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' ' lI l 'f f + Ir I - THE STORY OF CARAWAY1Caraway CARAWAY l-Caraway l Caraway 1-Caraway 1 1 - - Caraway was dl distinctly tlnct1y a home homeboy homeboy homeboy boy . 2-Even 2 Even 2 - Even as a little llltle lad he was wasafraid wasafraid wasafraid afraid of shadows and never Dever felt at atease atease atease ease out of his Ius mother's mothers ' ' arms3In arms3In arms 3-In 3 In 3 - In school he lie " was "as as the timid timidsoul timidsoul timidsouL soul . . 4-He 4 He - 4 - He thought all athletics too toorough toorough toorough rough and shuddered at the thougbt thought thoughtot thougbtor thoughtof or of playing football and getting a anosebleed anosebleed anosebleed nosebleed nosebleed5In 5-In 5 In - 5 - In college coUege he be was the class classgrind classgrind classgrind grind and most retiring student . . G-He G He 6-He 6 - 6 - He could ah always , ays be found In Inhis Inhis Inhis his room He didn't didnt ' mi mis mix well and andssas andwas ssas \ as never neer ne\ ne \ er comfortible comfort\ble comfort ble comfortable ' \ In a crowd . . 7-Durlng 7 Durlng 7-During During 7 - During his four years In col- col college col college - . lege 1ege he never got off the campus campusenough campusenough campusenough enough to find his way wa ) about the thecIty thecity thecity cIty . I B-The B The 8-The 8 - 8 - Tlie only hobby he found In- In Interesting In Interesting . - teresting terestlng was the collecting col1ecUng of do domestIc domestic domestic mestIc birds ' eggsAfter eggs . -After After 0-After 0 { } - 0 } - After graduation he seemed teemed seemedvery teemedvery seemedvery very perplexed about a careerloGulturaIJy career10Culturally career lo-GulturaIJy lo GulturaIJy 10-Culturally 10 Culturally 10 - - Culturally he was okay but butin butIn : 1n in experience expenence he " was "as as decidedly sub sub- subnormal subnormal . - r rnormal normalllHe normal11He normal ll-He ll He 11-He 11 11 - He hadn't hadnt ' been around or orm'lde ormule ormide m'lde mlde mule ' any social contacts He lie had hadno hadno hadno no horizons horlzon < ; His rus " world Orld " was "as as too nar narrow narrow narrow row row12He 12-He 12 He 12 - He " weighed "clghed clghed about 12 125 125pounds 125pounds ; ) pounds , . was ginstly gh\stly gh stly gh'istly ghistly ' \ ' pale , "ore ore wore woretriplelens "oretrIplelens " woretriple-lens woretriple lens trIple-lens trIple lens - - spectacles and liked to tobe tobe tobe be alone aloneli aloneflIt 1 1It fl-It fl It li -It It - It lool looked ed pretty bad for him14But him 14- 14 14ut 14-But 14 But 14 - - But ut after a " while "hile hile he lie SUl- SUl sur- sur SUlpused surprised sui-pused sui pused - pused prised everybody evcrybodv by finding a C'l Cl c'i ci c'ireer C'lreer cireer ' ' reer and becoming quite famous15lle famous15He famous 15-lle 15 lle 15-He He 15 - He becime bec'lme beclme became ' a novelist and andspec13llzed andspecialized andspecialized spec13llzed specialized in thrilling stones stories of ofadventure ofadventure ofadventure adventure in ther the ' \ fir \r r far away places of ofthe ofthe ofthe the worldMORALH's worldMORALIt's world worldMORAL MORAL-H's MORAL H's Hs MORAL-It's It's Its MORAL - - It's Its ' all aU done by reflec renec renectors reflectors reflectors tors * . . * . GRAMMAR TESTWhich TEST TESTWhich ' Which 'Vhlch Vhlch Is Is * proper-- proper proper- proper'I properI proper - 'I I ' ' I am going to defy the motor motorc motorcycle motorcvcle cycle c cle cop , " or " "I I " III aie are e going to defy defythe defythe defythe the motorc motorcycle cle cop , " and " why "hy hy is It Itpoor itpoor Itpoor poor policy in lD either eltber case9 case9"The case ? ' ' "The The 'The " ' moving picture plot was wasvery wasvery wasvery very plausible , " or ' The moving pic plc picture . ture plot r . were ere ver very ) ' pliuslble phuslble plausible , , " and andwhy andwhy andwhy why Is It certain both statements statementsare statementsare are "rong rong " wrong9 ? ' 'The The ' The mm m'ln mln man ' gave the boy $ So S5 $5 5 to buy buycandy buycandy buycandy candy and peanuts ' " , " or " " 'No No ' ; , * ' said saidthe saidthe saidthe the man , 'it it 'If If ' you want money for forcandy forcandy . candy and peanuts go earn it It . . " ' " ' ? "The The " soup is hot , " or "The The 'The "Tlie Tlie ' " ' soup soupare soupare soupare are hot : , " ' and It If so In " what "hat hat restau restau- restaurant restaurant - . rant ? "The The " lawyer stated the case as asbrlefiy asbriefly asbriefly brlefiy briefly as possible , , " or 'The The ' ' The triallasted triallasted trial triallasted lasted two weeks weeks"9 weeks9 " " ? . S . . THOUGHTS ON KIDDIESVisitors KIDDIES KIDDIESVisitors Visitors oft yeirn ye'lrn yelrn yearn ' to boot bootKlddles bootKiddies bootKiddles Klddles Kiddies who are s , very ery cute cuteStrangers cuteStrangers cuteStrangers Strangers have ha\e ha e hale \ a yen to swat swatBabIes swatBabies swatBabies BabIes who "ho ho " are very snart scart srsarL srsarLDaughters . . Daughters who "ho ho " are 0\ 0 over 0er oer \ er bright brightLeve brightLeave brightLeive Le\ve Le ve Leave ' \ me cold as Christmas nIght nightI , , I like IIb.e IIbe . little ladles ladies better betterWho betterWho betterWho Who can't cant ' read or write a letter . Bovs Boss Bo , s who talk tall . like llhe men of twenty twentyMahe twentyMake twentyMake Mahe Make me crave to smack smac1 . 'em em 'emplenty 'emplenty 'emplenty emplenty ' plenty ; Those 1"hose 1hose . " to whom a friend I "ould ould w " ould beAct beAct be beI , Act no smarter than they should be I * . * . s * . sWho _ I Who Is thls1 this ? ' - : . \ : ' II This Is Is Alice AliceWhy Allpft Allpft111 , " -111 111 - Why does Alice look so sodownhearted sodownhearted sodownhearted downheartedd downhearted ? d tb Alice looks so sodo soa sodownhearted sodownhearted do downhearted " nhearted because be beBB a s r cause she Is a aradio atl ) tl radio fan fanBut fanss ss ssq ssBut q But u t why whyshould whya whyshould a BB should being a aradio aradio " radio fan maheAlice makeAlice make mahe makeAlice Alice down downhearted downhearted downhearted hearted ? Because necause , you SOOt SOOtAllce see , Alice Allce Uhes likes Uhesjazz likesjazz likesJazz jazz orchestras orcbestras , soft sort voiced croon crooners crooners croonere ers , dreamy dance music and that thatsort thatsort thatsort sort of ot thing . Well WeU , what wbat of ot . It ? Alice can't cant ' get It these d'lYSWhy daysWhy diys d'lYS dlYS days diysWhy ' Why can cant t Alice get It tbese these tbesedays thesedays thesedays9 thesedays9Because days ? ' Because of the political speechesWh.1t speechesWhat speeches speechesWhat What Wh.1t Wh1t . have the political p01lUcal speeches speechesgot speechesgot speechesgot got to do with Alice Allce and the radio r.1dlo r1dlo . ? It makes wa1.es wa1es . It almost Impossible for forAlIce forAlice forAlice AlIce to get the old familiar pro programs programs programs grams over , " which "hlch hlch she loves to go gogaga gogaga gogaga gogagaHow gaga gagaHow How so ? Because the air Is full fuU of or pOUtles politics pOUtlesDvery politicsEvery politicsEvery Dvery Every time Alice opens a mike a alot alot alot'ot alotot 'ot ot ' ' lot of orators pop out and an orator has about as much charm for Allee Alice Alleeas Aliceas Aliceas as a keg of carpet tacks tachs would have havefor havefor havefor for a toe dancer . Is It really as bad as that ? It Is e ev es , en worse than that . Allee Alice Alleegoes Alicegoes Alicegoes goes home from a hard day's days ' worL work workand workand . and tunes Into station BJJY BJJCY BJ ( Y , , hop hop- hopIng hopfag hoping - - ing fag that tbat she will w1l1 wlil get a little l1tt1e sooth sooth- soothfag soothing - . ing fag music , and right ass away a"ay aay " ay some bIg big-mouthed big mouthed - . mouthed politician leaps In one ear earand earand earand and out the other , leaving Iea'ing Ieaing leasing ' great greatplies greatpiles greatpiles plies piles of ot debris debns en route . She yearns for Rudy Vallee and andgets andgets andgets gets Senator Watt N E Eirache EiracheShe uacbe irache uacbeShe iracheShe She hopes for tor that dreamy "Para Para "Paradlse "Paradise "Paradise Paradise " dlse dise " number and gets , During 'During ' the thelast thelast thelast last fiscal year 5 ear , , the United UDlted States Statesexported Statesexported Statesexported exported 2,500,000 2500000 ,500,000 500000 , , , , animal crachers crackers crackersa , , a record never approached except exceptunder exceptunder exceptunder under the party for which I no\v no v now novappeal nowappeal nowI \ appeal for your support this No Novembah Novembah Novembah vembah h h h h Ir l ' " I Is there tbere no solution to the diffi- diffi difficulty diffi dIm difficulty - . I Icutty culty cutty that Is making mahlng life so miser miser- miserable miserable miserable - able for Little Alice ? Yes YesWhat What Is it If IfLet ? ' Let the pollticil politic'll politicll political ' orators ' tilk t'11k t11k t'rlk trlk ' In Inthe inthe inthe the morning " when sshen hen everybody is too toooccupied toooccupied toooccupied occupied with other matters to lis 11s lis- lis listen listen . - tens ten teD s * . . s . sWHAT'S WHAT'S WHATS ' WRONG WITH WITHTHESE WITHTHESE WITHTHESE THESE SENTENCES ? A turquoise is a fowl raised raLsed In InAmerica inAmerica laAmerica America for Thanhsgh Thanksgis Thanksgiving lng lag dinners 1nners dinnersA 1nnersA A console consoe ] Is a diplomatic ofDcer officer . . A mirage is a type of blass bot bot- bottomed bot- bot bottomed bottomed - - tomed boatSequoia boatSequoia boat boatSequoia Sequoia is the name of an In- In Indian Indian In Indian - dian tribe tilbe . . . An ' lard 'lard Bard vark vnrl nark " Is a pirt p'lrt plrt part ' of a shIp.A shipA ship shipA A .A . scorcerer Is a dish that goes goes"Ith goeswitls goeswith "Ith Ith witls " a cup of coffeeAn coffeeAn coffee coffeeAn An adder is a man who wbo addsTbe addsThe adds addsThe The Tbe . liojins 1.lOj'lnS 1.lOjlnS 1lOjlnS 2lojans ' were "ere ere sere " people who whofirst whofirst whofirst first settled In the United StatesA States StatesA tates tatesA A seraglio eragllo is a musical Instru Instrument . ment meat mentAn meatAn An eland Is a peninsula or Isth- Isth Isthmus Isth Isthmus - . mus . . A girboard g'lrboard glrboard garboard ' strake strahe Is 1s a type of ofwild ofwild ofwild wild duck . An abacus Is a trip tr\p tr p trap ' \ door . The Hessians were soldiers who whofought whofought whofought fought in the Punic warsA " wars warsA ars arsA A pimkah pun1.ah pun1ah punkah . Is something somethlDg put on an anelephant anelephant's anelephant's anelephants elephant elephant's elephants ' ' : . ? back for people to ride In in . . A troglodyte is a man wno hateswomen hateswomen hates hatesLITERARY women . . . LITERARY TESTCheck TEST TESTCheck Check Chech the proper poem and au authorshIp authorshlp authorship thorshIp thorshlp in the follo\\ follo following folloIng \ Ing : Elizabeth Dltzabeth Browning wrote . . . . . . . " "Tarn Tarn "Tam Tam " 0 OShanter'The OShanterThe Shanter " . . . . . ' The Charge Chargeof of the tbe Light BrIgade Brigade"The BrigadeThe Brigade"TheSea " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The The "TheSea " Sea Me Mess"Robert MessRobert Mew " " . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . "Robert Robert " of LlncoIn Lincola Lin Lln Lincoin'Old coIn cola coin'Old coinOld " . . . . . . ' Old Mother Hubbard " "My My " lly : Last Duchess ' was wrItten wrIttenby writtenby writtenby by . . . . . Dana Burnet . . . . . . Hen Hen- Henry Henry . - . ry Banner.William BannerWilliam Bunner . . . . . . . , . . , . .William William . CullenBryant Cullen CullenBryant Bryant , . . . . . , .Rudyard Rudyard . KiplingRupert KiplinbRupert Kipling Kiplinb KiplingRupert Rupert Brooks Brool.s Brools . was the author nuthor ot of of"ihe ofihe . . . . . . . . . "Ihe Ihe "the the " Busy lie Hcirt Heart 'l l ' rt " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . Ilie rhe The Fairy ralry rairy Brook " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Phllllda Phllllda "Phillida Phillida " and Coridon Corldon Corydon " . . . . . . . . . . . . ' Fuz/v Fuz v 'rUZl rUZl ruzz3 / Wuzz3 ' Wuzzv 'Vuzz Vuzz " "Ah Ah " , did you once see Shelley Shelleyplain Shelleyplain Shelleyplain plain ' ? ' " ' occurs In the poem callecl called called"The calledThe , . . . . . . . . . "The The " Plow " . , . . . , . "Queen Queen " . , . . llab : Mab"The MabThe " . . . . . . ' " ' 'The The ' Stein Song . . . . , . , , . "Who Who " Killed Cock Robin " Curfew 'Curfew ' Must Not Ring mng Tonight Tonight"was Tonightwas " wa was . , wiltten wlltten written by by.William byWilliam . . , . , . , . , . . , . , . , W1lliam Ir- Ir Er- Er Irnest Ernest : Er Ernest - nest Henley IIenley . , . , . , . , . . , . , . , . , jimmy Mont Mont- Montgomery Montgomery . - gomery , . . , . , , . . Lord Tennyson . . , , . . , . , , . . . . . . , . . . . . . George Bernird Bern'lrd Bernlrd Bernard ' Shaw Sbaw . . . . . . . . . . Ella Dlla Wheeler Wllcos Wilcox . , . The lln line , "Blessings Blessings 1esslngs " on thee , lit- lit little little lit little - tle man , " " are to be found in . . . . . , . , . , . , The 'The "The " " ' BiIIad Ihllad Ballad of ot East Dast and West " . . , . . "How How " They Brought the Good Ner.s Ners News Ner.sf10m Newsfrom Newsfiom . f10m from G Ghent hen t to Aic"The AicThe Aic"TheLaw Alt Ah " . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . 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The Eskimo Dsklmo docs does not care . for t.or tor sa- sa salami sa salami . - lami Iaml . . It n Is estimated that a golf goIt ball ballused ballused ballused used on public links l1nks changes own own- ownership ownership ownership - ership twice every six sb sia . months21ie months monthsIhe ' ! Ihe 21ie he Il\ Il \ average Ilerage aserage erage life Ute of a frlendbhlp friendship frlendbhlpcontracted friendshipcontracted friendshipcontracted contracted during a brld bridge e game Is Isthree isthree Isthree three weeks weel\s weel s \ and two days . . , The proper \ way ay to pick plct . up a awasp awasp wasp asp Is by the rlht rlbht ri . ; ht hind leg and andthe andthe andthe the ) left eft v " "lng lng wing . Ing , , but there is not mu math mathsense rnui h hI hsense hsense sense in doln doing It at aU alL alt . . I |