Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 52

\ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, AUGUST 8, 1937—PART FOUR. F—6 CHILDREN'’S PAGE. 5 CHILDREN'S PAGE Second L < Cash Prizes Are Offered | Every Week | Contestants Write| Views of Future | This Time. WHAT would you like to be d when you are grown? That’s a subject every young person talks about from time to time. And that’s the subject which has been chosen for this week's letter writing contest in the series being conducted on this page during August. Three cash prizes, you know,| are to be offered each week in the contest for the best three letters received on the topics as- signed. The first prize is $3, the second $2, and the third $1. This week you may head your letter either “What I Would Like to Be When I Grow Up.” or “My Future—How I Am Training My- self for an Occupation or a Pro- fession and Why I Am Interested in This Particular Field.” Excellent entries were re- ceived last week when the sub- ects were “Hobbies” and “How Make My Extra Spending Money.” The judges are going over these now and the winning letters on those subjects will be published next Sunday. The same rules governing last | week’'s contest will apply throughout the series. Letters must be in the office of The Star by Friday—so you had better get busy right away! They should be addressed to the Editor of the Children’s Page of The Star. Contestants must not be over 18 years of age, since the contest is designed to encourage letter writing among the young read- ers of this page. Letters should be written on one| gide of the paper only and as neatly | as possible. | Each letter should contain your | name, address and age. Also, give| your telephone number if you have! one. Otherwise, indicate that you| have no telephone. As for the content of your letter, write simply as if you w writing to a friend. In selecting the best letters, | Judges will take into consideration the | sty'e of writing but it is not necessary %o Lie big words! Wmmv letters for this week's con- test will®be published Sunday, Au- gust 22. The letters on this week’s subject— your future—ought to be easy to write. Boys and girls. of course, frequently ehange their ideas as to what they would like to do when they have fin- | ished school. I know it's hard sometimes to de- eide just what to do. But why not go over the list—actor, doctor, fire-| man, movie director, school teacher, | musician, scientist, writer, farmer, | among others—and decide on your| preference. 1 What vou will discuss in your letter will be left up to you. But here are s few suggestions. | After you have stated your choice| of a future occupation or profession, tell why you made that choice. | Also state what you are doing to prepare yourself for such a future. | Perhaps you are taking special courses at school which will aid you. | Or perhaps you are engaged in out- | side activities which will help you up | the ladder to fame and fortune, ori 8t least & good living. | Boys expecting to engage in scien- | | tific careers frequently have scientific hobbies to increase their knowledge in that field. For instance, we had an | account recently of Hugh Stabler and | Gates Slattery who want to be arche- } ologists. All of their spare time Ss‘ spent in digging for Indian relics in | old burial mounds and they've already | landed a good Summer job as a result | of this hobby. Young people interested in engineer- ing frequently take up modeRng air- | planes and ships as a starter toward | future careers. If you are doing any- | thing of the sort, mention it in your letter. | Then, there is the matter of paying for educational training in the line | of your future occupation. Many pro- | fessions require years of special train- ing. which is costly, of course. If you | are saving money for such a purpose | tell about that also. If you want to be & writer when | you are grown—here's an excellent | opportunity for some practical ex- | perience. But whatever your ambition—let us ! know about it. And here's luck to| you! — | Editor's note: Watch the paper next | week for announcements of further | subjects in the August letter writing contest. Among topics under consid- eration are “Pets,” “'Sports” and “How I Spent My Vacation.” If you have | ideas for additional subjects, submit them in a letter to the Editor of the Children’s Page. - —— A Hard Night. "I SHALL put you fellows in this | room,” said the host. “You'll have a comfortable night, I'm sure, | because the room has a feather bed.” | At 2 o'clock in the morning one of the guests awoke his companion. “Change places with me, Dick,” he groaned. “It's my turn to lie on thel feather.” Riddles Hmn are five riddles to clear your | brain of cobwebs on these warm days. You will have to be very alert to guess them! | 1. What is the best thing to put| into pies?>—James Gillett. 2. What is it that goes all over the pasture during the day, then comes in and sits on the table at night?—Louise Manning. 3. Why are hogs like trees?>—Donald Maoser. 4. My first is in mum, but not in dad; My second is in good, but not in bad; My third is in cloud, but not in sky; My fourth is in wet, but not in dry; My fifth is in shark, but not in doubt; My whole is something we'd look funny without.—Eleanor Bates. ANSWERS, | notebook. | public schools. L Your teeth. 3. Milk. 3. Because they both root for a living. 4. Mouth. L Wins Ribbon on Stamp Collection Ralph Turner with the two loose-leaf notebooks he uses for his collection of stamps entered in the hobby show last week at the Carbery Community Center. won a ribbon for the young collector. EATNESS counts a lot in mak- -g)p, ing a stamp collection inter- esting—at least it did for 11- year-old Ralph Turner of 424 Fifth street northeast. Though he's been interested in stamps as & hobby only since last Autumn, Ralph already has a collec- tion of about 2,000 from foreign coun- tries all over the world. The stamps are interesting in them- selves, but it was due to Ralph's pains- taking care in arranging them for display in his stamp books that the collection won a ribbon last week at the Carbery Community Center hobby show. The ribbon was awarded be- | cause the judges decided that his entry was the “'best kept.” A little ingenuity was used in dis- playing the collection for, instead of | using & philatelist album prepared by manufacturers for such collections, Ralph made his own out of looseleaf At present he has enough stamps to fill two volumes. "I HE books have heavy, cloth-covered backs and the stamps are mounted on notebook paper under gum labels of the various countries represented. The names of the countries are care- | tully arranged in alphabetical order. | I like to use notebooks for two rea- | sons,” Ralph explained. “For one | thing—they don't cost much. The books are just 25 cents each and the labels aren't very expensive. | “On the other hand, loose-leaf note- books are more convenient than regular ' The neatness of the albums ms because yon can add pages where they are needed as your collec- tion from each country increases. For instance, I now have six pages for my United States stamps—and when I get more stamps I'll just insert additional pages in the right place for them.” Ralph likes geography—he made | an A in it iast year at school—and he thinks collecting stamps has added to his knowledge of that subject. He keeps two atlases, one containing only maps and the other containing a briefl description of various countries. As he secures new stamps he consults these atlases to learn geographical facts in connection with them. N HIS opinion, the prettiest page | in the album is the one d(‘\'o(?d‘ to stamps from Mozambique, in Southern Africa. That's partly be- cause several of these stamps are tri- | angular in shape, which makes an arrangement of them very eflective, | and partly because they have inter- esting designs. Several are airmail stamps decorated with aircraft pic- tures. Others have designs of native animals such as the giraffe and of native villages. His largest stamp is the China wild goose stamp—about half the size of a dollar bill. And for beauty he turns to several stamps from the memorial set issued in Belgium after the acci- | dental death of Queen Astrid. These contain a portrait of the lovely Queen and are rimmed with a black border. “I'm reserving space for the others in this set,” Ralph said as he pointed it out. His United States collection of some 200 stamps is his most valuable, Ralph | declared. He has several with pen | cancellations dating back as far as | 1864. Stamps from the Washington | bicentennial issue have been mounted | on a separate page and Ralph has put | a red border around each of them to | make the page more decorative. | Since he became interested in stamp | collecting Ralph has received many of | them as gifts on special occasions. | Last Christmas all of his gifts were | rare stamps, much to his delight. He also increases his collection by pur-| chases from stamp agencies, keeps up with new issues and trades with fellow | collectors. | TS family has become infected with | Ralph’s enthusiasm for this hobby | and his mother now has a collection almost as large as his. And one of his smaller brothers is beginning to take | up the stamp hobby. | Ralph also has been interested in rare coins for several years, but his col- | lection is still comparatively small. | He's always on the lookout for pennies | from various mints and has a number which are marked to show they were | minted in San Francisco and Denver And, as if coins and stamps were not | enough, he’s also a collector of match covers. | Ralph's principal interest is in ath- | letics, however, and if he has his way about It he’ll be a professional ball player when he grows older. | Finds Bugsfir‘_Bgarqtiful Markings on Insects Give Girl Ideas for Art Designs. Mary Louise Warner, who is studying to be a commercial artist, at her drawing board. . —Star Staff Photo. OST girls aren’t very fond of bugs and insects, to say the least. But Mary Louise War- ner, 18, of 3224 Volta place northwest, thinks they are actually beautiful. She's so interested in their appearance that she made a special study of them to illustrate an essay she entered in the recent mosquito control essay contest sponsored by the “Insects and bugs have wonderful markings and designs on them,” Mary Louise explained. “I first noticed them when I did research at the De- partment of Agriculture and the Geographic Society for my mosquito material. I believe if artists saw more of the scientific side of life they'd get fine ideas for designs.” ARY LOUISE didn’t win an essay prize, but her bug drawings at- tracted a lot of notite. So much so that at the end of the school term this Spring, Mary Louise found her- self with something she wanted very much—a scholarship to a local art school for this Summer’s course. Last Winter, besides her daily school attendance, Mary Louise went at night to the Abbott School of Fine and Com- mercial Art. Her work here was in the Junior school, and included commer- cial art in several branches. At the end of the Winter term her drawings were singled out by the school faculty and this Summer she is the proud possessor of & senior school scholar- ship. Mary Louise finds her commercial art work fascinating. But she also still likes to draw insects. She is in- terested in doing {illustrations for - scientific bulletins and pamphlets, or “anything that will help me with commercial art,” she says. She hopes soon to visit Philadelphia and the big Curtis Publishing Co., where the en- tire reproduction process of commer- cial drawings and pictures for their several magazines can be seen. "THAT will be a great help and & big thrill,” she explained. “If I can see how black and whites and colored illustrations are printed it will be easier to make them technically cor- rect. I want to learn all I can about the commercial process if I'm going to be a good commercial artist.” Mary Louise feels there are splen- did opportunities here for young art- ists in commercial advertising and other lines. And she likes Washing- ton best of many cities that have been her home, Making Perfume. PERP’UMB is made in France from freeh flowers picked in the fields before sunup, while the dew is atill on them. Girls take them at once to the factories in baskets hanging from their shoulders so that none shall be crushed. The flowers are soaked in & liquid which absorbs the “essence” or perfume; in another process the same liquid preparation is evaporated away, leaving the actual delicate odor. This is combined with a preservative and then bottled, to be sold all over | visiting in Maryland and my cousins the world. Grasse, France, is the town most famous for fine perfumes. v My Most || Exciting Adventure Beach Peril Obseryed by Guard Who Takes Girl to Safety. MARY LEAH CLINE, 10, of Beulah road, Vienna, Va., reports her most exciting adventure to The Star | as follows: “My most exciting adventure hap- pened on July 11" she wrote. “I was | with whom I was staying, my sister Doris and I decided to go to a nearby | beach. “When we reached our destination my aunt, who had gone with us, told my sister and me to stay near them and not to go out beyond the ropes. However, I wandered out farther and farther, not noticing where 1 was geing until I wanted to come back and fourd I couldn't. | “Then a wave washed over me, and, gasping for breath, I tried jumping to keep my nose out of the water. I soon became tired, though, and 1 seemed to be going farther out in spite of my efforts to go toward the shore. “Suddenly I felt dizzy and the water closed over me. I struggled to my feet once more to see a man starting | toward me and then everything went | black. “The next thing I knew I was lying Met the sweet, spicy fragrance fill your » PN on the sand with a life guard bending over me. I heard him say I woula soon be all right. I soon felt better anrd wanted to go back in the water, but my aunt would not have it. “I should have liked to thank the man who brought me out of the water, but he didn’t wait.” The Star will pay $1 for each story it publishes on the subject “My Most Ezxciting Adventure,” written by a boy or girl reader of the paper. POLITENESS AT HOME NE of the strangest things about most of us, young and old alike, is that we are far more pleasant and polite to strangers than we are to members of our own family. For example, ‘you'll think some boy is a perfect little from home. Ten minutes later he may be arguing boisterously, with his older sister or tormenting his younger but a gentleman. Now, there is just no sense to this. Strangers mean very little to us—and the members of our families are more important to us than anybody else in the world. we be nicer to them than to anybody Of course, it would be pretty scraping and acting formal with your father and mother, and your brothers and sisters. But you can be kind and thoughtful and courteous to them, without bqng formal. You can use “please” and “thank you” around the house as you do outside. manners” at the family dinner table. This idea is worth a trial. See more pleasantly and smoothly at your house! | shifting your position from side to side | eighth pound dried lavender flowers. etter-Writing Contest for Young Readers Announced Today Practice, Effort and Alert Mind Required for Success in Canoeing L Oldest of All Ways to| Avoid Mishaps Lies | in Place Changes. | BY JIM EMMETT. | O BOAT, irrespective of size or value, affords more downright | pleasure than a paddling ca- | noe. Nor is there any danger in connection with its use if you are careful during the learning period, and avoid too wide stretches of open water. | Paddling is excellent exercise for the back and arms, and any boy or girl can | learn to handle a canoe without diffi- | culty. But becoming an expert canoe- ist takes long practice, and even In- dians and North woods guides admit there is always something to learn. Almost any factory-made oanoe, such as is found about Summer camps and parks, is a good model for general paddling. It will likely be 16 or 17 feet in length, smooth on the bottom. and weighing around 75 pounds. - If you have any choice, select one with broad beam and flat bottom, because such a beamy model will not only draw Jess water than a deep, narrow one, but is less apt to be damaged and is equally fast and easily handled. Taking Your Position. F AT all possible, try paddling first with an older, experienced hoy or girl in the stern. Take your place in the bow by stepping lightly into the canoe, then kneeling quickly on the bottom with the cross thwart just un- der you. Whether you are in the bow or stern, keeping low down in the boat not only prevents topheaviness, but allows your paddle to get a better grip on the water. As you grasp the paddle, one hand should be over the end of the handie, the other just above the blade. Keep your arms straight, but not altogether stiff. Using your shoulder and twisting your body at the waist, reach out ahead, but no too far, and dip your blade. Conserve energy by not put- ting your full strength into the stroke until your lower hand is opposite your hips; then sweep it back powerfully while the upper hand puts the handle forward. This stroke is hard to de- scribe, but can be learned easily; it is the stroke which enables experts to paddle all day without undue effort. | You can even learn something about it before ever getting into the canoe ! by watching & camp instructor and other boys and girls who handle a canoe well. | Perfecting the Stroke. NCE you have mastered the stroke, commence perfecting it. Turning the blade silghtly away from the canoe at the end of the stroke avoids sprin- kling water back into the boat. Keep until you know the exact pojnt where paddling seems easiest, and are able to take powerful strokes without noisily scraping the handle of the paddle against the gunwale. When you have learned the forward position, take the canoe gshore ardd switch places with the stern man. Never change places afloat under any conditions: not only is doing so dan- gerous, but it strains a light canoe. If the canoe is pulled bow on slightly | up a smooth sand beach, assume a | crouching position low down with hands on either gunwale, as you steaithily make your way to the stern. Kneel on the bottom there instead of sitting on the seat or thwart, then the bow man will shove all clear and ease himself in, Handling the Stern. 'I‘HE stern man steers, the bow paddler looks out for snags and usually directs the course. On long trips the better paddler takes the stern. The stroke there is exactly the same as the bow, except for the little turn of the blade with an outs ward twist at the end, used whenever the canoe shows a tendency to head off its course in a direction ogposite to the side on which you are paddling. This twist is hard to master, but it does away with any necessity of changing constantly from side to side when paddling a straight course. If the bow tries to veer off to the side you are paddling on, a wide, strong CANOEMEN ARE VERY PARTICULAR BOUT THE SHAPE AND BALANCE OF THEIR PADDLES w | stroke with a straight blade will pre- | square or vent this. The bow man invariably paddies on one side, the stern man on the other. From time to time you should change sides to rest, so you must learn to paddle equally well right or left handed. Commence paddling alone next. Avoid an extreme stern position with the bow Rhigh up out of the water. Kneel just aft of amidship, especially if you have a light load aboard. Sit- | ting slightly to one side will bring the gunwale a shade closer to the water and ease paddling. In later paddling on a pond or small | 8nd light camping outfit. For a small | magic and illusions lake, a wind will usually be blowing. the straighter course. The beginner too often paddles from the stern alone; you should adjust your position and stroke to meet wind and load condi- tions as outlined. | Improving a Paddle. GUIDES are as particular about shape, weight and balance when it comes to paddles as any professional ball player is about his bat. When be, too. Wet days in camp can often be spent . improving paddles you already have, reshaping them so they will have more spring and life and an easier entrance into the water. The grain of a good paddie should be straight and smooth and not run | off crossways, but follow the handie down into the blade. The handle, where it joins the blade, is often too heavy; shave it down gradually with a piece of broken glass until it has appreciable give. Check the edges of | the blade, too; if they are rather SMOULDER AND TWISTING YOUR 800Y AT THE WasST, REACH OUT AHEAD AND DIP YOMR BLADE - PADDLING ALONE, AVOID AN EXTREME STERN POSITION have the usual ragged | edges, scrape them down, rounding |and bringing them to sharp edges | Two-thirds linseed oil and one-third | turpentine, well mixed together and | brushed on several coats thick, keeps | a paddle from absorbing water and taking on weight. Many a city canoeist has admired the noiseless strokes of the North Woods guide who paddles | silently along a narrow stream. Ten |to one the guide's paddle was hand- | shaped as outlined, while the city | chap’s was left heavy and rough. | There is really no limit to the places two fellows can cruise to with a canoe charge, canoe and gear can be carried you have learned to paddle you will | Magic Made Pathway to Great Fame Names of Those Who Scaled Heights Are Still Lustrous. BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN. ET'S step aside from the beaten path of our Magic column this week, boys and girls, and have | & question and answer contest! ‘We'll still keep Magic as the theme, but let’s try to present it in a little different fashion. 1. Who was the late Howard Thurse ton’s immediate predecessor? 2. Have there ever been any famous | woman magicians? 3. Who was the magician who o vigorously exposed fake spiritualistie mediums? 4. Name the magician who. through a careless mistake by one of his asciste ants, almost smashed a very valuable watch, belonging to the late Calvin Coolidge, into a hundred pieces. 5. Where do magicians get their tricks? ANSWERS. 1. The late Howard Thurston's im= mediate predecessor was Harry Kellar, | As a matter of fact, Mr. Thurston p chased the Kellar show, and after re- vamping it almost entirely, he took it out on the road. 2. Yes, there have been several fame ous women magicians. The most fame ous of these were Adalaide Herrmann, wife of the famous Alexander H mann; Inez Blackstone, wife of Harry Blackstone. popular vaudeville ma« gician, and Jane Thurston, daughter of the late Howard Thurston 3. The magician who s0 vigorously exposed fake spiritualistic mediums was Harry Houdini. The famous Hou- dini died in the year 1926 WATCH IS SAVED 4. The magician who almost destrov- | ed the late Calvin Coolidge's watch was | Howard Thurston. Luckily, the mis- | take made by Mr. Thurston's assistant | was discovered in the nick-of-time, | and the trick was brought to a happy conclusion 5. This question is asked me more often than any other Where da magicians get their tricks? Well, I'll | tell you. A great many of them invent their own effects. Some purchase them from Magic supply houses which manufacture the tricks for magicians the world over. Frequently some ma- gician will invent an illusion that he wishes to put on the market. Then he will sell it to a dealer, who mayv or | may not manufacture it and place it on the market There are also trade magazines sub- scribed to by magicians that list new It is from thece | magazines that many of us magicians [Tt 3t is a cross breese. shift your po- | o0 the train to the headwaters of |select the effects for our future shows, sition 50 you will be paddling on the | SOMe Fiver. A supply of food can be | lee side or gunwale, away from the wind. Your strokes will counteract the force of the wind on the bow and keep the canoe headed straight. If the wind increases, shift your posi- tion forward gradually to just ahead of amidship. thus putting the head down slightly. You may then find paddling on the windward side keeps |laid in there and you can paddle | leisurely downstream, camping along | shore overnight or for days at a time. | There is littie expense to such a trip, | for good arms take the place of gasoline, and two can easily carry the light canoe around rapids and obstructions. The only trouble is that reached too soon! Supplying Jars Of Rose Petals ¥ MAKING a rose jar the best time | to pick your rose petals is early in the morning. Then lay them on a sheet in an @iry room till they are | perfectly dry, tossing them occasion- | ally to be sure all moisture is gone. | You'll need a quart of the dried rose leaves for the amount of spices men- | tioned below. Place half-inch layers | of petals in a glass jar, sprinkle each | one with salt, and repeat till the jar is full. Let this stand 10 days, stirring it every morning. | Now mix one-eight ounce of ground ]‘ mace, one-quarter ounce each of | ground allspice and cloves, half tea- | spoon powdered nutmeg, quarter- | ounce of whole cinamon broken, half- | ounce powdered orris root and one- | ‘When the rose petals have stood the | 10 days, place them in alternate layers ‘ with this mixture in a pretty jar, add | a few drops of oil of roses, or any | odor you prefer, to each layer, till the jar is full. Then pour a half-ounce of toilet water over it, cover the jar, | and it's ready to use. . ‘Each morning remove the cover and rooms. It will freshen them and keep them sweet-smelling indefinitely, for a rose or “potpourri” jar prepared in this way will last for many years. If you want to make some for your friends, double or triple the quantities and you'll have a delightful gift for | any one, from grandma to your young- est school chum. Enjoys Children’s Page. ERE is another letter from a| young reader on features she en- joys on the Children's Page: “Dear Editor: “There are many things I like on the boys and girls’ page. But the things I like best are Cuddles and Tuckie, Riddles, My Most Exciting Adventure, Puzzles and High Lights of History. “Your Children's Page reader, “MARY LA GREE, “Vienna, Va.” gentleman when you see him away brother, and acting like anything Then why shouldn't else? silly for you to start bowing and And you can try out your “party if it doesn't make things run a lot For the P g ASTE this whole figure to card- board to stiffen it to dry, then cut out the black figures. The puzzle is to ar- range them so that they form a per- fect square. g Here are two word chains dealing with golf. Change only one letter at a time, and always form a genuine word. Change SINK to PUTT in five moves. Change LONG to BALL in five moves. g Can you think of six words ending in KEY? The hints should make it easy. 2 ‘The key to a Thanksgiving dinner. The key to the Democratic party. The key to a toady. ‘The key to the study of evolution. The key to getting out of jail, The key to a servant. e On each line below is the name of & United States city, with the letters jumbled up. Can you straighten them out? TIRE DOT. LONG LEASES. VINES HALL. PLANT ROD. 5 CROSSWORD PUZZLE. Allow it | uzzle Fans ' 1 The definitions: HORIZONTAL. | 1. The ocean. 4. A large spoon. 8. Girl. "10. Personal pronoun | 11. Word used with “either.” 112. Behold! { 14. Saint (fem. abbr.). | 16. Large house. | 18. Measure of weight. | 19. Attempt. | 20. Anguish, torment. 23. Decay. 24. Mathematical quantity. | 25. Perform. < | 26. Preposition. . To look sullen. . Danger. . Doctor’s charge. VERTICAL. . Not swift. . Organ of hearing. So. . Part of “to be.” . Wish. . Level. . To incline, siope. . Upon. Plaything. . Mixture used to hold bricks. . A narrow, long piece. . Also. . Journey. . Toward the top. . Brief letter. . Owed. . Musical note.. . Belonging to. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES. 1. Crossword puzzle solution. AR MIO|R] S1ZI71Z]1 7 12]S] 2. The diamond is G, arc, avers, Grecian, crimp, sap, N. 3. Tear, add H. form Earth. Sink, add G, form Kings. 4. Socrates, Plato and Euclid. 5. Lath-e. C-log. Turn to the Comic Section for HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY PUZZLE PAGE IN COLOR WORLD MUSEUM DIORAMAS | |Cuddles and Tuckie BY FRANCES ROYSTER WILLIAMS. | one’s downstream destination is always ¥ Tucky got his daddy's pole And scampered to the brook. Then put a fishing worm he found Upon his fishing hook. But when he swung his line around He caught it in a tree, ‘Where chipper Mr. Robin sat And sang a tweedle-dee. The robin cocked his eve and “It's time for me to dine, And here’s my dinner served to me Upon & fishing line.” aaid: He gobbled up the little worm, To Tuckie Boy's dismay, And said: “I hope you'll come again And fish another day.” (Copyright, 1937.) Posers IX of the statements below are cor- rect, and four are incorrect. See if you can pick out the true sentences and correct the false ones. 1. Patrick Henry said, “‘Give me lib- erty or give me death.” £ 2. Connecticut is known as the Bay Btate. 3. Japan is often referred to as the “Land of the Rising Sun.” 4. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. 5. The violin is the national musical instrument of Scotland. 6. Africa is the largest of the con- tinents. 7. The cabinet in the English gove ernment has more power than the King. 8. Cairo is at the north entrance of the Suez Canal. 9. Wheat is the leading food plant. 10. Little Eva is a character in “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” ANSWERS, 1. True. 2. False (Massachusetts). 3. True. 4. True. 5. False (bag- pipe). 6. Palse (Asia). 7. True. 8. False (Port 'S8aid). 9. True. 10. True. »