Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1940, Page 45

RETRIEVER PROM UNDER PORCH. CRAWLS UNDER .THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, AS FAR AS RE CAN BUT CAN'T REAGH 1. SENDS JUNIOR TOR AN UMBRELLA JUNDR DEPARTS, APPEARING AT INTERVALS T ASK. WOULD A CANE BE BETTER, OR A BROOM 7 15 LD 10 HURRY UP AND BRING SOMETHING QUICK' ! FATHER STARTS PRODDING FORP BALL UNTIL HE FEELS HIS LES BEING TICRLED, JUNIOR HAVING THOUGHT HE SAW AN ANT 60 UP Ho ‘TRO\J-%ER”1 AT LONG LAST BY NOW GONE eleased by The Befl Syndic: RETURNS AT LAST WITh UMBRELLA, AND BEING DIVERTED B SEEING BUD BEMI5 AS HE THRUSTS ITUNDER | POKES FATHER IN TE EAR WIT IT SNAGS BRALL OUT, JUNIOR HAWING OFF WiTh BUD BEMIS ate, Tne.) 59 Don’t Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. Fatima A feminine name of Arabia. Here is the surprise word of the week. The popular pronunciation “fa-TEE-muh” is entirely erroneous! | But don’t take my word for it; here is the proof: The pronunciation prevalent in the United States is not authorized by the new Webster's, Winston's, MacMillan’s, the Century, Funk & Wagnalls', the Jones or the | Oxford dictionary. ‘Two pronunciations are sanctioned. | The first choice is the Arabian form: ‘The “a” in the first and third syl- lables is broad (ah) as in father. ‘The first syllable only is accented. The second choice is the Anglicized version. The first syllable rhymFs, with bat, mat; the “i” is short as in bit; the “a” in the third syllable | is the obscure “a” (uh) of sofa. The | accent falls on the first syflable. | Try these pronunciations on your favorite cigarette salesman: | First choice—FAH-tee-mah. Becond choice—FAT-i-muh. (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) | Question—A friend asked me to name five English words ending in “dous.” Can you name any others than these four: Tremendous, stu- pendous, horrendous and hazardous? —L. W.F. Answer—I know of only Jeopardous and timidous. two: For a personal answer to your questions about words, send a stamped, 3 cent, self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, care The Evening Star. Points for Parents By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE. Mother is courting trouble w/:en!‘ she admits defeat before her child. Mother—I must work out some plan to get Bettie to eat cereal.\ 2Perhaps I can mix it with some food | she likes. Mother—Daddy, see if you can get Bettie to eat her cereal. I can't do anything with her. UNCLE RAY’S COR We call Belgium's capital city *Brussels,” and the name is printed that way in books of geography and travel. In Belgium, the people spell it “Bruxelles.” Counting the suburbs, Brussels (or Bruxelles) has a population of close to 900,000. - It is a center for the making of lace, and alse produces a great deal of cotton and woolen cloth. It has steel mills and paper mills. ‘The City Hall of Brussels is known as the “Hotel de Ville.” It has a steeple 364 feet high. A bit of the history of Brussels | was set down in a letter sent to me by a Belgian boy. “Brussels is an old town,” wrote Jacky Verdickt. “It dates back a thousand years. During the Middle Ages there were walls around it, but they were torn down. “As a reminder of the walls, we can still see one of the old entrance gates. In the old parts of Brussels, there are very narrow streets. Some of them are hardly 9 feet wide. ! | CROSS-WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL. 1. Limb. . Parts of dog's upper lip. . Turkish of- ficer. . Ocean, . Artist’s stand. Romantic poem. . Nipperlike organ. 17. | 19, To excite. Precious metal. . Fuel made of vegetable matter. . Ait. 3. Buyers. . Requires, 9. Minerals. . Exclamation of contempt. | VERT! . Winged, | . Slang: pistol. | . Yes. . Colloquial: female col- lege student. . Viper. . Brazilian coin. . Disfigured. . To sense. . Fats, . Worm. . Pronoun. 34, | 36. . To finish. 2. Lid. . Small part, . Artificial language. . To put a burden on. . Backbone, 39. 42. . Place of con- test. . Canning face tory. . Acquired. . To depart. 54. Digit, . To be obliged Coaches. to. Beerages. . To scatter. 43. Radicals. . Score in ten- 44. Appendage. nis. ICAL. 25. German river. Cloys. Discreditable events, Poems. Lodges for soldiers. Claim . Mountain ridge, . Curved strip of wood. . Once more. . Gone by, . Spat. . Vehicle. . Fish eggs. 26. 28. 33. . Pullman . Till now. . Latin con- Jjunction. against prop- Family Allowance System Japan’s: new family allowance | system for low-wage workers pro- | vides for a grant of 47 cents monthly for each dependent under | 14 of all workers earning less than $16.30 a month. General Pardoned Sentenced to death after the fall of the republican regime in Spain, Cuban-born Gen. M. Cardenal has been pardoned by the Madrid gov- ernment in response to a request by Cuba. Modern Puzzles By GERALD L. KAUFMAN. Jigsaw Turnover If you pay too much attention to details the puzzle shown below will be difficult. If you take it easy, it will be easy. when you read these rules: The object is to rearrange four of these eight pieces in your mind so as to form a perfect rectangle in Bear this in mindl combination with the other four. To accomplish this, the four pieces you decide to move must be turned up- side down before they are refitted to the four you leave in place. SOLUTION TOMORROW. (Copyright, 1940.) Answer to puzzle May 8: Take | your E’s: These three red men were | respected, revered, esteemed; even when the seventeen elders were left neglected. e A —Brussels Once Walled City City Hall in Brussels. “The ‘modern town has nice, big buildings. In the suburbs, blocks of flats are arising every- where.” ‘When Jacky said that Brussels dates back a “thousand years,” he was putting the figure too low. Old records show it is older than that. The Romans had a settlement on the spot, 1,500 years ago, and Franks lived there in the time of Charle- mague. The settlement, however, did not grow into an important town until 1,000 years ago. Today it is the largest city in Belgium. It is the home of the King, and is the place where the Belgian Parliament meets to make laws for the nation. The Parliament contains Senators and Deputies who are chosen by vote of the people. (For travel section of your scrapbook). Riddles, games and puzzles will be found in the “Funmaker” leafiet. 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