrical engineers in London a distinguished scientist thus defined an electron; An atom is ordinarily associated with a charge, and forge Is required to separate the charge from the atom. The atomic charge when 'separated is called an SCIENCE, then | with a; 1923=PART 3, (This is ome of a series of eight artioles | by Plorson L. Maxwell, & swimming expert who has taugh boys and girls to swim at municipal beaches, ecean besches and private pools. Mr. Maxwell has been a lifeguard and racing swimumer for & number of years. He Xknows what be is talking abeut when it comes te swimming. Olip thess articles and follow them if you want te become & good swimmer, Thero are several little tricks in the racing swimming game which can be given to the fair swimmer to make him much more efficient. If you are going to do free atyle rac- ing and wish to meet with any suc- cess you must swim the American crawl, which has been described in the preceding articles. The start of a race is one impor- tant thing. The starting dive is a shallow, fast dive, in which the body barely goes under the water. The shock of the dive is absorbed by the chest and hands, not the stomach. When a starter says, “Swimmgrs ready.” hava your feet about eight inches apart, be standing on your | | She is a keen thinker and appl vou as eager a learner as Lou, CEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN DOES NOT CONSIDER THAT AN HER GOAL BEING TO ATTAIN Bl A BOOKWORM. HER BEAUTY, election. In an electroivte—i. e. # substance decomposed- by an electric current—there is a bodily transfer of atoms with their charges; in a metal- lic conductor the gharges afe handed on as electrons from stom to atom. Tn the discharge through highly rare- fied gases the electric current is in its most simple form, for here there is a flow of electrons, traveling by themselves, of disembodied charges or clectric ghosts. Electrons, it should be added, are the fastest moving of all known terrestrial objects, their speed being one-tenth that of light, which is 186,300 miles per second. YOUR DOG THANKS YOU He thanks you eI bR whih tonom Sonsgad for ridding him of fleas. kills often infect them with disease. Soothes tend skin, greatly improves coat and lathers _freely in any water. Strictly a high. effective for human 's Skip-Flea Powder, use. , for doge .and cats—will not irritate or nauseate. tip of & stick of Wax oyer, the flame - of efther a gas burner. alcohol lamp, MAKES HER AN ADMIRABLE PERSON INDEED. READERS IS AN HONOR STUDENT? THREE CHEERS FOR YOU! ‘How to Swim Lesson Five. SHALLOW. DIVE toes, with the toes clamped over the cdge of the pool, hands swung in back of the body, and eyes watching the starter. When he fires the gun or says “Go"—you go, getting as much #pring as you can and making a shallow dive. Just as soon as you leave the bank start the legs mov- ing, but coast for a few feet before starting the arm movement. One of the Yest ways of develop- ing yourself Into a good racing swimmer, if you have a falr stroke, is to enter races. Enter them even if you know the other fellows are much older and much better than |you are. Competition is the fastest | way in the world of seasoning up a racer. Another thing which will improve | your speed is to swim with your legs |alone, using the crawl kick, keeping the hands out in front of you and breathing when necessary. This is | really hara work, but is an efficient | way to gain endurance and speed. ypical Girls Lou, the Scholar—Bright, Keen, Alert. LITT L TR e The Head of Her Class In the revue of “Typical Girls” now comes Lou, the student. ies herself most admirably. Are or are you a “pal” type, such as Teddy, whose portrait will be shown herg next week? IN “EMMY LOU,” BY GEORGE MADDEN MARTIN, ONE OF THE FOR GIRLS, 1S THIS REMARK, “IF YOU CAN'T BE PRETTY, YOU MUST BE SMART.” LOU, PICTURED HERE, IS PRETTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT SHE EXCUSE TO SHIRK HER LESSONS, EAUTY AND KNOWLEDGE, T0OO. A GIRL OF LOU'S CHARM COULD NEVER BE CALLED A PRIG OR COMBINED WITH KNOWLEDGE, ‘WHO AMONG OUR Keep Moving. Jimbleberry went into a depart- ment store and asked a floor walker, “Do you keep stationery?” “No,” replied the figor walker. I did, T'd lose my job. a1t Fitteen beauntui pastel Tines for Crery wonnn JOKES, Own Page ADVENTURE, CARTOONS A Lonesome Girl Said Anna, “I'm sorry for me: T'm lonely and sad as can be— There's nobedy mear me To comfort and oheer mo— And nothing to do or o ses.” RIG toars rolled down-Anna's cheeks and splashed on her worn copy of “Alice in Wonderland.” Even | Alice could not cheer Anna up today. Mrs. Fisher had been called to the country to care for an old school friend of hers. Anna was very lone- some, and just a little jealous, too. Never before had her mother gone oft and left her all alone, and for someone that Anna didn't'even know, too! “But what shall T do, all alone?” she asked, when the news came, “Oh, yowre big enough to get along,” her mother had answered. “And Daddy will be home early.” Then she had grabbed her hat and rushed out to the taxi, forgetting in her haste even to kiss her little girl Poor Anna declded her mother must I not love her ltke she used to. And then, at noon, Daddy had called to say that he couldm't pogsi- bly get home early. He had to go out to the country on business and he might as well drive on out after mother. It might be after eight be- fore they got home! “B—but, daddy, what will T do?" gasped Anna, the lump in her throat getting bigger and bigger. It wasn't as if they knew any one in the town. The Fishers had just moved there and they were still unacquainted. “Surely you're not going to be & baby about staying alone,” Dad had said a little impatiently. * to show Mother and Daddy what & fine, brave girl they have. You know, youre growing up.” Anna hung up the receiver, feeling that woth her parents had turned against her. Sudddnly the doorbell rang. At first Anma was almost afraid to go but she decided that it would be bet- iter to let in a tramp or a burglar {than to stay there in that empty | housé alone a minute longer. “How do you do. I'm Evans," he visitor announced. “and it's my mother that's sick. Your mother sald for me to come in and spend the day with you while she took care of mother. I think your mother Is just lovely. She let me come all alone and treated me just ke a grown-up. I brought you & box of chocolates that Daddy gave ! me.” Just then the telephone rang. “Is this Anna Fisher?”’ a pleasant, deep voice asked, “This is an old college friend of vour father’s. Your father said maybe you'd give me the pleas- ure of going out to dinner with me tonight. I've got tickets for the ‘Blue Bird' too. Don't you have & {little friend who might like to go along?” be Lucille isn't it wonderful to Barber Bills Shop No other place like it inWashington Bl g THE AVENUE AT W TH NATIONALCY KNONR Feet With Caticara e e Mol Address: “Outicura Lader 48, Mase." Sold intment 26 and W Taleom Soapshaves mug. “To children an angel of mercy.” Whers directions are followed, IT NEVER FAILS. Rfl“fl scarcity and enormous cost of BAN- ) \ tood sizts l"_l l: contajns full 'l, j