Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1937, Page 55

STORIES SPORTS GAMES Totl SusAY STAR, WASHINGTON, [ Puwies ||Luncheon Set Is Easy to Make Gingham — ‘You'll need & pair of scissors, along with a little patience, to solve this puzzle. Cut out the pieces, first past- ing the whole figure to cardboard to | make it stiffer. Then try to arrange the pleces to form a perfect square. P o Fill the blanks in the sentence be- low with the same four letters, ar- ganged in different ways: His face turned as he heard the of the fire bell, and he knew he must before it was | too late. — In this word diamond, the second line is a disorderly crowd, the third means tuneful sounds, the fifth is a small boy in the ocean, and the sixth is a domestic animal. Only the fifth should give you any trouble. ‘Take a four-letter word for part of | @ fence, add T, rearrange the letter and get a test. Take a four-letter word for a hill of sand, add C, rearrange the letters and form a stupid person. o o CROSSWORD PUZZLE ‘The definitions: HORIZONTAL. . Month when Summer ends. . Advertisement (abbr.) . Metal in the native state, . Mother. . Notion. . A wheel for winding. . Half dozen. . A long piece of metal. . To serve with food. . Motor vehicle. . Exclamation. . A flying mammal. . A state near Washington, D. C. (abbr.) . Gives & description. VERTICAL. . Contented. . Boy's nickname, . Toward. . Make a mistake, kS . Printer’s measure. . Transportation lines. . Annoys. . A kind of puzzle. Expire. . Consume. . Vehicle. . Him. . Before the Christian era (abbr.) . Note in the musical scale. . Same as 5 vertical. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES. 4. Crossword puzzle solution. ° 8. Brag-grab. Rat-tar. But-tub. 3. The diamond is P, Bro.,, broth, prophet, other, her, T. 4. The hidden animal is a dog. 5. Silk, add T, form Kilts. Hurt, &dd T, form Truth. Half Measure. ILFRED—You wouldn't want a little boy punished on account of something you sald, would you? Minister—Certainly not. ‘Wilfred—Then if you mention cook- fes while you're here, you'd better thank mother for two dozen instead of the dozen I brought you. Riddles ‘HIS week we're golng to have an- other dose of the “riddles every- body knows”! At least, we get them sent to us so often that almost every- body must have heard them, and if you haven't, it'’s high time that you're catching up. 1. What has eight feet and sings? 2. What goes around and around the houses and leaves only one track? 3. A man rode across & bridge and yet he walked. How was that? 4. How many peas are there in a peck? 5. What grows bigger the more it is cut? ANSWERS. 1. A quartet. 2. A wheelbarrow. 3. Yet was the name of the man's dog. 4 One (P). 5. A ditch. A From Printed Crash or <« o] | Dresser Sets, Doilies | Can Be Made in Same Way. By Marie Baumann. RE you looking for something special to put into your moth- er's or aunt'’s pink-ribboned birthday box, or as a Valen- tine day gift? Then here is just the thing, which you can make easily in sewing club or after school at your best friend’s house. It is a gay printed luncheon set with fringed edges to fit a card table. Fringed edges are very stylish again, you know! ‘To make them, you don’t even have to thread a needle. If you would prefer, you can make luncheon place- doilies with napkins to match, chair back sets, dresser sets, or odd doilies. To make the luncheon cloth with four napkins, buy one and two-thirds yards of 36-inch brightly flowered crash, plaid, or doited gingham. Large plaid patterns, if not too brilliant, make striking sets when finished. Of course, keep in mind the taste of the person to whom the cloth is to be given, and the color of the| room in which it will be used. ' Re- member just one more thing. Don't buy material which is woven very loosely, because it will ravel too much and the whole cloth will be fringe when you are finished. All ready now? First pull a thread on each of the two rough sides of the cloth—unless the saleslady did so_when she was cutting the piece from the bolt. By doing this, you will be sure to have a straight cloth when finished. Don't trust the pat- tern lines on plaid material. They usually do not run true to the thread | of the goods. Always pull a thread | before trying to cut a straight line. Then trim off the crooked edge with your scissors. Next, pull threads on the selvage edges, so that you can also trim them off accurately. Now measure exactly 36 inches along the length of the goods, pull a | thread, and cut. This gives.you a yard-square luncheon cloth. For the | napkins, cut the remaining cloth into | 12-inch squares, being sure to pull| threads first so that they will be ab- solutely straight. You can get six napkins from this amount of goods, ! but if you wish only four, the re-; maining goods can be used for odd doilies. To fringe the edges of these pieces | now, you merely pull the outer thread | off, then the second, and so on until the fringe edge is as wide as you want it. Three-quarters of an inch is ni good width. Then iron cloth and | napkins and hide the set until time to wrap it. If you want to make it extrs special, you can design a big letter in | one corner—the initial of the person who will receive it. The letter can be | embroidered in solid stitch with one of the brightest shades in the print on the cloth. If the material you selected is plain, you can use a con- trasting color in a cross-stitch initial to make a very attractive finish. Perhaps you would prefer to buy white or eggshell linen or crash. Fringe the edges and pull two threads, say two inches from the border. This gives a lovely drawn-work effect. You may pull other threads at various dis- tances from the edge to make orlginal‘ designs. By using a little care and originality | you can thus make a variety of gifts| which will charm your friends at about | = fourth the cost of store-purchased | pieces. Good luck with them! i Not For Her. ”I TELL you I won't have this room!” protested the old lady to the bellboy who was conducting her. | “I'm not going to pay my good money | for a closet with a measly little fold- ing bed in it. If you think that just because I'm from the country—" “Get in, lady, get in,” the boy cut in wearily. “This isn't your room. This is the elevator.” High Lights of History— Zunckeorz Set iy NAPKIN MAKE 4 OR 6 }nnunuuy{umml mi_ Nobody needs to preach truthfulness to you, for you know without being told that honesty is not only “the best policy,” as Benjamin Franklin pointed out, but also right and honorable. Every boy and girl would prefer to tell the truth always. Now, perhaps you can remember some time when you told a little “fib.” Most of us have told one at some time or other, because we simply aren't perfect, you know. As you think back, can you remember why you told that untruth—why it seemed necessary to tell it? Wasn't it because o e you had done something you shouldn't have done, something of which you were ashamed, something that bothered your conscience? Falsehoods are almost always the result of some other fault, for few people tell fibs for the sheer pleasure of it. Therefore, the easy way to tell the truth is to avoid doing anything that will make a falsehood seem necessary. Doesn't that strike you as being the best plan? But if you have done something wrong, it is far better to acknowledge your fault and take the consequences, rather than to add another wrong by not being truthful about it, Two wrongs, you know, never make a right. Modern Mother Goose Cutouts PARTY DRESS Curlylocks, Curlylocks, those wavy tresses, Look very nice with your fine party dresses; But Old Mother Goose would drop dead if she knew That machines in a beauty shop curled them for you! D. C, The Story of Wisby—Part 1. FEBRUARY 7, Blackie’s Broken Leg Healed With Help of Harness By Horace Mitchell. HEN a dog breaks his leg, it is & serious situation. Mighty few people, it seems, know just what to do for him, and their only way of help- ing him out of his pain is to kill him. During the last few weeks, though, I've been seeing an old Newfoundland dog —a corking, handsome fellow, as are most Newfoundlands—having his leg bone knit together in great shape. He lives on & farm just outside of town. One day the family all went away and left Blackie to guard the premises. When the folks returned, there were fresh tire tracks in the yard and there was the dog, limping about on three legs and yelping every now and then with pain. His left hind leg had been broken. Pearl Short, who owns him, figured that somebody had driven into the yard and the dog had come up to inspect the visitor and got in the way of the car. Either accidentally or on purpose, the car had hit him. But there was no time to figure out all that just then. Pearl (he's & man, by the way, and a mighty grand man, too) wanted to help the dog “right away, quick.” No veterinary was nearby, so Pearl had to do it himself. He got some straight, clean boards for splints and broke them off cleanly at the proper length. Then he rigged a harness of stout cloth over the dog's back, so that it held the leg up off the For about three weeks, Blackie hobbled around that way. ground and still kept the broken part | straight. Where the skin was broken, Pearl applied antiseptic liberally. Then he | fastened the splints alongside enough to hold without stopping the circulation of blood. important. If you check the flow of !hlood over the wounded leg, healing | will be slowed down or stopped en- tirely.) | After that, Pearl hooked on the | harness of cloth, and there was | Blackie, his left hind leg all swathed | | in bandages and slung so he couldn't walk on it. For about three at visitors but wasn't a bit ugly. And then the “sling” was taken off, and now he's prancing about in great style. I'm putting this story into the col- umn so that if any of you fellows or girls ever have & dog with a broken leg you'll know what to do for him in case there is no veterinary nearby. Of course, the very best plan is to have a | “vet” do the bandaging. Sacking of Washington. ‘HE most publicized action of the British troops which invaded the | Capital during the War of 1812 was | the burning of the Executive Mansion, | which since has been termed the White House. This, however, was only | part of the destruction of the occu- | pation. Other public buildings to be | destroyed by fire included the Capitol, the State and Navy Buildings and the | Treasury. A number of private homes were set afire and burned down as well. The offices of the National In- telligencer, which had particularly aroused the ire of the British troops, also was leveled by flames. the | | break, tying them to the leg just tight | (That is very | weeks Blackie | hobbled around that way. He barked | —By J. 1937—PART FOUR. CRAFTS JOKES PUZZLES Cuddles and Tuckie By Frances Royster Williams. G e Lincoln (Continued From Second Page.) | themselves, fighting the battle of free- dom for all lands; he is now, and for all coming time, the hero martyr of liberty and right.” At another mass meeting of London | working men it was declared: “We | feel that the loss of such a man is | ours as well as yours. We feel that the loss of such & man is not only & loss to the Nation over which, he presided, but & loss to the world at large. Raised by the force of his own Carroll Mansfield Uncle Hugo stood and watched The children on the hill; They coasted on their little sleds And never took a spill. The children made apile of snow And dug @ tunnel threugh it; Next Yime it snows ger out your spades And see if yov cando i\t Auway they scooted down the slide As fast as they could go, And shot beneath the tunnel they Had built themselves of snow. Then Uncle Hugo stepped right u, And borrowed some one’s sled. “I'll show you how we used to coast When I was young,” he said. But when he reached the tunnel, why, You should have heard him shout, For there he stuck as tight as wax Until they dug him out. (Copyright, 1937.) @~ THE 147 CENTURY THE SEAPORT OF WISBY, SITUATED ON THE SWEDISH ISLAND OF GOTLAND IN THE BALTIC SEA, WAS ONE OF THE RICHEST CITIES IN CUROPE| 175 STRATEGIC LOCATION MADE IT A GREAT COMMERCIAL CENTER AND A CLEARING HOUSE FOR THE PRODUCTS OF ALL THE COUNTRIES BORDERING ON THE BALTIC ... ©)1sGUISED As A SIMPLE MERCHANT, VALDEMAR TOOK PASSAGE ABOARD A GERMAN TRADING VESSEL BOUND FOR GOTLAND. REACHING WISBY, HE BOLDLY WENT ASHORE AND STROLLED, UNSUSPECTED, AROUND THE BUSTLING PORT ... \VISBY WAS THE PRINCIPAL TRADING STATION OF THE FAMOUYS HANSEATIC LEAGUE IN THE BALTIC AND ITf HARBOR WAS ALWAYS CROWDED WITH SHIPS BEARING CAQGOES FROM MANY LANDS IN THE TOWN VALDEMAR MET A FLAXEN-HAIRED BEAUTY, WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE TALL,DIST'NGUISHED-LOORING *MERQCHANT” AT FIRST SIGHT ..... IN THE YEAR 1361 VALDEMAR ATTEGRDAG, THE WARLIKE KING OF DENMARK, ANGERED BY THE GROWING POWER OF THE LEAGUE-IN THE BALTIC AND ENGAGED IN A QUARREL WITH THE SWEDES, SOUGHT AN OPPORTU- NITY TO MAKE HIMSELF MASTER OF WISBY AND ITS RICHES ... A MAN OF GREAT DARING AND AUDACITY, THE DANISH KING RESOLVED TO GO SECRETLY AND ALONE TO WI1SBY TO SPY UPON THE PLACE AND MAKE UP A PLAN . NEVER DREAMING WHO THE HANDSOME } STRANGER REALLY WAS, THE LOVE- STRUCK GIRL SHOWED HIM ALL‘H:!E SIGHTS OF THE TOWN AND TALKEP FREELY OF ITS GREAT WEALTH - AND THE WEAKNESS OF ITS’ DEFENSES. ; ©@AvING LEADNED ALL HE WISHED 70 KNOW, VALDEMAR BADE THE MAIDEN ELL AND SAILED , Away, PROMISING TO RETURN ... . TO B8 CONTINUED @ character and genius from & humble position in the ranks of industry to be the first citizens of a great and glorious Republic, his memory will ever be endeared to, and enshrined in, | the hearts of the toiling millions of all countries, as one of the few un- crowned monarchs of the world.” 'HE plain people of every nation ‘were convinced, from the begin- ning, of Lincoln’s justice and honesty. Yet, he was the subject of vicious at- tacks abroad, as he was at home, and throughout his presidency the world's press reflected that attitude. How- ever, at his assassination, journalistic opinion at length gave the fallen Presi- dent his due. That this condition was recognized then by careful writers is shown in the following extract from the Revue des Deux Mondes of May 1, 1865, pub- lished in Paris. The Revue's editorial writer declared: “Assuredly, in some of the great nations, and in several government departments of Europe, there has been little disposition during the last four years to be just to Mr. Lincoln and his most devoted colleagues. Death seems to have revealed to all eyes the real worth of this honest man; it has taught the indifferent and inattentive themselves the loss which the cause of political probity and humanity has sustained in him. Opinion has done Mr. Lincoln wrong while living. We may say now that it is making solemn efforts to repair that wrong when he is no more.” ‘The government of Napoleon III was outspoken in its official expres- sions of sympathy and regret, and Mrs. Lincoln received touching personal letters from the Empress Eugenie and from Louis Philippe D'Orleans, Comte de Paris. But the press of France went far beyond—it rang with admira- tion for the human qualities of the murdered chief magistrate; and its bitterness toward the perpetrators of the deed touched the depths. Already Lincoln was being compared with Washington; the judgment of the masses at length was confirmed. An interesting communication is one from the kingdom of Prussia, signed “Bismarck.” In the Prussian House of Deputies, Lincoln was extolled, and the occasion was taken, also, to point out that “Germany has looked with pride and joy on the thousands of her sons, who, in this struggle, have placed themselves so resolutely on the side of law and right.” 'N RUSSIA, news of Lincoln’s assas- sination came as a stunning blow. Russia had been a friend of the cause Lincoln espoused, and in view of the imperial edict freeing the serfs, gov- ernment and people watched the out- come of the American struggle with intense interest. Prince Gortchacov wrote to the American Ambassador as follows on May 16, 1865: “Scarcely has my august master re- turned to dominions when he “X-Ray Eyes” Is Name of Baffling Bit of Conjuring By Thomas the Magician. OR several years a mental feat ene titled “Eyeless Vision” has caused no little wonderment in the minds of the world's most famous psychologists, eye specialists and magicians. In this effect of supermentality the performer’s eyes are first covered with pads of cotton, then taped with strips of adhesive tape, and finally blinde folded with several layers of heavy velvet cloth. However, though deprived of his sight in this extraordinary way, the magician can recognize any ob- ject placed on his outstretched palm merely by passing his fingertips withe in a few inches of the article. Today I'm going to describe an ef- fect that is also quite mystifying, and while it is not performed by the same method, it is similar, in that it is en- titled “X-Ray Eyes,” and the idea of “looking through a solid object” is ex- pressed. Effect—The performer removes & pack of ordinary cards from a case. (One of the cardboard variety.) Holding the case behind his back, he asks some one in the audience to take the pack, select a card, and then in- | sert it in the case which the magician | is holding behind his back, closing the flap of the case in order that the card be entirely concealed. The magician now places the eard case to his forehead and immediately names the selected card, which is then removed from the case and identified. Explanation—To perform this mys= terious mental feat, a small hole is cut in the lower right-hand corner of the back of the pasteboard case. When it is placed behind the magician he holds the back of the case facing his back. Thus, when the card is put into the case by the spectator he will not see the hole. Now, just before the case is placed to the forehead, the finger is moved to one side and a glimpse is caught of the index corner of the card inside the case. A trial will convince you that this effect is worth working as & mental masterpiece. orders me to testify to you his grief at this painful event. Tried himself by & woeful loss, which is also a cause of national mourning for Russia, the ‘Bmperor Jjoins in the unanimous re- | grets which encircle the memory of the eminent statesman snatched away 50 suddenly, and in so terrible manner, from his noble career. “His imperial majesty requests us, your excellency, to transmit to you, in his name, the assurance of his living and deep sympathy with the family of the late Mr. Lincoln, and with his excellency, President Johnson. “I also fulfill the orders of my | august master by informing you how much his imperial majesty has been touched by the spontaneous testi- monials of respect which the federal | officers have shown to the memory of his dearly beloved son during the pase sage of the squadron bearing to Russia | his mortal remains.” From Switzerland came an amazing number of expressions, more, appare ently, than from any other country save Great Britain. They ranged from the government to the Frohsinn Singing Society and the inhabitants of tiny villages. Ever a cradle of lib- erty and freedom, the independent Swiss were grief-stricken at the death of one whom they regarded as the age’s foremost apostle of equality. South America added largely to the paean of praise in honor of Lincoln, while the Far East, Africa and the remote islands of distant seas hastened to do belated homage to him. Throughout the United States the | assassination aroused the most intense emotion. Friend and foe alike joined in condemning the act bitterly, and leaders in the South expressed the conviction that they had lost a friend whose guidance would be sorely needed during the trying days that were to come., THE calumny hurled at Lincoln dur- ing his presidency was publicly regretted in countless resolutions and messages, and he was entombed with & popular demonstration of feeling which has never been equaled. ‘Typical of many similar occurrences in the South was the public meeting held by the citizens of Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama, at which the following resolution was adopted: “That they can view the acts of the assassination of President Lincoln and the attempt to assassinate Mr. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, only with emotions of unmixed grief and detestation, and that the assasins are the enemies of civilization and humanity. “That the acts and actors can find parallels alone in the calendars of the most flagitious crimes and the most fiendish criminals. They can only be classified in infamy with the savage and the cannibal, the guerilla of Spain, the carnonari of Italy and the thugs of India.” The citizens of New Orleans, on April 28, 1865, held & mass meeting at which they adopted a similar reso- lution. This passage is illustrative of the wave of feeling that swept over every section of the land: “Resolved, That in the death of President Lincoln, we mourn the loss of fervid patriotism, unwavering honesty, personal purity, a liberality that reached magnanimity, a love of liberty that was passionate, and prac- tical large ability; we mourn a man who more than any other of his time was a representative of the people of America. By the nobility of his na- ture, not less than by the value of his services, he won his way to the hearts of his fellow countrymen. They loved and greatly respected him while living; their tears flow for him now."” So it was that Abraham Lincoln, whose birth created scarcely a ripple on the swiftly-flowing stream of fron- tier life, went to his final resting place on a gigantic wave of world- wide sympathy. Each successive birthday annivers- ary has afforded eager peoples every- ‘where an opportunity to make increas- ingly sharp the classic contrast by adding ever-mounting memorials to his greatness. Tests. 'IRST Mosquito—Why are you mak- ing such a fuss? Becond Mosquito—Whoopee! I just passed the scseen test.