Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1933, Page 80

— THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 18 193% %e BOYS and GIRLS PAGE | PUZZLES g IA\ PROVERB which you have undoubtedly heard many times is hidden in this pic- ture, and it is up to you to find it. Perhaps it you got several friends to help you, it would be easier. because——! GUESS THIS PROVERB o e Many of you boys go fishing as often as possible these days, and perhaps some of the girls go, too. So we’ll have two word chains using fishing words. Change WORM to FISH in five moves, Change POLE to CAST in four moves. —3— The words below are the names of fish, but they certainly have been scrambled. Can you sighten them out? 1. RILE PECK. 2. HUB ‘TAIL. 3. CRAM KEEL. 4 CURD A ARAB. s Take a four-letter word for ripped, add H, rearrange the letters and form where the birds Ay in Spring. Take a four-letter word for a blood vessel, add S, rearrange the letters and get climbing plants. S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE. The definitions are: HORIZONTAL. 1. A beverage. 4. Alone. 7. Provided that. 8. Stroke in tennis. 10. Proceed. 11. Trays for type. 12. Toward. 14. Pig pen. 15. American League (Abbr.) 16. Within. 17. Word used with “either.” 18. Place (Abbr.) 19. In good physical condition 21. Company (Abbr.) 23. Food eaten for breakfast. 24. Part of verb “to be.” 26. Wherefore. 27. Masculine pronoun. 28. Incline. 29. Aquatic bird. VERTICAL. 1. To separate with a sieve. 2. Belonging to. 3. Exclamation of sorrow. 4. To comply with orders. 5. Left guard (Abbr.) 6. A howl. 9. Largest of existing birds 13. Lubricate 15. Portion of a circle. 18. To ring 19. A young deer. 20. Playthings 22 Beasts of burden 25. T 27. Exclamation Fair Enou gh Father--Oscar, why don't you let brother use your sled half the time? DS Why, I do. I have it going down and ke has it coming back. ar Sunfish to Swordfish Adzeonture of Two Boys With Nine-Foot Marln ¥ “Well, boys,” he began, mournfully, “mother and I have decided.you'd better . not go.” BY JAMES B. CRANE, Eddie and Steve Bartlett love to fish. They live on 8 farm and spend much of their time fishing in the mountain streams nearby. But they long to get away to go after big fish. One day they are fishing when they encounter a man angling for trout. with fine tackle and equipment. They ask if they may follow and watch. and he gladly agrees. He has had no luck. he says. and hints that the two red heads may change his fortune. As soon as they start following him. he catches a big trout. Convinced that the boys brought him luck. he asks them to go on a deep-sea fishing trip with him. They are dubious as to whether their parents will allow them to go. but the man says he’ll come to {the farm next day to speak to the parents and get their permission. INSTALLMENT II. TEVE opened his eyes and blinked. Dawn was just breaking. He felt ex- cited about something. For a minute he couldn’t think what it was. Then suddenly he sat up in bed and poked Eddie, sleeping beside him. “Hey! Wake up!” Eddie grunted and rolled over. Steve punched him again. Eddie opened his eyes slowly, then rubbed them. “Wha’s matta?” he mumbled sleepily. “Wake up! The man's coming to see dad and mother!” Eddie sat up suddenly, his eyes open. “Yenl About the grip!” He flung the covers aside. “Come on—Ilet’s get up!” But Steve was already out of bed and splashing cold water over his face from the bowl on the washstand. They dressed, talking excitedly. Then they ran downstairs and went out to get the stove wood and feed the hogs and chickens. Mr. Bartlett was in the barn. “Are you going to let us go, dad?” Steve asked eagerly. Mr. Bartlett speared a pile of hay with his pitchfork. “Well, son, I don’t know. Mother and I talked it over last night, and we feel like we want to talk to this man before we make any decision.” He noticed Steve's crestfallen look, and smiled. “But if he seems like a re- liable man, and can show us who he is and what he does, I guess maybe it'll be all right.” “Good!” cried Steve. He ran to find Eddie and tell him about it. DURING breakfast they talked of nothing else. Mrs. Bartlett smiled and said “May- be,” and Mr. Bartlett said, “It's up to your mother.” But they both wanted to wait and see the man. Suddenly tney heard the purr of an auto- mobile outside. Eddie and Steve ran to the window. “Here he is!” cried Steve. A long, low road- ster pulled up in front of the door, and the man got out. ‘The boys ran out on the porch to meet him. “Good morning!” he smiled, ruffling Steve's hair and slapping Eddie on the shoulder. Just then Mr. Bartlett came out on the porch. The man walked over and held out his band. “Good morning, sir,” he said. “My name’s Evans, Joseph T. Evans.” Mr. Bartlett’s eyes widened as he held out his hand. “Not Joseph Evans, the millionaire?” he exclaimed. Mr. Evans nodded. “I'm afraid I'll have to plead guilty,” he smiled, “though I'd much rather be just plain Mr. Evans.” They talked a while, then Mr, Bartlett told the boys to go and play while he and Mrs. Bartlett talked to Mr. Evans, The men went in the house and the boys ran to the barn and climbed up in the hay loft. They sat in the hay with their heads hanging out of a little window, their eyes glued on the house. They talked about Mr. Evans and the trip for what seemed hours, and finally the front door opened and the two men and Mrs. Bartlett came out. HE boys tumbled down from the loft and tore to the house. They hesitated breath- less before the three older persons. Mr. Bart- lett looked down at them, smiling. Then his expression suddenly became serious. “Well, boys,” he began mournfully, “mother and I have decided you'd better not go.” He hesitated, then he couldn’t help laughing at the two forlorn faces staring up st him. “You'd better not go—you'd better not go to bed here tonight. Mr. Evans wants you to leave witn him this afternoon!” The boys yelled in unison. They jumped up and down and shouted and hit each other on the back. Mr. Evans smiled. “Hey, you two,” he said. “Hold up long enough for me to tell you something.” The boys quieted. “I've told your father where I want you to meet me in town this afternoon, and he’ll explain all that to you. I've got to go now, and I'll see you then. But before you go on this trip, I want to warn you: If you two red-heads don't bring me good luck I'm going to cut you up in little pieces and use you for bait!” He shook hands with Mr. and Mrs, Bartlett, and climbed into his roadster. The boys watched him drive away, and their happy yells followed him ta. the gate. The rest of the morning was busy for the whole Bartlett family. Mrs. Bartlett sewed buttons and darned stockings and patched. Mr. Bartlett got out suitcases and cleaned them and after they were finally packed, put them in the old car. The boys got generally in the way and tried to help with everything and gave a lot more trouble than help. F[NALLY everything was ready and Mrs. Bart- lett called them to lunch. At the table the boys talked excitedly and in spurts. Every once in a while one of them would sit trans- fixed, staring into space. On one occasion Mr. Bartlett had to speak to Eddie three times before he could bring him back to reality. At last they kissed Mrs. Bartlett good-by and piled into the old car. An hour later they were in town at the appointed piace. Mr. Evans was waiting in the long roadster. The bag- gage was transferred, then Mr. Bartlett shook hands with Mr. Evans and the boys, and the car roared away. On the road the car sped ahead. Mr. Evans looked at the Loys beside him. “Well,” he said, “here we go. Florida day after tomorrow. I've fished there a good bit before, but I've never caught one of those big marlin swordfish. I hooked one once, but he got away. I'm counting on you boys to get your red heads together and put Lady Luck on my hook!” “How big are they, Mr. Evans?” asked Eddie. “About as big as—as big as I am?” Mr. Evans laughed. “As big as Yyou are? Why, alongside of them you’re & minnowl I'm hoping to get one that is about eight or nine feet long — weighing about eight hundred pounds!” Mr. Evans couldn’t help laughing at the way their eyes bulged. (To Be Continued Next Sunday.) ANSWERS, . Many hands make light work, 2. WORM—wore—wire—wise—wish—FESH, POLE—pose—post—past—CAST, 3. Pickerel, halibut, mackerel and barracuda. 4. Torn, add H, rearrange and form north. Vein, add S, rearrange and form vines, 8. Cross-word puzzle solution. [ RIDDLES ORMA PICKREN sent us a fine assort- ment of riddles, and I know you are all going to enjoy them. But that's not saying you are going to guess them! Here they are. 1. Who won the first horse race in the Bible? 2. Why should you ride a mule if you wish to get rich? 3. Why did the whale get rid of Jonah? 4. What vine does beef grow on? 5. What islands sre the most prosperous? ANSWERS. 1. Salome, when she got a-head of John the Baptist on a charger. 2. Because you are no sooner on than you are better off. 3. Be- cause Jonah was not ready to die just (digest) yet. 4. The bo-vine. 5. The Fortunate Islands. Flapjack Game DID you ever see a camp cook, with a simple, quick motion of his arm, flip a panful of flapjacks into the air and then catch them ex- actly in the center of the pan as they fell? By using a thin piece of wood, or 3-ply pan=- eling about 8 inches wide and 10 inches long for a frying pan, and a circular disk of flat rubber cut from an old inner tube for a flapjack, this game, Flipping the Flapjack, can be made. It is a game that can be played in or out of doors, and it requires skill to win. A short wooden handle is attached to the frying pan. The frying pan is then marked off in numbered spaces. An exact center space about !, or 3; inches larger than the rubber flapjack disk is marked 20. About il, inches from the edges of the pan, mark a straight lined box completely around the pan. Inside of this space is marked 10. Outside of this box is marked 5. Now place the rubber flapjack disk in the center of the pan so it covers the space marked try to catch it on the pan as it falls. If the flapjack falls exactly in the is scored. If any edge of the flapjack extends into the box marked 10, only 10 is scored; and if any edge of the flapjack is oul 10-box, only 5 is scored. If flapjack is over the edge of the pan, 0 is scored. A little practice will a get the correct arm movement for flipp! flapjack into the air. After a knack is easily mastered and you will be - prised at the number of times you can catch the flapjack exactly in the center of the pan. In a Dry Country ing the rain his hired man came in. don’t you stay in out of the rain?” asked the farmer. “I don’t mind a little dew like this,” re- marked the hired man. “I can work along just the same.” “The next time it rains,” ordered the farmese, “you come in. I want the water on the land.” POSERS HINK carefully before you answer these questions. They are just tricky enough to fool you if you are too hasty. 1. What is pewter? 2. What was the greatest battle of the Civil War? 3. What is the difference between an absolute monarchy and a limited monarchy? 4. How many lines are there in a staff of music? 5. Where is a fish’s dorsal fin located? 6. What is an avocado? 7. What is the highest court in the United States? 8. What material is used fo fasten glass in window sashes? ANSWERS. 1. A metal alloy, chiefly of tin and lead. 2. Gettysburg. 3. In an absolute monarchy the king has unlimited power, while in a limited monarchy the people or their representatives help govern the country. 4. Five. 5. On its back. 6. An alligator pear. 7. The Supreme Court, which sits in Washington. *© Putty.