Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1929, Page 103

STORIES SPORTS " GAMES , RIDDLES Winter evenings are a good time to because thinking hard will always up. And there’s real heat in some Is the largest room in the world? be said to breakfast 1—Room for improvement. takes a roll in bed. 3—When it lies at anchor. 4—A husband. 5—When it's wrung for dinner. Circus Performer’s Courage. Being a circus clown isn't as funny as it seems. There are times when a clown falls or gets struck when it seems to the audience that it's all part of his stunt—and it isn't. But it's a clown’s business to get the laughs, and he doesn't expect any sympathy. “It's e clown’s second nature to. get: hurt,” said I Delavoye; a famous “old school” clown. “But clowns don’t take the risks the other performers do,” he said modestly. “I re- memb:r, for instance, the bravery of a little tight-wire walker, a girl named Zazel, that shows the kind of pluck you will find in the circus. “The Adam Forepaugh Shows were playing in Butte, Mont. The big tent was crowded She made an effort to arise. They prepared to carry her out of the ring to the dressing tent. She wouldn’t let them, however. Pushing them all aside, she got to her feet. With a smile and “Where are you going to eat?” “Let’s eat up the street.” . “Aw, no; I don't like asphait.” Tramp (sadly)—No, ma'am, I ain't. And What’s more, the doctor says I never. will be. Laost Record, Professor—How many time have I told you teo be in class on time? 5 .. Student—I don't know. I thought you were keeping score. 5 If you are a student in school, you shouldn’t’ have much trouble with these ques- tions. * 1. What famous city is built on seven hills? ‘esuvius located its eyes? g 5. At what' time of day is your shadow -6 What fruit must be taken from the tree In order to ripen properly? 7. What'is the difference between a surgeon and a sergeant? % ’ " 8. To whom is Mary Pickford married? 1—Rome, Ifaly, 2—Near Naples, Italy. $— Joriathan Swift. 4—Because it has no eyelids. “5—At noon. 6—The banana. 7—A surgeon "is a medical proctitioner, particularly one who performs operations; a sergeant is a non-com- missiohed " military” officer. 8—Douglas Fair- o %e BOYS and IRLS PAGE Marb/zii)_iz?g Feet. The Story of a ‘Boy Who Rosc to an Emergency. BY W. BOYCE ‘MORG AN. He was brought down the ladder on the broad, rubber-coated back of one of the firemen. 3] L il i £Ef Z | i Saés E Ik i . ggfigg 5E=E§:E§ Z3¢s with his breath coming in agonised gasps and his teeth biting into his raw, swollen lips, he battled his way toward the window. fg: §f to his feet and crossed the room. - y “Feel all right, Jack?” he asked anxiously. “Sure,” said Jack. “How are you?” “All right,” said Harrison, “only I ache. Gosh, you were heavy!” ; ; Harrison’s brain was still a bit cloudy, and he couldn't understand why Jack suddenly seemed to choke, and then turned his face to the wall. Then the younger boy felt his brother’s hand come out and clasp his own with an iron grip. . He looked around wondering, and now he saw that the people in the room were regarding him with something like awe in their faces. . Marks stepped forward and placed an arm around his shoulders. “Harrison,” he said gravely, “you did more than save your brother’s life tonight. Your gottha:udleuceoutotfluhqmlng building ‘and averted what would have been a horrible tragedy. You saved dozens of lives, my boy—not just one. And you're a hero!” Harrison looked at him unbelievingly. “Maybe,” he said. “But the music wasn’t any- . I can always play. But getting Jack out was a real job.” Suddenly he paused. “Say,” he said to Prof. Marks suddenly, “how bad was the school burned?” . 1. E . “Now we’ll got a w Btmking. Facts For Boys and Girls. - By John Y. Beaty, Editor The Bankers’ Monthiy “There are still other services whic: de banks perform for banks in smaller towns,” con~ tinu¢d Mr. Sears, Harold, who had been legrn- ing a great deal about banking, and th: con- nection of one bank with -another, lstened closely. “It is not necessary to explain all of these to you because they do not have so much to do with customers of the local bank, but they are of benefit to the bank itself. For example, some city banks supply their cor- respondent banks 1 the smaller towns with advertisements t> t2 run in the local papers. Others supply thz local banks with bonds th‘,‘ they may sell cr that they may buy for their own investment. Then, too, when our local bank wishcs to borrow some money, it can borrow from its correspondent bank in the city. “There cre times, you know, when there is a greater need for money here in our town than usual, and the iocal bank has no more to lend, 80 it borrows what it needs from a city bank and relends it to its customers. “There is one more thing that I want to call your attention to. That is, when our bank sends & check to New York, it is about four days before it can get credit for that money and can make use of it. For that reasom, it Original Buccaneers. “BOLD BUCCANEER"” moans “pirate” to us, but, like many an honest farmer who ' pedcefal ‘meaning, which it lost: enfirely a it turned bandit. : -3 The word comes from “boucan,” an Indisn name given to & hut in which the flesh of cattle killed in hunting was cured or smoked. The word first appeared on-the Island of His- paniola, known now as San Domingo and Haiti, in the West Indies. About 1630 a party of French colonists settled there and found humte ing the most profitable way of making a living. peaceful, hard-working people, though rough looking and rude in their manners and way of living. ‘The Span did not like these hunters. They hunted somes times themselves, but they did it more for