Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1937, Page 36

B—16 TOONERVILLE FOLKS. L W ht. 1937, Eaauire Festures, Inc. “0O K.—I Guess We Can Stop Yelling Now. Visiting Hours Are Over.” . Greek goddess of destruction. . Injury. . Plans in detail. . Japanese man-drawn vehicle. . Wood-wind instrument. . Crafty. . Flaring edge. . Wooded hill. . Lasso, . Peril. . South American mountain range. . Despicable person. . Farewells. . Secure an interview with. . Underhand. . Midian king. . Bears witness to. . Son of Miled. . Biographical memoir. . Electrified particle., . City in Italy. . Masculine name. . Altered formally. . Broad smile. . Swab. . Portable container. . Join. . Rotates rapidly. . Ornamented goblet. . Encircles. . Wanderer. . Amphibian. . Indian oil-yielding tree. . Having a handle. . Particle. . Surrender of power. . Pirst home of Adam and Eve. . Wise old man. . Feminine name. Down. . Discordant. . Small hill. . Pilaster. . Solemn supplication. Solution $o Yesterday’s Puzzle. EEEE =mir [ozm . Obtain with difficulty. . Musical syllable. . Places alone. . North American river. . Shallow dishes. . African gazelles, . Homes. . General hosptial. . Obstinate. . Kind of turnip. . Joking. 22. Dills. . Any Roman goddess. . Despot. . European fresh-water fish. . West Indian dye-ylelding tree. . Shrub of Central America. . Most warlike Indians, . Clump of bushes. . Crossroad marker. . The first woman, . Sooner than. . Co-inventor of photographic film. . Put on. . Buccaneer. . Babylonian moon god. . Fortification. . Listens. . Possessor of the power to restore youth. . Goddess in whose honor May is named. . Minute quantity. . Foreswear. . Cravat. . Mediterranean fish, . That thing. MOPSY —By Gladys Parker I'VE LOST THREE BOY FRIENDS IN THE PAST MONTH-CAN THE EVE MOON MULLINS. WHY DION'T YOU ¥/ STALL, SAM? YOU MIGHTA The jungle lord took new hope when he considered that soon he would effect a junction with his band They were few, but of mighty Wazri warriors. they were strong and fearless. side he could fight and conquer a vastly superior force. . . . THE FRONT OF THE | HOUSE--THE OTHER THE CHAT A GUY THATS POKIN'W TOMMY IN' MY PUSS AND TELLIN' ME TO SCRAM/ NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY. JULY 6, 1937. Just a Fouple of Play Boys. “NOTORIOUS RACKETEER CAPTURED WITH TOY MACHINE GUN ~ AM GLAD TO BE ALIVE/ WELL ILL se—%24 22 The Dawn of History. D 1837 WY, TRIGUNE, C. (25,000 YEARS AGo ToDAY) GREAT DINOSAURS' WHATS WHATS TRE MATrER. WITH BUT WHY Do THEY CALL IT RIGHT SIDE -UP CAKES UPSIDE -DOWN CAKE ™ (L BET SOMEBODY ONCE MADE A MESS OF SOMEMING AND GAVE IT A NEW NAME BE FUNNY. UPSIDE-DowN CAKE |S GooD AND YoulL LKE T THE DINNER- FELL INTo HE FIRE. LIKELY, )buz GUESS HELP ME PULL ITOUT IS AS GeoD AS MINE I —tn e U 8 Put On ) RE ‘SYNDICATE. “inc . At that moment, the Wazri were surveying the Kavuru village from the forest. Then they ventured out upon the plain for a better view. Suddenly they halted and listened. A low droning caught their attention. A few seconds later a big plane appeared. The flyers had been sent out from Nairobi to search for Jane's party, but now the searchers had become lost, and only a little fuel remained in the tanks. The pilot looked below, saw the village and de- cided to risk a landing on the rocky plain. Secret Operative 48. primitive black savages. Then he saw the Kavuru emerging from their village. These, to his amaze- ment, were white. So, he chose to land near the village, believing the whites would be friendly, Tragic error! With them at his —By NORMAN MARSH. | WITHIN AN HOUR SEND IN AN ALARM AND COME AFTER ME! IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TO GET IN WITH THAT SKELETON KEY-- EVERYBODY SEEMS TO —By S. L. HUNTLEY. Nature’s Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. SOME flowers have been given very .~ hard names to live up to. The dwarf dandelion, or Cynthia, would surely have been more in keeping with this very attractive flower than the name of goatsbeard. All the research you can do does not reveal to you any resemblance whatever to Billy’s goatee and this charming flower. Anyway, what's in a name? The flower is quite s traveler. She : | fres_sor vo - ALWAYS TOLD 1 SHOULDNIT Kt MANY MEN =27 True Stories of G-Men Activities Based on Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Modified in the Public Interest. ALL RIGHT-1 AN MRS.BENTZ BUT VE LEFT UM FOR GOOD - \'M SIGL AND TIRED G/" i dandelion or Virginia goatsbeard goes down into the earth, seeking its nour- ishment and establishing itself far enough below, so that snipping off its head or removirg all the beautiful flowers will not interfere with the life progress of the flower. So has the common dandelion been able to with- stand the lawncutter and other.at- tacks. Her head is bent, even removed and not a seed set for the season. But starts from the State of Massachu- seits, goes to Manitoba and south from there to Georgia and Kansas. She opens her blossoms from May until October and sets many, many seeds. Her chosen spots are in the wide, moist meadows, in the sunny woodlands and in shady, rocky places. The long slender stems are topped with deep yellow or reddish;yellow flower heads, about 112 inches across, | * The flowers from a distance look like balls of fire, the stems being invisible. ‘Wherever you find them the place seems hallowed by their presence. There is & sort of radiance about their chosen spot. The slender stems spring from & tuft or rosette of green leaves. These leaves are worthy of your attention, too. Sometimes they are wavy- toothed on the edges, again entire. The branching stem arises, bearing aloft a single oblong, clasping leaf, that grips the stem just below the middle, The deep tap root of the dwarf gray. Instead of florets composing the crown now, it is a seedball. The pappus consists of about 10 or 12 hairlike bristles within a ring of ob- long scales. The seeds have this fairy- like aeroplane on which to mount the breeze. And when you see the wind catch up these small seeds, whisk them away from the mother, in order that they may find a home of their own, you know this has been the plan perfected by this plant for her chile sometimes 3. They are glowing balls, | * dren. swaying back and forth,with each breeze from flexible stems that seem to be almost rubbery in their ability to bend so0 low and come back smiling. watch the place where the seeming fatality occurred. Next Spring there will be more smiling, golden faces. The flower is also very beautiful when her head has turned to silvery —_— “Increasing scarcity of skilled labor 15 & serious probjem in Germany. < ». 4 r a