Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1931, Page 91

B STORIES SPORTS" 11 &EE’ g ! In the sentence below the missing words are spelled differently, but pronounced alike. Fill the blankz and complete the sentence. “Mother gave them each a in order %o restore ol Not Altogether. Lawyer—Was the man you found under the street car & total stranger? Penny Wise. Amateur performer—I can pick up a cent with my toes. Y Bright spectator—That’s nothing, my dog ean do that with his nose. " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 10, 193L ©)ie BOYS and GIRLS PAGE Big Shot and Little Shot. A Base Ball Story in Five Installments. BY W. BOYCE MORGAN, i Ie I bl i K B o2t l | I ; : i E g g i £ | ; i F% b i i i i / b g i | L theE; F.E-i ey o H i i Al ;i i s i h f: I R HH il ’B sEEE 15 ¥E 3;3. H ol : il H HF % ¢ i / i Y ¥ £ 8 ¥ iz ;5 KR ¢ £ 3 1 the stands became almost shead of Paul, who was Jack third baseman who had made the gE2 i get Davitt home, and the chances were good. Unjon batter, with thoughts of a before the runner eould get there. One out. Pete's second ball of the inning was so wild that it almost got away from the batter. His third bounced befare it struck the plate. And as he walked the man, Coach Griffin signaled next batter, a dangerous second ball he uncorked a ‘The situation was now desperate, with men on second and third and only one out. A hit . ) h Griffin walked up to them. He & moment in silence, then laid his ete’s arm. just wanted you to know that I heard sbout last night, Pete,” he said quietly. *“And I guess you know what I think of that per- formance. I let you pitch because I thought your merve would carry you through. But let me tell you this, you would have been a badly beaten pitcher if it hadn’t been for some beautiful support. And about the most beau- tiful of all came from your brother. How he made some of throws with that arm of his I don’t know. But I do know that Paul Cannon was the Big Shot today.” coach turned and walked away. Pete, th & queer look on his face, slowly turned Paul. 4§§ By L] “The next person who pulls this Big Shot Shot stuff is going to hear from me,” low, strained voice. “The coach was terrible today and you pulled 2. The diamond is F, Alf, aloud, flowers, fuels, drs., 8. 3..Moth, more, mote, me, met, other, oh, ohm, o'er, or, ore, throe, tore tome, hot, home, hoe, em, eh, Rome, rot, rote, roe and ret. 4. Boy, bouquet, box, bow, bird, bell, beads, belt, bookcase, books, baby, bassinet, back, ball, block, blooms. 5. Plece, peace. , CRAFTS .JOKES PUZZLES : RIDDLES If you can guess the answers to this week’s set of riddles you'll get 100, and go to the head of the class! Start in right now and see ¥ you can't be the first one to get all the correch answers. ; 1. When are houses like books? 2. Why is the letter Y lke a young spendw thrift? 3. What is the difference between'® pugilish and a man with a cold? 4. What is the difference between a choire master and a lady's dress? 5. What letter is the pleasantest to a dead woman? g ANSWERS. 1. When they have stories in them. 2. Bae cause it males pa pay. 3. One knows iis blows, and the cther blows his nose 4. Th> one traing 5. A, bes Ancient Burial Ground. ERSIA, that land just east of Arabia, wag once a great and powerful country. I¢ 2 land prosperous cities, of a flourishe LT 1588 fre | i TellFortuneWith TeaLcaves DOyouhmwhovtoiell!orhmas!runte‘ leaves? It is really very easy, and the fortunes are probably as true as those told f3 other ways. First, the person whose fortune is to be told must drink a cup of tes, leaving only the dregg in the cup. Then he turns the cup upside dowp in the saucer so any remaining lquid is drained off. Then the fortune-teller takes the cup and begins reading the fortune. The read must start at the top of the cup and read do for the top of the cup represents events cl &t hand. Halfway down represents th events more distant, and the bottom those the far distance. In mest cases when tea i@ consumed from the cup the leaves assumgy various shapes, which by a stretch of t imagination may be said $o represent differe ts. y Long leaves that look lke sticks are desigm nated people—the thick ones women, the smalj ones children, and the tall, thin feMows me Their calling or profession is told by w accompanies the sticks—a bottle a doctor, book a lawyer, ete. Trees are a good omen denote health if shown singly; with dots, heal and wealth, Flowers show success and pleasan§ events. A bush in full Jeaf shows kind frien and helpers. A serpent is an enemy, but at the top of the cup he will be overcom: The sun (in the clear) is a favorable sign great happiness and good luck.. But clou #® foretélls grief. [ Roads (dotted lines) mean journeys, a mouns fain means help from powerful friends, a moonj means great honor, and a star at the top of the cup means happiness, Other meanings ared A dog (at top), tvue friends; a cross, news of & death; a heart, pleasure; birds, news; fishy news from across the sea, and an anchor, hopq A pyramid is supposed to indicate that thé subject 1s very lucky. So is a represerition of a shamrock. And & lot of specks represents money. But a great number of dregs remaine ing in the cup are not a good sign. However, & falr number, evenly distributed, is regarded a8 favorable,