How Are You
. - : On Solving
New Riddles?
' Riddles from the north and
iouthl Riddle from the cut and
west! Riddles from children liv
ing in all parts of this country
liar been coming in to the Riddle
Editor in bushels I Some children
tent as many as twenty-five at a
tfrne, while others sent only one.
And these that axe given today
eertataly made the Riddle Editor
think but he didn't give up, and
finally guessed them.
141. Why are the tallest people
tbt) laxiestt Ruth Smith, St.
Louts, Mo. ,
142. What coal does not smoke 7
Josephine Jolliff, Weston, W. Va.
., ,143. What kind of coat has
never had a button on it yet, and
haa a very easy way of being put
on wett Elnor Wiechert, Belle
ville, III .
144. There was a crowd at a
banquet, and no one said anything
but Help. Who said this? Kath
lyn Jackson, Dallas, Texas.
',148. Why did they bury George
Washington - on the hillside T
Gertrude Bartell, Milwaukee, Wis.
14$. Why do young ladles in
love like the circus? Eola Mon
aette, Taeoma, Washington.
147. ' Why is a bald-headed man
tike heaven? Dora B. Bates, Dick
ton, Tennessee. .
148. What kind of plate cant
yon eat out of ? Virginia Crom
Ueb; Indianapolis, Indiana.
.149. What haa a head and a foot
and two eye or more ? Lucille
ReynoldVSioux Falls, So. Dakota,
i 180. What was Joan of Arc
nade ofT Qoise Foster, Crowley,
Louisiana. ;
' How about a riddle? Do
'' yea know new, original one
' tkat yoa'd like printed on
tkla page with your nam?
Send it in to the Riddle
Editor, ear of this news
peaer, and watch f or it!
We Have Different
ideas Of Beauty
f mat-Ufpretty?"
'- lid different places and to differ
ent people "pretty" means various
things. -For example, although
Americans like slender women, the
Turks like them fat.
. Among certain barbarous tribe
it is the custom to stretch, the
tower lip until it is very large. In
that community, therefore, the per
son having the longest hp is the
Most beautiful. Even among some
Df the nations of Europe a sword
tear on the face of a man is thought
to make him handsomer because
it indicates that he has been valor
ous in conflict.
v So yon see, what yon think is
pretty, some one else might think
quite ugly and the other way
around, too. But that only proves
that nobody really KNOWS what
pretty" is, doesn't M
it
My Pet-
'A.
. Cat and dogs, ponies and squir
rels rom Canada to Louisiana
and -from Maine to California let
tars by the dozens have come to
the "My Pet " Editor, describing
the pet American boys and girls
have. '
This week we have chosen the
description that 12-year-old Robert
S. .Regan, of Port Lavaca, Texas,
give of "Jimmie," hi fox terrier.
"Jimmie" is a jumping dog, Robert
writes. Ha has erected a jumping
stand, and every time he goes to
jump, 'Jimmie" follows and jumps,
too. It is pretty good, for "Jim
mie" stand but one foot high. .
f. Another pet we wish we could
meet is the one belonging to Belle
Parker, of Custer, Montana. Belle
writes that he will put his front
paws en.a-ohair and lay, his head
down on thorn, as though he were
saying his prayers. When she
says "Amen" he gets down. He
will play "dead dog," too, and when
she says "Picture," he sits up as if
ha were holding a camera, with his
front paws taking a picture. He
will roll over, and will bark when
told to speak. Belle says she al
ways gives him something to eat
after he does his tricks. We think
she has a clever dog don't you?
"vr.m. RiirVer. of Little Rock.
Tmu anf. iib s snjin shot of her
dog sitting up. Melba says "Peps,"
a black and white terrier, can walk
across a room on his hind legs, can
sit up and speak for food, can play
ball, will go into the water and
bring back sticks, and can bounce
the basketball with his none several
time. We'll bet it is a lot of fun
to have pet like that!
ttY yen PT Writ nd Ml .
, yt" Keiff, la .'
Move To Save
Spreads
At one time vast areas of Amer
ica were covered with dense for
ests. The Indians who were the
country's only inhabitant loved
the trees and lived among them.
But when the white man came to
these shores with his advanced
civilisation the slaughter of the
forests began.
The ruthless cutting of the trees
has continued now for three hun
dred years. Cities have spread
across the entire country, and the
thousand and one uses for wood
have caused great forests to be
PERMANENT CROWN
SEVEN TO TEN FEET
ABOVE SURFACE OF
GROUND.: CUT OFF
LOWER BRANCHES
PRESERVE FIBROUS
ROOTSjCUT OFF
SMOOTHLY EVERY
BROKEN ROOT
PLANT TWO INCHES
DEEPERTHAN BEFORE
w
. I r-.
FILL TO LOWER ROOT LEVEL
WITH MIXTURE OF. ROTTED
MANURE AND GOOD SOIL
chopped down. Little has been
done to replace them.
Every one knows that a nation
must have forests. Not only are
they necessary to provide wood for
houses and the various uses of in
dustry, but they are needed to keep
the air clean, to furnish shade, and
to provide foods for man. There
fore many thoughtful people,
alarmed by the rapid disappear
ance of our forests, are promoting
a tree-planting movement.
Every boy and girl in the coun
try can take part in this move
ment and perform, a real service to
his country by .planting a tree.
Theodore Roosevelt said, "A peo
ple without children would face a
hopeless future; a country without
trees is almost as helpless; forests
which are. so used that they can
not renew themselves will soon
vanish, and with them all their
benefits. When you help to pre
serve eur forest or plant new one
you are good citizens."
In 1876 the government made its
first investigation into the forest
situation. This year is therefore
the semi-centennial of the forestry
project, and it is hoped that many
sprout will bo planted now which,
GOOFEY MOVIES
GOOFEV MOVIES
o,. PRESENT V. r
COCOANUTSAND PEAPLS
A COLOPFUU DSAMA OP THE
.TOOPlCS IrJTWflEEjPAQTS
SCErJAOO BV JACkVcjIMOW
CAMERA UJOOK BY FRED tOEfct?.
Mm hattib
FINOS THE
BIGGEST PEARL.
EVEft DISCOVERED
IN THOSE
WATERS..
Forests
All Over N. A.
when the Centennial arrives in
1976, will be fine, taU tree.
It is not hard to nlant a tree.
First you should pick a location
where the tree will have room to
grow. Then choose a tree that is
suitable to the climate and the soil.
Moist earth should be kept around
tho root of the shoot until they
are placed in the ground, so that
they will not become dry or bruised.
Early Spring is the best time for
planting, when tho trees have not
yet started to bud, but when the
ground is no longer froien. Cool,
cloudy days are best for the occa
sion. The hole should be dug large
enough to hold the root without
BURLAP OR, OTHER
SOFT MATERIAL
2"X 2" WOOD STAKE
SIX TO "TEN FEET
LONG; TWO FEET
IN GROUND. '.
MULCH OP UTTER. TO
CONSERVE MOISTURE
RICH EARTH PACKED
FJRMLY ABOUT ROOTS
bending, and deep enough so that
a six-inch layer of good loam can
be put in before the tree is planted.
After the tree is placed, the soil
should be worked around the roots
with a stick so that no air spaces
are left, and it is a good idea to
soak the soil with water to hold
the shoot erect. Where there is a
chance that there will be strong
winds a stake should be driven into
the ground beside the tree to sun
port it, and if it is planted along
the street, a guard should be placed
around it.
The soil around the roots will re
quire some cultivation for the first
two years, and as the tree grows
it can be pruned to the shape which
the owner desires.
- Perhaps the tree that you plant
may some day become famous. In
Iowa, John Finn planted one in
memory of Lincoln on the day after
the president was shot, and now
it is so large that tourists come
from all over the land to see it.
Parents sometimes plant trees
when new babies are born, and
school classes often plant them
upon graduation. But whatever
the reason, the planting of a tree
is a Teal patriotic deed.
Cnthe SOOTH SEAS.'
UHEGE THE UI4VES SUJCi
TENOft AKJOTH6 PAUAA
-TBEBS OAKJCe THE
EMIQMUASJD PUIW3, UP6
JIS 0U5T, OWE tslAP. "
;AFTEft.ArJQTH$ft;
I
I
Uncle Dud
TELLS ABOUT IT
Not very long ago, ono of my
young friends told mo that tho
nickel plate on his bicyclo had be
come rusted, ami
asked me if 1
knew how ho
could remove the
rut- 1 didn't
ItttV know, but Inter,
I tL r-l another friend
told mo that if
you grcaso the
Articles woll,
then, after a few
dnys, rub thorn
with n rag charg
ed with ammonia,
tho rust will
come olT. If tho
rust spots porsist
add n few drops
o f hydrochloric
acid to tho am
monia, rub. wipe
off at once. Next rinso with wa
ter, dry, and polish with tnpoli. .
It occurred to mo that any num
ber of fellows might liko to know
that. So I coonccivcd tho idea of
establishing this littlo corner,
where wo can talk nhout nil sorts
of things, and toll onch other of
our experiences.
I went down to Now Orlenns for
the Carnival recently. Maybe you
didn't know that the word "carni
val is taken from the Latin mean
ing "farewell to flesh-meat". And
the present observation of the
event means just that. Carnival is
always Just preceding Lent, and as
you know, many persons do not
eat meat during Lent.
In New Orleans, the Carnival
season really begins on Twelfth
Night, when there is a great
masked ball'. There is a secret
Twelfth Niirht organization that
gives this ball, and the members
of it appear in costume, present a
fanciful tableaux, and then dnnce.
The first twelve dunces are known
as "call-outs" that is, the masker
call out tho names of the younc
ladies they wish to danca with, and
the girls never know their partners.
After twelve such dances, during
which the girls are much feted, and
given many souvenirs, the mask
ers leave and the floor is thrown
open to the "blackcoats", as the
men in evenirg clothes are known,
and then everybody can dance as
at any other ball.
There aro many such Carnival
balls held in the two months pre
ceding Carnival Day. which is al
ways the Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday. Each ball has its
king, who is under mask and is
never known, and a queen and
members oi bcr court are chosen
from the loveliest and most popu
lar debutantes of the season.
During Carnival week itself, the
fun is at it height. Thore are
many parties and balls, and there
are half a dozen magnificent streot
fiaradcs, each of them miles in
enirth. The flonts. all of which
carry out a single thome, are gor
geous, and maskers on them throw
souvenirs to tho many thousands
who lino the streets. The night
parados are most beautiful of all,
for then each float fs illumined by
means of gasoline torches, and tho
wholo looks liko a scene from
Fairyland.
' On Carnival Day, it is tho cus
tom for many of the people to
mask and go out on the streets.
Lots of young people get together
and charter an automobile truck
for the day, and rido all over the
city, singing and playing. On this
day, Rex, the king of Carnival,
makes his appearance on the
streets, and chooses his queen, who
fee SdUTAQY SAM,
A BEACH COMBER,
COMBS FOR WHAT-'
EVER fT IS BEACH
COMBEPS.COMS
SEACMSS jl Foa,'
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OLITARV SAM
HEAP-IMG OP
HATTIE5 GOOD
FORTUNE, AWKES
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,OUkTHBP.eARUi
Equinox Marks War-End
Between Winter, Summer
By W. BOYCE MORGAN
Three months ago the sun, after
swinging southward fur six months
in its yearly journey, roached tho
most distant point in Its cyclo, and
again begun to mnvo toward tho
north. Now the half way point on
its return trip tins been reached,
and wo call this point tho Vcrnul
or Spring Equinox.
Of course tho scientist would tell
you that tho sun really dors not
niovo at VII. That grent bull of
lire from which comes all the
earth's heat ami light rest -slii-lionary
in tho mlilut of all tho
solar svstom. while tho planets, in
cluding our earth, move around it.
The purlin path around tno sun is
in tho form of a huge eclipse, or
UVlll.
Now, as tho eifrth moves about
the sun. only, half of It can recolvo
llirht at ono time. However, be
sides the movement around the sun,
tho earth, as you know, also rotates
on its axis, which causes us to havo
day and night. When our sido of
the world is exposed to tno sun It
is dtiv. and when our slilo moves
around Into the shadow it is night, j
If the axis of the earth, on whirh
it rotates, were exactly vertical, all
our days and nights would be of
the same length. You remember
that a few months ago we had day.
light only for about eight hours a
day. Since then the Joys have
gradually become longer, and you
know that next summer It will be
daylight for almost lfl houis of tho
day. This chango In the length of
the day is caused by the fact that
the axis of the earth is tipped, and
as the earth moves around tho sun,
the rays of the sun strike it ut
different angles.
Thus in mlil-summcr the rays
come from almost directly ovor-
head, and the weather is hot. In
December and January tho ray
come from a great angle, and are
therefore not ns powerful. That
is tho reason that it is so cold in
winter.
In March and in October the
earth is iq such a position in rela
tion to the sun that we receive light
for lust hair of tho Z4 hour.
Scientists call theso times the
spring equinox and the autumn
OUR MODERN MAGIC ,
I used to sigh for the old days of boutlng knights, and
queer magic. And then I happened to think why was any
of the lcRcndary map;ic of ancient times as wonderful as our
magic is today?
When Merlin brousht a voice out of nothing was that
as wonderful as our radio? When Sinbnd rode through the
Hides on a carpet was that as wonderful as riding in one
of our airplanes? When the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
were built was that as wonderful as our modern architec
ture? The ningic of today is more romantic, more wonderful
than that of the ancients ever was. We ar very fortunate
to be alive now, instead of then. j. g.
views his parado, with , tho mem
bers of nor court, from a gallery
built in front of one of tho down
town clubs.
I could talk a lot longer about
the Now Orleans Carnival, for wo
had such a wonderful time, but I
am afraid my letter is too long
already. i .
We'll have another chat next
UNCLE DUD.
Film
UOSE BV.MAITI
WATTIE A PEARL
DlVJEtt, DIVJES r
FOft PEAQUS. '
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......THEUMA klTTy
equinox. "Equinox" tomes from
two Latin words, Aequus, meaning
equal, and nox, meaning night.
Tho spring equinox occur about
the twenty-first of March, and Is
supposed to mark tho beginning of
Spring, From now on the days
will gut longer mid wanner, until
In June and July the longest, hot
test duys of tlio year will coma.
March, tho month of the spring
equinox, is the stormiest, most
blustery month of tho year, Tho
old Romans named this month
March after Mnrs, the Cod of War,
because It was symbolic of strife
mill conflict Mors was the son of
Jupilvr and Juno, and always
dressed In a flno coat of armor and
a plumed helmet, and carried a
wicked spear, ilellonn was tho
Goddess of War, and drovo Mnrs'
chariot when ho went Into battle.
There i an interesting legend
about Mar, lit fell In love with
Ilia, one of the followers of Vesta,
tho Coddvs of Fire. They were
married and had twin ions, Romu
lus and Remus, Tho Cods were
nngry, becauso tho followers of
Vesta were not allowed to marry,
and the two little boys were left
in the woods to die. There a wolf
found them, cared for them as
though they were her own children,
and they crew to manhood. . 1-nter
Romulus founded the city of home.
Home, which was a warlike city,
always revered Mars, tho God f
War, end had great feast for him
during the month of March. In
olden times tho armies of Rome
could not march in the winter's
snows, so that March and the be
ginning of Sprlnir meant for them
the opportunity for more glorious
battles and mora victories for the
brave Roman soldiers.
For us, too, the coming of Spring
means a chance to get out of doors
again. And although tho month
of March is stormy and windy, wo
must remember thnt It Is dedicated
to Mars, God of War, and marks
ths final bnttlo between winter and
summer. Summer, like tho armiea
of Mars, is always victorious, and
wo can now be sure that winter Is
in rapid retreat, leaving summer to
rulo the world for the next fow
months.
CASn OU CREDIT
Mrs. Buy-on-Timo "How much
is thnt hat?"
Clerk "It's ton dollars cash."
Mrs. B. "And how much by In
stallmcntsT"
Clork "Fifteen dollars ton dol
lars down and a dollar a weok for
five weeks,"
Fun For Young Folks
ils'pOOC'HATTIB
going to Lose hec
pearl ?,voull leapm
im this theater
KJEKTujeEK. ,
Jewelry Was
First Thins
Savage Made
One of the first ways In which
man used hi brsln, oven while he
was i i i oui a savage, was In mak.
ing tilings with which tn ..I..,..
himself. Thu began tho making
of Jowolry,
Tho most uncivilized pcoplo ln
the world are found tn lu,
ort of personal decoration, Hliells
dried berries, small stones pierced
with a shnrit iimti'iim.mi
brightly colored feathers aro strung
ur uou runnier ami nung around
their arms, legs and nerks. Muny
savages oven mnko holes tlirminh
their car and noses so Hint they
will have still other places to wear
their crudo juwatry.
In ninny undent countries thu
ornaments worn by men anil women
woro wougni to bo symbols of
good lurk, and therefore when ik
owner died Ills jewelry was burled
wnn mm. in this way scientist
have learned much of anrlnit pro
pie from pieces of metal found in
craves, wliero they havo lain fur
centuries,
Many thousands of dollars am
now stient each year by people all
over tno world for precious mcUli
and stones worked into hnndtome
ornaments, and the business of
firnducing theso has become a great
ndustry. Great rare must be
taken in the factories where lew-
lry i mailo becauso of the value
of the material used. In some foe-
lories the workers are required to
wash their hands before Irsvlnir
the building, and the water Is kept
so thnt any bits of valuable mater
ial sticking to their hands will not
be lost.
Who'd Like To Take
A Bath In Butter!
Imagine taking a bath in butter!
Yet that's what people did long
ago instead of eating it on their
food. That is, they used butter as
an ointment, rubbing it over Utelr
faces and limbs.
There lira still some huropesns
who do tills, using olive oil on their
food.
Tho Arabs are thought to have
discovered the process of making
butter because they were obliged
to tnko long Journeys over ihe
desert carrying their milk on ths
backs of the camels. I he constant
motion of tho animals had the
samo effect as hours of churning
on our own bck porch at home,
and tho result butter.
In India butter will not keep, so
it is rondo fiesh ench day by shak
ing milk in a bottle.
What's the Matter?
Answer will be found elsewhere
on this page.
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A I.ONO WAY
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How for are you from tho correct
answer"
Second Frosh: "Two soais.
Ltsson in qalurt iludyLtlluei
loses ill heart at long as i ttff '
Htaa.
OH, ALL RIGHT
"Take a dollar chance on an am,
t itnn't rnnnl nnt." '
Thars all right, you may not v
it.
nwi i nr ma APPOINTED
TtnothUek! "IJo-ht or dark, slr7
Absent-mlndod profossors "I m
not particular; but ploaso aont
give mo tho neck."
Fat Girl) "I have an ppctlt
like a eanary."
ft.! HV.. have. I0U
1 II III VIII 1 1 1,H,
A I. -A - II ,,
eat a peca at a tunc.
A Din MfQTATTII!
Toncher (entorlng class room).
Abso'nt-mlnded atudont: "Egff
sandwich."
ANSWER TO "WHATS THE
MAlTlfiKT .,
It is very disrespectful to sit
down when your elders are stand
ing.
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HI. Ilocnnse Ihey are the lonest IS
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