Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 88

- STORIES SPORTS. PUZZLES = ERE'S a whole barrel of words, and good ones, at that. Tap the keg and see what luck you have. THE BARREL. The definitions are: HORIZONTAL. . Casks. . A beverage. . Faucet on a barrel. . North Side (abbr.). . Belonging to me. . Measure of weight. . Correct (abbr.). . Brewed beverage. . Preposition. . Small opening, outlet. . Gay, festive. . For example (abbr.). . Before. . Leave (abbr.). . Unrefined. . A continent (abbr.). . Exclamation of surprise. . Doctrine. . Master of a ship. VERTICAL, . Prohibit. . Too. . Concerning. . Eastern time (abbr.). . Crippled. . One who seeks information secretly. number. L . . Humble dwelling. . Speak. . Confined in an inclosure. . Part of a barrel . A small barrel, . The whole. . Regret. . A barrel. . Luxury. . Sister. . Feminine pronoun. . Musical note. . Toward the top. =g Next we give you a word diamond. The second line is evil, the third is a donkey, the fifth is fear and the sixth is ancient. Form the diamond. B A R BARRELS E L S =g The word chains below should make you wrinkle your brow for a moment or two. Re- member, you must form nothing but real words, changing only one letter at a time. Change WINE to CASK in four moves. Change TAP to KEG in four moves. ! ANSWERS. L Cross-word puzzle solution. 2. B, bad, burro, barrels, dread, old, 8. 3. WINE—wane—cane—case—CASK—TAP— tag—lag—leg—KEG. 4. Hogshead, glass, flagon and canteen. Couldn’t Reply Bobby: “Daddy, a boy at school told me I looked just like you.” Dad (proudly): “And what did you say?” Bobby: “Nothin’. He was bigger'n me.” Bully! Pirst Farmer: “I've got a freak on my farm. It's a two-legged calf.” Second Farmer: “I know. He came over to call on my daughter last night.” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 28, 1932, ( ©%4eBOYS and ¢ oy 4 GIRLS PAGE Barrie Moreland’s Comeback In Which Basket Ball Helps a Boy Help His Fathor As the Coach Read, Barry Began to Feel Uncomfort- able BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. 's business failure, use of hh‘dh&m‘::" - &nflm tmn.d WO .‘a squad, an 3 all to explain the letter bring no answer. Fin AL learn that there rrie at his home. couple of hours before the l‘uv‘:‘mmr Bellaire, Barrie and is & ial delivery letter for R is from Eddie. INSTALLMENT V. ARRIE and Red broke all speed records between the Moreland store and the little house on Maple Street. Rushing into the hall, Barrie saw the let lying on the table just inside the door. He snatched it up and tore it open. “Here's the original letter I wrote Eddie, which caused all the trouble,” he cried, hand- e e o o BARD it to e to read Eddie’s prgge::'edm it read, “it looks as th T'd got you into a peck of trouble, and I cer- tainly am sorry. My aunt died recently, I have been home for several days. I just got back to school today, and found your second letter. “Since then I have been trying to find out how the rumor got started here. As near as I can figure it, some of the fellows to whom I read parts of your letter, were careless in spread. am returning it to you. That ishould clear you right away. “I sure am sorry about this, Barrie. If there is anything more I can do let me know. Hope everything is going swell with you and that 1 see you at the game here.” Red looked up from the letter he had been reading. “Why, there’s absolutely nothing wrong about this,” he said emphatically. “Come on, let’s dash down to school. The team will be there, ready to leave, and we might as well get this thing settled right now.” ARRIE nodded agreement, and as they rushed toward the high school, Barrie ex- plained what Eddie had said in his letter. “I'm glad to know it wasn't Eddie’s fault,” he finished. “I hated to think he had let me down.” “The whole affair has just been one of those nasty rumors that do a lot of harm, and are almost impossible to stop,” replied Red, puf- fing with the exertion of hurrying. The coach and the members of the team were gathered in the locker room, and outside a bunch of students were waiting to give them a send-off. Rushing up to the coach, Red ex- tended the fetter that Barrie had originally written to his roommate. “Read that, Coach,” said the red-headed boy, “there’s the terrible letter that made everybody here say Barrle Moreland was a traitor to Larksburg.” The coach gazed from Red to Barrie, then took the letter and read it slowly. At the close he looked up, a curious expression on his face. “And it's no fake, either!” cried Red hotly. “I just saw Barrie get it back, special delivery, from the boy he wrote it to.” “I didn’t think it was a fake, Red,” said the coach quietly. He turned to the members of the squad, who were watching the little drama with interest. “Listen, fellows,” he said, “I want to read you something. This is a personal letter from Barrie Moreland, and ordinarily he would not want it read by outsiders, but this is a special case. It proves that we have been doing Barrie a very great injustice.” “I'm sorry we've made it so hard for you. Let’ call it quits, what do you say?” “I say that's great,” replied Barrie. And & moment later he was shaking hands with the members of the squad. “Now snap out of it and pack your uniform,” cried the coach. “You're going to Bellaire us, and you're going to play in the game.” N THE rush of packing, and in the excitement over the sudden change fortunes, Barrie did not miss Red, and he emerged from the school with members of the team a short time later, he Goliath running wild all over the floor, Barrie dropping in baskets from impossible angles, the Academy boys found themselves up against more than they could handle. until the next morning, and with Barrie doing the honors, the two basket ball squads got together after the game for a friendly party. Barrie's ambitions were completely realized then—or almost. Later that night, when he and Red were about to go to sleep, Barrie thanked his friend for all he had done for him. “And I'm particularly grateful, Red,” he finished, “because I think this means that Dad will have it a little easier now.” “You bet he will,” agreed Red. “A son who is a star basket ball player is the best adver- tising a man can have in this town!"” THE END. Soldier’s Error “Confound you, sir,” said the general. “Why don't you be careful? Here, instead of address- ing this letter to the intelligence officer you have addressed it to the intelligent officer. You should know there is no such officer in the army.”™ POSERS 1. Whet river is famous for its salmon fish~ ing? 2. Is coral mineral, animal or vegetable in origin? 3. Who is President of Germany? 4. What is the meaning of “militant”? 5. What is a Sapnish don? 6. In what part of the world is the jaguar found? 7. Who was Odin? 8. In what year did Lindbergh fly the At- lantic? ANSWERS. 1. The Columbia. 2. Animal. 3. Paul von Hindenburg. 4. Fighting, engaged in warfare. 5. The term means “sir.”” It was formerly ap- plied to the nobility, now to all classes. 6. Cen= tral and South America. 7. Chief god in Norse mythology. 8. In 1927. Taking Care ofSill’ie: HOUSE for any breed of bantams mus§ supply two very important things. First is shelter from the weather and second is pro- tection from drafts. In addition to these, the house must be free of dampness. Like most of the hardy birds, Silkies are wonderfully, clothed for the Winter, with their feathers th cover them much like shingles on a roof. But| if the wind blows against the outer tips of the feathers and they become disarranged the cold| gets in to the thin skin, the body is chilled and roup, or cold in the head, results. 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One foot of slop for every 3 feet of height of the house is good proportion; so if your house is 6 feet deep the roof will slope 2 feet from front to back. The high side should be placed toward th south, for you’ll want to take advantage o every opportunity for sunshine to enter. Ha a few windows, but not too many, for the glas draws the sun’s heat during the day and c off quickly at night. Cello glass is fine to intsead of regular glass. You can staple directly on to the opening and save the expens of window sashes for the glass. Also have o1 or two openings on the south covered with muslin or gunny-sacking to admit fresh air. Chewing Gum UGH the Italians advertise chewing g as the “American Confection” and th English refer to the habit of chewing it a distinctly American, it was in England that first recipe for chewing gum was published. In 1635 John Bate, an Englisit writer, pro duced a book called “Mysteries of Nature an Art” In this volume he gave the followin recipe for “mouth glew”: “Take isinglasse and steep it in water un such time as you may easily pull it to piece: Put it into a glass or pot well leaded and se| it in balneo—that is, in a pot of water on th fire. There let it remain until all, or mos] part of it, is dissolved. Then strain it througl a wide haire seive. While it is hot put upon another course and close haire seive, an when it is cold, it will be like a thick jelly. “If you would have it of a dainty smell an aromatical taste, put into it a little cinnamo bruised, and a little marjerom and rosema flowers while it is dissolving, and, if you pleas a small quantity of brown sugar to give it sweetish taste.”