Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1933, Page 80

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 2, 1933. g UR puzzle column begins this week with a picture word square. You shouldn’t ha a great deal of trouble with it. 3 - .",? ~—— nummnumm"fi"’ h‘ - . Serpen! . Bachelor of Arts (Abbr.) . Speed, urgency . Intended . A kind of fabric . Prevaricators . To clothe . Mother . Large deer (Plural) . Kind of fish . X . Toss . VERTICAL . Young bear . We . Frame to support a painter’s canvas . Not shut . High sechool (Abbr.) . Place of noise and confusion . Compartment in a stable 11. Astray 12. Sheer, utter 14. To step, walk 16. To twist or extort by violence 18. Unemployed ¥20. To cut, as hay 21. Printer’s measure 22. Company (Abbr.) Ask Dad—He Knows! “What is an average?” asked the % “I know!” exclaimed a little girl. “It's where a hen lays her eggs.” Teacher looked astonished. So did the other pupils. The young miss was asked to explain. “Well, my father told me, just last night,” " Wsheclared the girl, “that a hen laid 200 eggs a year on an average.” \ %e BOYS and | GIRLS PAGE Legend of Lost Cavern Thrilling Story of Adventure Underground A moment later they saw a light ahead BY W. BOYCE MORGAN. INSTALLMENT VIIL. HE most horrible period of all those long hours in the cave was that which came just after Keith, Jean and Bob admitted to themselves . Numb : 3F fi% bt 155F HiM silent for a moment. “Our best bet 4 stream,” he said. “We seem chamber, and we must have come through a passage to get here. If we try g 4 B § i oggE fefe g =§§§ T 4 i 4 ; E : i '!g i £5 g g £ §g§§§§ foue g5k HIPH ggzggig Suddenly Bob uttered an exclamation. He flattened himself out and reached downward with his hand. “Water!” came his glad cry. to the stream!” “We are back TH!.’Y almost wept with joy, Then realizing how thirsty they were, they scooped up handsful of the cool liquid and moistened their dry mouths. “Let’s go,” said Bob. “This way is upstream —I could tell by feeling the gentle current. And Keith, suppose you crawl right along the edge of the ledge, so we are sure to stay by T'll keep on searching fof the Keith agreed and they began to move slowly forward. Then Bob's ‘voice ramg out. “A pebble!” he cried. A moment later he exulted the stream. pebbles i} Hi gfiiégé ';5 Eégé E§E= 7g H figi !gé : Efggfi | g : I Higlli SEe3E] g%Egga i ;Eé fiéggéigg ga byt £ £ Sgk¥ § SF. % BedeEEtes But none of the many Lost Cavern ever spent such a did Jean, Keith and Bob in discovering it. THE END. : ; RIDDLES This is Helen Outcault’s day in our riddle department, for she sent us all the riddles that are printed below. Can you guess every one of them? 1. Why are men's socks like bologna? 2. Why do the leaves turn red in the Fall? 3. What is it that has no feet and yet wears shoes? i : : 4. What lives upon itself and dies when it has devoured itself? 5. An old woman in a red cloak was passing s fleld in which a goat was feeding. _What b E-FEREY SR ETH Py 4. 5. day? 6. 1. hour 8. Skaters. Pirst Fly—Coming over and play with us in A Twist to It Ix—Yes, Jones cleaned up a big fortune in Nay—Was he a counterfeiter? Ix—No, a pretzel manufacturer. Historical Fact Freshie—What did’they call those tablets the ancient Gauls used to write on? ANSWERS. 1. The square is ship, hose, isle and peel. 2. Boy, buoy. Chevalier, O[> [miol]