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Show McGoofey's First Reader and zs Eclectic Primer a f r ") " ' ""tpg & He baa Just beard a reinlaim scream. . What will he dot f It all depends. f It all depends on what? i On whether, after locating thstr, ' of distress, he finds that It comq from a young good looker or tome old dame who Is no bargain. Suppose the scream comes fron good looker? Then Gerald will leap Into actio tear through the crowd and go tot the distressed party In a big way, Suppose the bather crying for alt Is fat, forty and Impossible? Then Gerald will be out to luock until the crisis Is over. Then what Is a middle-aged won-: an to do when she goes In gwl& mlng? I Anything but expect aid from tlit ' young and handsome life guard, i i JUMBLED LETTERS CONTEST Rearrange the following letter so they spell the names of great admirals and generals. Pergghln. McClellna. HgaL Tgran. Swalltone llcof. Mansher. Sonjack. Joreff. Ele. Wasbtonlng. Kltchenre. ' Sdanberl. ManpuL I Sterhaf. Taegs. (If the wind Is right, 7 noun should be sufficient time In ubicb W accomplish th above test.) RIGHT MEANING OF WORDS TEST Qhecks the words which propel complete the following sentences: Mandrake Is a duck....... an herb a Japanese tltli a pill a farming utensil A fetlock Is something used : to seal doors a distance of ' ground, nautically speaking ai ' old-fashioned gun used In the colo-i nlal wars part of a horse. ' A modicum is a college (te ' gree a small house on the deck of a boat a bird a small ; quantity. I A sampan Is a Chinese boat a type of cloth a character char-acter In nursery stories, viz: the Japanese sampan a cooking utensil A winnower Is a man who , has lost his wife a person who Is always complaining or whlnlnj someone who winnows. ; Coeur de Lion was an animal !;. trainer the name of a best sell ,, er the oldest lion In the Ilasen- r back Zoo a great English king. A Chippendale Is a breed of :. dog a flimsy lace garment a type of race horse a piece of furniture. 1 THE STORY OF JENNIE AND WILBUR 1 Jennie and Wilbur were poor but honest 2 Their folks were short on money but long on principles. 3 They tried to guide their children chil-dren aright, and always emphasized courage. 4 "Be brave and resolute as you go through life," the father used to tell them. "Never compromise." 6 "Fear," their mother told them ever so often, "Is pagan and has no place in the character of a real man or woman." 6 There was hardly a day that Jennie and Wilbur were not lectured lec-tured on courage and Its Importance In life, 7 Often their parents would put them to some test calculated to strengthen their backbone and rid them of Inhibitions. 8 Wilbur as a little boy was often sent on long trips at night through the dark, and Jennie was made to sleep In a dingy attic room away from the others In the household house-hold so she would shake off all nervousness and fright 0 Their parents once rented a haunted bouse for the summer Just to show the kiddles It was all superstition. super-stition. 10 Everything possible was done to make tbem resolute, bold and unafraid. un-afraid. 11 They let Jennie go on a Hon hunt with an African expedition when she was only sixteen, and during a summer vacation Wilbur got a Job driving one of those powder pow-der wagons labeled "Dangerous. IIIgh Explosives." 12 By the time they had reached the age of twenty Jennie and Wilbur Wil-bur were pretty hard. Tbey weren't afraid of anything. Timidity Timid-ity was foreign to their natures. 13 And It all profited them greatly. 14 For they became public links golfers. 15 And what is more, they played Saturdays and Sundays without with-out steel helmets, leather vests or shin guards. MORAL Ion cant overemphasize overempha-size any quality in character building. build-ing. PSALMS OF LIFE Be neat In all the things of life. Be ruled by tidiness; Let order guide you day by day And bring you happiness. Help mommer keep the bouse quite neat Don't litter up a room ; When others have to tidy up It fills tbem full of gloom. Put everything where It belongs When you return from school; The shiftless, careless little girl But apes the senseless fooL Put all your clothes where tbey belong be-long When you undress at night; Hang all your garments so they can Be found next morn all right A scrubbing give yourself each morn And then throughout the day Be careful not to tear or soil Your garments In rough play. Be neat In all the things you do, And when you've grown, we think Ton will not be a wife who leaves THE DISHES IN THE SINK. GENERAL INFORMATION TEST Check the correct word or word! in the following statements: 1 A curfew Is a kind of bird a native of Corfu.... , a cooking utensil an arrangement ar-rangement of the hulr. 2 To show acumen Is to ' be very conscientious 1)6 sharp of mind be romantic ? and sentimental be good at. figures. s 3 A man la said to be affluent when he talks too much i ...gives of his money generously. - i Is overweight slut- ters Is unable to concen-j trate. 4 An anecdote is some-- thing given to offset poison ' an animal with two horns an antique piece of furniture : kind of drawing a story. ' 5 An easel Is a sninll animal like a ferret a legal term a musical Instrument .....a mean man something used by artists. f 6 A sarcophagus is vegetable rich In Iodine kind of harp a vehicle.. a Greek public building ....a coffin a man who j Is sarcastic. 7 Stoics are long-legged birds hermits 1 people who can't see well i quiet philosophers. s 8 Centaurs are P1ant' that live 100 years effl' ployees of a government mint polo players legendary crea tures........ people who lead lo"8 I lives. f i.-t Who Is this? This Is Gerald? Ger-ald? Who Is Gerald? Ger-ald? Gerald In a life guard? What is a life guard? A life guard Is a college student stu-dent or gradu- ate who can't croon, or play the saxophone or cell bonds. What does the life guarj do? He spends all summer In a bathing bath-ing suit at the beach and gets paid for It What Is the life guard doing In the picture? He Is peering out into the breakers. Why Is he peering out Into the breakers? |