Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1940, Page 37

HOUSE BUILDER Points for Parents By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE. The adult who uses the technique .0f being disagreeable in order to get his own way was once the child who discovered that this method worked. Mother—There is no use in your being so cross because you can't go to the show. If you can't be pleas- ant, you'll have to go to your room. ‘Mother—Tuake your cap and go on ~to the show, if you want to. I can't stand your being around the house CROSS-WORD PUZZLE 1 To rend 5 Supercilious ‘person ' 9 At present 12 Water 13 Nimbus 14 Before 15 Symbol for ruthenium band 18 Container 20 Symbol for iridium 22 Shaded walk 24 To injure 27 To declare £9 Page 31 Hindu weight 32 Noble’s exate 34 Place for storing grain 36 Greek letter 37 Device for increasing a draft 1 Sailor 17 Hindu 2 Equal ejaculation 3 Symbol for 19 Interjection gold 21 City in 4 Cheer Nevada 5 Reef 23 Non-profes- 6 City in Italy sional 7 Symbol for 25 To reward oleum 26 Convict 8 To cut short given special 9 Bond liberties 10 Conjunctich 11 Pronoun 27 Walks carelessly when you're so cranky and out-of- sorts. Don’t Take My Word For It By FRANK COLBY. Confucius Famous sage of China. Since the “Confucious say” mad- pess ‘first swept over the Nation, many words have been written and spoken about the great Chinese philosopher and teacher. Don’t take my word for it, but *Confucius” was not his name. His clan name was Kiung, and he bore.the title Kiung Fu-tze, which means “the Philosopher (or Master) lung.” Kiung Fu-tze was born in 550 B. C. He lived seventy years. On his deathbed he said: “No intelligent * ruler arises to take me as his master. My time has come to die.” He did not pray, for he had no fear of . death. Correct pronunciation: KOONG- £00-TSEE. (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) ‘Question: What is the origin of the word filibuster?>—H. M. Answer: Originally, filibusters were freebooters, buccaneers, pirates that infested the Spanish-American coasts. Today, a filibuster is one who speaks merely to consume time 80 as to prevent or delay action, as in the United States Congress. For a personal answer to your questions about words, send a stamped (3c), self-addressed en- velop to Frank Colby, care The Evening Star. " UNCLE RAY’S CORNER The average number of persons on each square mile in Belgium is “about 712, That figure is based on & late census estimate. In area, Belgium is one of the small countries of Europe, but it has [ more people to the square mile than sny other nation on the continent of Europe. England is just about a8 thickly settled, but it is cut off from the continent of Europe by the English Channel. Belgium does not have so much land or so many people as Spain, but it has about six times as many ppeople per square mile. It has almost twice as many people per square mile as Germany. Going back to the time of the Roman Empire, we find that a large part of Gaul was called “Belgica.” "'This region was bounded on one side by the Rhine River, on another by -the Seine River. A third side bor- _dered the sea. People in this part .of Gaul were known as “Belgae.” The Belgae seem to have been ~mainly Ceits, but they probably had * .8 mixture of German bilood in their ,veins. Some Belgae crossed the .channel to Britain and settled in i Modern Puzzles By GERALD L. KAUFMAN. Five-Ring Bull's-eye Here is another bull's-eye puzzle just a mite more complicated than those that have been given previ- ously. This one in particular is composed of eight five-letter words spelled from the outside ring to the center. The outside ring describes a type of bed. Charlemagne in Bruseels, as pictured by a modern artist. the parts of England now known as Kent and Sussex, Almost half of the present-day Belgians are classed &5 “Walloons.” They are descended from the an- cient Belgae. The Walloons the French speak language, and in their ways of life VERTICAL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940 —By Gluyas Williams HORIZONTAL. 39 College grounds 41 French article 42 To navigate 44 Abnormally large 45 Conclusion 47 Small piece of ground 49 Low card 50 To arrest 52 Pitcher 28 Propels by oars 51 Hebrew 30 To droop letter 33 To harvest 53 Con 35 To leave out | 56 Indian pillar 38 Slang: to 58 Greek letter irritate 60 Article 40 To skin 61 Siberian 43 One who river practices the Roman gods legal profes- | 64 Negative sion 66 Symbol for 48 Pigeons silver (Not in Order.) Monk's house To try Cunningly To hinder ‘Windy SOLUTION TOMORROW. (Copyright, 1040.) Answer to Saturday’s Preblem: Six Bathing Beauties: 1-Mary- land, Dorothy; 2-Maine, Vera; 3-Kansas, Katie; 4-Verment, Olga; 5-Delaware, Maude; 6- Ohio, Mary.. Katie from Kansas . was the wigner. m Is Densely Populated they are a great deal like the French. Most of the rest of the Belgians are Flemings, who are rather close ralatives of the Dutch. There are more Flemings in Belgium than ‘Walloons, and they speak a differ- ent language—Flemish. The Flemings are centered mostly in the provinces known as East Flanders and West Flanders. Belgium has been & free country for only 109 years. It was under the power of Reme for five cen- turies. Later it was ruled by the Spaniards and by the Austrians. The great emperor, Charlemagne, once had a “country home” in what is now Belgium. His palace, how- ever, was in France. (Por travel section of your scrapbook.) If you want a free copy of the leaflet entitled stamped, self-addressed envelope in care of The Evening !.;r. M"% " Tomorrow: _ World War, Boys and Girls, Read the Junidr Star Every Sunday. A ‘ ¢ FLYIN’ JENNY : A RUCK G oo o NAPPED SHEILA GOODMAN, CHARLIE WATGHES STEVE PREPARE A MYSTERIOUS MECHANISM OF DESTRUCTION.»s © MeNanght Syndicete, Inc. 5-6 it THE MOUNTAIN BOYS WELL - THERE You ARE g L BoYS. I'M SIGNING OVER < FIFTY ONE PER CEMT OF THE CAPITAL STOCK To You. 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