Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 41

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940, FLYIN' JENNY SLIPAND EARS, USING THE TRANSMITTER [ M THEIR STOLEN PLANE, DEMAND THE | S Or aumonos AS 74é ARICE FOR ENNY'S LIFE - v%urr STALLIN' DAVIS KNOW YOU FOUND THAT JUG == HEARD YOU TELLIN'OFF OVER B—-19 SOBERSIDES —By Gluyas Williams (Follow Flyi’ Jenny in the Colored Comic Section Every Sunday.) By Russell Keaton 15 PLWING RAPPILY UXTH 1S FINGERS WREN RELXTVES 6EY OFF T0 A BAD START BY RE~ RELNIVES COME W 1D SEE WM MARKING ON HOW SOLEMIN HE 16 ) ,_ LA MlsuNDERSTogD.' RELRMVES MAKE MATYERS WORSE BY REFER- RELKTIVES GET NOWHERE AT ALL TRYING 1D MAKE KRB © ¥ PLAVFULLY AS MR. SOBERSIDES HIM SMILE BY BOBBING THER HEADS AT HM, SMIRKING AND ACTING NITTENISH IN SENERAL. 60ES ON PLIVING WITH FIRGERS , IN GALES OF LAUGHTER AT A PRIVATE JORE AT RELNTWES CHARLIE CHAN I SHVER STBAD 5-8 FROM PARTS OF BROKEN CLOCK MAY Character Created Earl Derr Bigsers As THE DEADLY SUN RAYS CREEP TOWARD THE DYNAMITE FUSE,CHAN TIME GROWS SHORT! ALREADY FUSE BLAZES LIKE Points for Parents By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE. Early experiences may determine whether boys consider themselves superior to the opposite sex or not. Son—I'm glad I'm not a girl. Mother—I'm glad you're not, too. And I'm glad sister is not a boy. We ‘need boys and girls both in this world. Mother—You've beefi a bad boy and told me a story so I'm going to punish you by making you wear sister’s dress while you are out in the yard. Don’t Take My Word for It Motorcycle Noun. A two-wheeled automotive | vehicle. The -cycle in today’s word should never rhyme with nickel, as “MO- ter-SICK-el.” A few readers will raise the eyebrows at this dictum and exclaim: “But if it is correct to say bicycle (by-sick-el) and tri- cycle (try-sick-el), why is ’sick-el’ erroneous in motorcycle?” This is a point well taken. The fact is, however, that, with the ex- ception of bicycle and tricycle, -cycle must always have the long “i” sound Correct pronunciation: MO-ter- BIGH-K'1 (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) Question: How is rapine pro- nounced? B. C. A. Answer: The common mispro- nunciations are “ray-PEEN” and “RAY-pyne,” neither of which has dictionary sanction. Properly pro- nounced, the word is a good rhyme for happen. Accent the first sylla- ble. Correct pronunciation: RAP-in. For a personal answer to your questions about words, send a stamped (3c), self-addressed en- wvelope to Frank Colby, care The Evening Star. Homes for Refugees The Argentine government will grant facilities for the entrance into the country of a number ot Basque families now living in Spain and France. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE . Vehicle. . Most . Ancient superior. France. . Musical . Horned instrument. ruminant. . Marks. . To cool. . To confuse, . Preposition. . Outbreak. . Old circuit . Discretion., court. . Joked. . Banished. . Unit. . Spanish hero. . High card. . Put back. . Width. . Deteriorates. . Poker term. . Chemists’ . Colorada unit. Indian. 22. Scourge. . Temporary ' 23. Hindu abodes. princess. . Gaelic. . Soaks. . To eject. HORIZONTAL. 0. VERTICAL. 30. Distinct qualities. . Specimen. . To navigate. 31. Part of . Great Lake, “to be”. . Silent. 32. Arbitrates, JEEh . Dash. 34. Asiatic . Female ruff, kingdom. . Beverages. 35. Small . To move particle. quickly. 36. To rush out.|51. Affirmative. 27. Pertaining to a period of time. ! 28. Size of paper. 30. Appendage. 33. Excites to . 1,760 yards. action. . Heavenly . Levantine body. sailing s . High note. . Born. . Bristle. . Sea in Russian ‘Turkestan. . To argue. 25. Dented. . Watched. 26. Teasing. . Beverage. Modern Puzzles By GERALD L. KAUFMAN. Take Your E's Following is an extract from a story about a tribe of Indians. It is a single sentence in which no vowel is used except E. Every E is in its correct place, so you have nothing < SE_OE Ve T BE to do but print a consonant in each blank space. As you see, some of the consonants have been put in place to get you started, and the easiest words have been put near the beginning. Can you complete the sentence to make it read sensibly, logically, and cor- rectly? SOLUTION TOMORROW. (Copyright, 1940.) MEN _E_E B R e S E S E SOE =) EoSEESE: E_E_ e =F EUEEDEELS EDES. S EosE o B CRER e Tiger Caught With Lime Catching a tiger with bird lime was accomplished recently by a bird catcher of Bharatfur, India. The man covered a forest path with tree leaves heavily coated with the lime. The leaves stuck to the tiger’s paws, and the beast tried to get them off with its head, legs, body and tongue. Soon the tiger was covered and it rolled about half blind and mad with rage. The bird catcher put an end to its agony with a couple of AITOWS. ‘When men of Minster, England, visit the village “pub,” instead of playing darts they now knit woolen comforts for girls doing war work. 5 $-8 Answer to puzzle for May 7: Can you draw a square? A PERFECT SQUARE Motorists of Chile are demanding more cars from the United States than the government will permit to enter the country. UNCLE RAY’S COR A visitor to Belgium may find here and there an old custom still being carried out. One old Belgian custom is to take milk from door to door in a small “milk cart” pulled by a large dog. Of course, the Belgians have more modern methods of making milk deliveries in these days, but the dog | eart is still to be seen in some towns. In Grammont, a Belgian town with 12,000 people, odd things take place on the second Sunday in Lent. Men, women and children march to the top of a hill and the Mayor gets ready to swallow a live minnow. ‘Wine is pfaced in a cup 400 years old and the tiny fish is dropped in the wine. The Mayor swallows the wine and minnow at the same time. Then each of the aldermen of Grammont has the same sort of “treat.” ‘That may make you think of the goldfish-swallowing craze which spread over the United States a year or so ago. Perhaps a traveler brought back the “idea,” such as it was, from Belgium. The goldfish craze seems to have been ended by NER —Belgian Mayor Swallows Minnow Milk cart in Belgian village. fish often contain worms which can g& damage to any one swallowing m. After the Grammont officers swallow wine and minnows the peo- news from doctors that live gold- ple who have been watching stand & chance of obtaining small cakes. Three thousand of the cakes are tossed into the air and Both adults and children try to catch them. They speak of this part of the event as “the throwing of the cakes.” In a village in Western Belgium, a procession takes place on the fourth Sunday of Augusi. In the procession are giant figures of Go- liath and his bride. These “giants” are followed by & shepherd boy named David. After & time, David used a sling to strike down Goliath. All of this is in memory of the Bible passage, which tells how David slew Goliath. (Por travel section of your scrapbook.) If you want a free copy of the illustrated leaflet, “Stamps and Stamp Collecting” send me a 3- cent, stamped, self-addressed en- ;:l.:pe in care of The Evening Unele Rasy Tomorrow: Brussels. Boys and Girls, Read the Junior Star Every Sunday. & P t ,«.: FIND TooL To CUT RESTRAINING RoPE! BROTMERS COUGH DROPS./| T EF YOUL 1S aGOIN’ TO BE TUE SALE MAMAGER USES A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS To SAW ON HIS BONDS.. . HOWDY, GRAM MAW !’ How COME You AINT INTHE KITCHEM MARIN vou GOT To DO A LEETLE OFFICE AlOW AH FIRED WIS STENY- GRAFFER . CHINESE FIRECRACKER ! HAVE CUT HANDS AS WELL AS — HA! 1715 poNE BUT SHECKS, GRAN MAW:-+ You DOA'T KNowW Wi NSTHIN' ABOUT BEIN' J Do A STENYGRAFFER JAHL AW KIN G /I By S. L. Huntley A/