Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1940, Page 49

¢ : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS FLYIN'" JENNY C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940. s 11 —By Gluyas Williams By Russell Keaton (Follow Flyiw' Jewny in the Colored Comic Section Every Susday.) mnfiminl € OUCKED—~THE LIGHTS WENT GUTAND SLIP % ! R T N A A S ST FRED PERLEY OFFERED T HELP HE LADIES PUT UP THE NEW DRAPERIES AT THE COMMUNITY CLUB, AND BECAUSE HE DIDN' DARE MOVE UN- LESS SOMEONE WAS HOLDING ™E RICKETY LADDER, HE WAS IN SOMETHING OF A JAM Points for Parents By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE. Only by knowing & child’s motive Jor an act, can we know whether to deal with it as disobedience or not. Mother: wet?” 2 Daughter: “I washed all the dirty finger marks off the door— | “How did you get so‘ Mother: “I've told you over and over you must not play in the water! I'm going to punish you!” Don’t Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. Hollywood Premiere! The “first night” of a motion picture. In giving to America one of the | most extravagant, fantastic of mod- ern spectacles—The PREMIERE— Hollywood also has perpetuated the universally heard mispronunction: “pree-MEER.” When this French word is used to mean a first night or opening performance, the vowel sound of the first syllable is an obscure “uh” similar to the “u” of mud. The second syllable, which receives the accent, rhymes with air, hair, pair. Correct pronunciation: prum-YAIR Question: I heard an announcer on a network program give to fac- ulty the pronunciation “FAK-yool.,- tee.” Ishe correct? L.S. Answer: No dictionary to my knowledge lists such a pronunci- ation. The second syllable must rhyme with dull, gull. Correct pronunciation: FAK-ull-tee. (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) For a personal answer to your questions about words, send a stamped, 3-cent, self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, care ‘The Evening Star. UNCLE RAY’S COR If you go through woods, or travel about mountains where there is danger of meeting rattlesnakes, take special care! About 75 per cent of all bites of poisonous snakes are on the legs, chiefly below the knee. Leggings and high-topped shoes will help to cut down the danger of being bitten. If a snake tries to bite, its teeth may not cut through to the flesh. Even a pair of overalls, hanging well down over the ankles, may save one who steps into danger, but, of course, they are not a certaln guard. It seems clear that snakes do not “chase” people, though they may bite when some one comes close to them. Tnere 1s no snake which can crawl as fast as a man can run. About one-fifth ot the bites of poisonous snakes are on the hands or arms. If you lie down to rest in “the wilds,” don't lie on a snake, and don't stretch out your hands where a snake may lie in wait. The bite of a rattlesnake is deadly. If the poison fangs go into a vein or artery, it means almost WHEN SOME NEW SPRING STWLES WERE OBSERVED ‘(OMING DOWN THE STREET (Relessed by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) ICROSS-WORD PUZZLE 1. Vapor. 6. To offer for considera- tion. . Ancient Greek city. . Accustoms. . Sloth. . Negative. . Butterflies. . French article, . Hotel. 20. At the same time. 23. Babylonian deity. . European fish. . Pronoun. . Objected. . Swiss canton. . Periodic windstorm. . Silkworm. . Norse goddess. VERT! . Symbol for iridium. . Proceeding from the " 1. To whirl. . Symbol for tantalum. . Sea eagle. . Small particle. . Ship’s officer | . Northern | horned mammal. . Poetic: enough., . Soft. earth. . Capuchin monkey. . To observe. . Prefix: new. . Island. . Paper signed | as evidence of debt. . Consumed. N AN 7277 owYns 4-26 Wi HORIZONTAL. 38. Four. 39. Yellow bugle. 41. Situation calling for immediate action. 44. Ostrich-like bird. 46. Hebrew letter. 47. Note of scale 48. Part of airplane. ICAL. 27. Hawaiian food. . Moist. . Diphthong. . Prefix: before. . To soak. . Roman gods. . Looks con- temptuous. . Fillets worn around the hair, . Ventured. . Near the beginning. . At present. . Higher. . Dance step. . Is mistaken. . Gaelic. . California rockfish. . Whirlpool. . Poetic: it is. . Craggy rock. . Prefix: good. . Symbol for . Title of clergyman. . Before. . Least com- plicated. . To delve. | . Climbing plant. . Scarlet. . Latin: T love. | . Elongated By GERALD L. KAUFMAN. The Sixteen-card Puzzle Take the four aces, four kings, four queens and four jacks out of a= pack of cards and try this puzzle | with the 16 cards. Lay out these four cards face up in a row: J-d A-c K-h Q-s The puzzle is to place the remain- ing 12 cards in three rows below so that no two alike (either in value or in suit) are in any row, any column or any diagonal. SOLUTION TOMORROW. (Copyright, 1940.) SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. Bull's-eye: The center consonant was the letter T; the second ring, starting with the upper left seg- ment, and reading clockwise, was composed of the letters S, L, N and R. NER —Leggings Rubber bulb which can be used in treating bite of a poisonous snake. pily, a snake does not often bite into a vein or artery. If possible a doctor should be called to help any one bitten by a rattler or water moccasin. Before he arrives a necktie or handker- chief should be tied around the leg or arm, above the bite. It should be tight enough to shut off flow of blood in velns, but not tight enough to close arteries. It should be loosened once in 20 minutes, for a minute, then tight- ened again. sure death'in a few minutes. Hap- The victim is advised to lie atill Modern Puzzles Jolly Polly A Little Chat on English By JOS. J. FRISCH. 8. J—“That’s the truth” is the correct form, not “That’s the honest truth.” Since the truth cannot be A GENTLEMAN 15 A MAN WHO. CAN PLAY THE SAXOPHONE BUT DOESN'T AND THATS THE HONEST -~ TRUTH dishonest, it is incorrect to speak of “the honest truth.” A similar error is “true facts.” Any state- ment strictly true is a fact, there- fore it is not necessary to refer to a “true fact.” Advertising of punchbogrds has been declared illegal in Australia. Guard /;\gainst Rattlers while under treatment. Some way of drawing the poison from the wound should be found. One thing made for this purpose is a rubber bulb on a small glass funnel. When the bulb is pressed, it draws out blood with poison in it. Red Cross experts advise a per- son to cut the flesh about the fang marks, so blood will flow freely. Such cutting should be done with a blade which has been sterilized by a match flame, or by rubbing alcohol. The cut should be about an eighth of an inch deep, or just a bit more. Care must be taken not to cut a vein. 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