Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1940, Page 37

LOST PARENTS { DAATAES AboNG BEWIND - STORS To WATCH AN ANT. WHITS FOR THE FAMILIAR CALL OF HURRY UP PROIS, Pvils NO AT~ TENnoN fo TER RE- QUESTS 1D MURRY 1 SPoT WHERE HE LAST Saw THEM 54 Don‘t Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. P . Dictionary’ Again From a Missouri mother: Our | oversmart high-school kids are driv- | ing us mad trying to make three- syllable words of secretary, dition- ary, stationary, etc., and thdy are backed by their teashers! M. L. Answer—Many Americans think that there is sogething pernicious in standard American speech. It must be that they do not know that | British-Engjish and American-Eng- | lish were divorced in Colonial days | and since have gone their separate | ways. . . 1 Such British telescopings as *diction-ree; secre-tree and mili- * tree” do not conform to best Ameri- | can usage. And even those who ape | the English do not telescope all the *“-ary” wordse For truly laughable | results, try giving the British twist to literary, arbitrary, adversary? cen- tenary, dromedary, January, Febru- ary! Our late-edition dictionaries place a secondary accent on the third or “-aer-" syllable of these words, and the “-a-r-" is clearly marked to rhyme with air, virtually the exact sound of the first syllable in error, errand, not the “er” of her, per. See Webster's New International Dictionary, second edition, Correct pronunciation: DIK-shun-ATR-ee. (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) For a personal answer to your questions about words, semd a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, care. The Evening Star. Points for Parents By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE. | Things said in jest may cause great anziety to a child. Uncle: “What would you say.if YT'd come in and steal this girl some night?” Mother: “Uncle John is just| joking. He means he wishes he | had a little girl like you.” “I think 111 come and I need a Unele: steal you some night. little girl like you.” Mother: “Some time when she’s bad I'll leave the door unlocked and you can come and get her.” UNCLE RAY’S COR A 9-year-old boy asks me to tell about mine-laying, so I shall say something about the subject today. In warfare, mines are often placed in the water. They contain » powerful explosive, and are likely to sink any vessel which strikes them, Early in the European War, Ger- many sowed mines in the North Sea, and Great Britaln did the same. The public does not know how many thousands were placed i the water. Many of the German mines were “magnetic” and did heavy damage until the British found ways to guard against them. Mines can be laid by cargo &teamers, cruisers or submarines, dut they must have special fittings. An opening at the stern of a Steamer or cruiser is used for drop- ping the mines. Every mine must be water-tight ¥ it is to explode. The case is N SNt )\ ot ¢ 2 v 1 60 1O REPLY. RUNS A5 NO Si6N OF THEM. KEEPS FRST AS HE CRN FORTHE ON RUNNING, WAILING, *MOTER, DADDY, WHERE RRE YOU 2 610PS SRORT ON AT LT URNS 10 SEX WHY CALL DOESN'T COME, SHOUTS WHERE ARE PARENTS ARE. NOWHERE ™EY ? TEM EMERGE FROM FRIEND'S 6ARDEN A= RERD, WHERE THEY HAD THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940. —By Glu N SOME CONSTERNATION SEEINS PRECENDS TomhL UNCOK - CERN AND INDIFFEREWCE, MD 6OES ON DAWDLING ALONG BEHIND SRPPED 1o CHKT {Refonsed by The Balt Syndicate. iox ) CROSS-WORD PUZZLE 1. Flower hav- | 18. Insect. ing marginal |20. To refuse to rays. acknowledge. 6. Character=- . Spanish e, article. 11, Banishes. . Hebrew 12. Cost. month. 14. Concerning. . Music: as 15. Buddhist written. pillar. . Tropical 6. Cereal grass. fruit. 17. Symbol for nickel. . Beverage. . Preposition. 1. Domestic bovines. 2. Greek letcer. 3. Cloth measure. 4. Feriod of time. 5. Noted Ital- ian family. 6. Worried 7. To scan. 8. Colloquial: persons op- posed to a certain movemeat. . Neuter pronoun. . Acid-resist- ing element. . Period of time. . To recline. . Number. . Soft sub- stance. . Philippine aborigine. . Meadow. HORIZONTAL. 35, VERTICAL. S8, j35. 43. Objected. 38. 82. To consume. 38. Pronoun. ErelyifRocd: 39. f . Howalian 41, bird. . To esay. . Note of scale. 44, 46. 47, | | 37. Hawailan | tood. 28. To teach. | 29. High moun- | tain. . Agreeable. Large bird. . Worm. . Cunning. 40. Combining form: smaller, . Negative. . Wagon for heavy loads. Modern Puzzles By GERALD L. KAUFMAN. Six Bathing Beauties Six lovely damsels stood in a line facing the judges, as shown in to- day’s illustration. The prize was given to the only girl whose name began with the | same letter as that of her state; only, of course, the judges didn't know this till the contest was over. From the description below, you will be able to write each girl's name opposite her state, and then pick out the prize-winner., MISS OHIO wasn't on speaking terms with DOROTHY. OLGA was engaged to MISS MARYLAND'S brother. MARY and MISS MARYLAND were on opposite ends. | DO ROTHY was ai. the judges’ right, next to MISS MAINE. Neither MAUDE nor VERA re- presented OHIO. States [ NE One type of mine is dropped so a plummet, or small weight, goes down ahead of a heavy weight, or sinker. When the plummet strikes the bottom it locks a windlass which has been unwinding the line above. The heavy weight. keeps coming down to the bottom, and pulls the case of explosive below the surface of the water. When people speak of a mine, they are thinking of the case of explosive, not of the plummet and sinker. Yet the mine would not work well if it did not have the other parts. An ordinary mine case would float about the surface, and would be a danger to the ships of all nations. When a navy sows mines it keeps track of where they are placed. Warnings are given to other vessels in the navy to be careful not to, go through certain regions of the sea. Most countries sealed with great care. also give warning to the world in MISS VERMONT was between KATIE and MISS DELAWARE. MISS KANSAS was between OLGA and MISS MAINE. VERA was not next to the girl at the judges’ left. SOLUTION MONDAY. (Copyrisht, 1940.) Answer to yesterdsy’s pussle: Something Swanky: There are nine different Thing- umbobs mentioned in the problem, the weight of three of them being given. Here is the diagram: swink . swank 80 10 quink quank quonk 50 90 glank glonk 30 10 glink 80 - 40 The wording of the poblem indi- cates that there are three rows add- ing up to 150 and three columns adding up to 150. The diagonals add to 150 also; and who cares what a KOLDAR is anyway? swonk 20 Girls’ Names . OO00000O THE G GIRLS' JUDGES' STAND WL, 54 —A Little Saturday Talk genersl about where mines are laid. A person might ‘ask, “If warning is given, what good are the mines?” The answer is that may keep enemy vessels from trave! through many parts of the sea, No navy is large enough to keep watch over hundreds of thousands of square miles of the ses or ocean. If mines are sown they make it less hard for & navy to carry out s Boys and Girls, Read the Junior Star Every Sunday ke THEKD T CHARLIE CHAN RN Bore v ~HE'S AS PANGEROVS THE HIDECUT, PISToL! ILL WAIT FOR fh ]. s BEN WEBSTER'S CAREE STONE BROKE, EH? ALL RIGHT, HERES YOUR FIRST WEEK'S PAY IN ADVANCE— )° i FIFTEEN DOLLARS/ / THAT'S RIGHT, NEBS, YOU WST SIGN WHERE THE PENCIL X IS _YOU (Follow Flyin' Jenny in the Colored Comic Section Every Sundsy.) YOUR LOVER, RICK, H‘O THEM OAZZLE KS WE G?N‘ T’ PAY OPF, JENNY DARE/ IF HE 'T WANT » YOUR PRETTY THROAT CUT. (Follow Charlie Chan in the Colored Comic Section Every Sunday.) THE HAWK MADE THAT CIPHER LOOK TRICKY SO THAT CHAN WOULD BE SURE IT WAS REAL, BUT - HUH? - HERE COMES SOMEBODY! 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