Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1930, Page 112

Sunday M ACROSS. 926 1 Metropolis. 98 Father of Ajax. 8 Discolored. 100 Trailing plant. 16 Southwestern 101 Lukewarm. police officers. 103 Relish. 22 To flatter ser- 105 Furious. 106 Sharp pains 107 Cooling desserts. 109 Horizontal surface. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 16 1930 orning Among the Cross-Words 18 Sour substance. 19 Of the moon. 20 Question mark: dainty ecating. 111 Plague, ment. 25 Gone up 112 Fashionable 33 Hills of sand. 28 To ponder mood- game. 34 Antitoxin fluid. ily. 113 A bright star. 37 Tally. i 28 European song 116 Symmetrical. 38 Winnow. thrush. 118 Kind of lace. 40 Dating from one’s 30 Of less impor- 121 While. birth, tance. 122 Roman garments. 43 Starts suddenly 81 Tip of a cone. 124 Fascinating aside. =, 1 of woman. 44 A favor conferred. 3 125 Mulcted. 45 Fragrant shrub. 38 Longings. 126 Myself. 47 Pruit stone 35 Conceded fagis. 127 To free. 50 Opened wide. 36 Bashful 129 Stories. 51 Kind of fur, 37 Cheerfu'. 131 Joined. 52 Contended. Dressed pelt. 132 Decreases. 54 Take place again, 39 Flaxen cloth. 133 On the contrary. 56 Pinaceous tree. 41 Ribbed fabric. 134 Over again. 58 Takes the part of 43 You and I 136 Spurred. another. 43 Young codfish 138 Joyful song. 60 Embroidery frame, split for cooking. 139 Young sebra. 61 Restrain by fear. 44 Hackneyed. 140 Brilliant, 62 Lamentable. 46 Strip of leather. 142 Vegetable. 63 A shrub. 48 Third note. 143 More clear. 65 Ten-footed ani- 49 Kind of straw. 144 Himalayan ante- mal. . 81 Relating to ori- lope. 67 Running away. gins. 145 Kinship on the 68 Signifies. 88 Surgical stitches. mother’s S 70 An architectural 56 Sprightly. 147 Stringed instru- order. 56 Boggy land. ment: var. T1 Utmost extent. 87 Songs for one 149 Having a tail. 73 Silken fabric. 50 A match. 151 Diminishes. 76 Sealing wax 60 Helmet of pith. 162 Seals up. ingredients. 62 Evergreens. 158 Added. 78 Hinder. 64 Switt. DOWN. 80 A human being. 66 Intertwined. 1 Lynx fur. 82 Meat and vege- %0 Calamitcus. 2 Fatty. 83 Growing on a T2 Gives up. 3 Noted English wall, 74 Pack animal. n. 85 City of Wis- 78 Couch. 4 Holly. consin. 76 Piece of land. § Sunburn, 89 A king of the 77 Pearful. 6 Word denoting Pranks. 7 Celebrated Italian presence. 90 Divide. classic. 7 Syrian mountain 92 Cavalry sword. -,m.-. range. 94 A low p'ne. o 8 A floor. 97 Gentle birds. 84 Humbied. 9 Indian rnahogany. 99 Blend. 88 Archfierd 10 Moreover. 100 Well grounded. 87 Italian river, 11 Has existence. 102 Station. 88 Grasping. 12 Part of a fraction. 104 Military units. 91 Quotes. 13 Epochs. 106 A European race. 93 Fastener. 14 Demon. 108 To sweeten. 115 Public moms on a 135 Clever people. 143 Garden plant. 94 Hole in the 15 Peels irdignant 110 Enticed. ship. 20 Established. 128 Hindu deities, 137 A cut of meat. + 144 PFirearm. ground. displepsure. 112 Wall section. 117 Permit. 123 Fastened by 130 Grasp. 138 Twist. 146 Upon. 986 Wide-mouthed 16 Aloft. 113 A small ship. 118 One of a breed of stitches. 132 139 System of signals. 140 Pronoun. Jug 17 Edge. 114 Stupid. fowls. 125 Price of transpor- 133 A erystalline salt. 141 Perish. A One of a series of articles contributed by The Star Mag- azine’s “Galaxy of Geyety.” Other writers are Ellis Parker Butler, Richard Connell, P. G. Wodehouse, Donald Ogden Stewart and Stephen Leacock. gas. That's been our only trouble—we’d run out of petrol; as they call it in Regis-Under~ the-Lyme. In a few moments we are on our way again with an abashed baby at the wheel. Then it begins to rain, as only it can rain in the Adirondacks. “You're not lost, are you?” asks Davis, when ='d¢nhou““= g R o8 e lsughingly. “We'd hardly got out of New York was Antafogast, Chile, and we could hardly oy Ehouy 5 the decent scenery’s on the by-roads.” when we sprung a pair of jasmle joints and wait on the parcel-post service fo that y “That’s a laugh,” comes back Mellish, “I “Maybe 50" 1 admits, “but so far I've been burned out a kitish bearing. The jazzle joints The garage mechanic was a good lad and fixed was Born around-heto sid S Sl St Sis t00 busy digging the top of this car out of presented no great problem. With a piece of us up temporarily with a piece of hay rope here. I know every rock in this vicinity by its my hair to enjoy what's going on outside.” tissue paper and some paste we'd licked off a and a box that was lying around the garage. . “We'll be off this detour pretty soon,” two-cent stamp—was it a two-cent stamp, Joe, . . . How you getting long under there?” “What,” I inquires, “do you call the one promises Mellish, “and onto & stretch of high- Aeer™ p “Who wants to know?” snarls Mellish from oot Dunosd SO T o mm,..”‘ way that’ll make you think you're skating over “One-cent,” corrects Davis. “I remember his muddy berth below the buszz-wagon. Por an hour Gr imore Ira batiles . glass with tallow on your heels.” that distinctly, because I was going to use it “The Queen of the Belgians,” I tells him, among by-paths and cow tracks. We're all wet “Come on,” growls Davis. “Get hot. That on a postal card to cancel an order I'd given «well to resume: Two miles further on the o g e el Sy Ty of yours is aging fast and I don't pro- a concern out in Akron, Ohlo., for lessons in string-and-box effect go blooey and we're again pleadings to drive .,."{:Z';.M“g': pose to stay here until it grows a beard, Wiwm,‘“ Sk e 0 & A e D e e tiag He insists that hell take us to the old home- “Leave it to me,” chirps Ira. “There’s little clicking on all six, but what to do with the mm“hmw:‘.‘“m"n:zzoump ': Pl e ll;fld Finally, however, he gives up and admits shout & car thats hidden from me. and thet bumned-out kitish bearing—what 10 d0? We wers aeain in trouble. A guy with a couple D5 1ost. % Ittle not for long. Il have you out of the finally prevailed upon a passing tractor to tow of Bosses akit uh i Sow s wie el igliont ‘Well,” says I, “we can't spend the night on trenches before you can say Christmas.” us into the village. The garage ol hmnmvu‘l:pwhenablrdmm th_et‘ogeenro-d Isn't that a light over there?” ' e 5 o e e K br. B S o o el s a8 il ot e “CmusmAa." says I, “and New Year's, “What is a kitish bearing?” chimes in Minnie “For what!” exclaims Minnie, whose the farmhouse, which we can barely make out for good measure, and here we still are. Mellish at this point. “I never heard of it.” J00 ST WA N ol S—c—— e Tin sves. vim. ve'r Handioy st Personaliy, I think we've burned out a kitish “The kitish,” I explains, “is a knobby pro- “For speeding,” I repeats. “We'd been caught oo+ memmmum&fi bearing.” tuberance midway between the choofus joint in a regular road trap, but we got out of it is Mellish. “A what?” demands Mellish, and the four-wheel brakes. It's a trifing thing cleverly. The justice asks me if I didn’t know “Iral” she gasps. “That's my opinion, t0o,” plays along Joe. to Jook at, but it has a great bearing on the it was againsi the law to approach an incor- “Mother!” he gasps back. “If I ever saw a case of a burned-out kitish activity of the universal joint. In fact, you porated village at more than 20 miles an hour. The sap had been lost in his own backyard! bearing, this is one, in spades.” couldn’t conduct a joint without it, even if your I said yes, but was this an incorporated village, (We trust that the hints we have given you “Doubled and redoubled,” says I, “and believe conductor was working properly, which it rarely and I demanded that he show me the incorpe- mmmmthMfl me, baby, you'll have & tough time getting this does in such cases. Shall I go on with the ration papers. He didn’t have ‘em handy and be found useful. Too much emphasis cannod il -going Again. . . . Remember the time story?” % nobody in the burg’d ever seen 'em, so he had be placed on the necessity of having tires om we, toured to the K ; “gpe . "What for?”. inquires the frau, coldly. to let m= go.” all four wheels and an extra iron in the “I sure do,” comes i i il 5 Yas bis i “That was too bad,” contributes the wife. tool chest. Wheén you see us in’ print we the Kentucky Derby's an. i 4 A“‘m ,kitish hearing,” I continues, “was “We continued on our trip,” I resumes, “and Shall be discussing Wik ous sen] e Louisville. HEsgraldPesting Upaiy of the. ., The nearest place reached Louisville in the worst blimerd that'd —Ping Pong.) ] ;