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I PHILLIPS r l 5 t u I aa t tom tom- tom r THE STORY OF AGATHA 1 Agatha I-Agatha Agatha seemed normal norma normal as a 11 baby 2 She 2 She was even what was call called d da a bright child 3 She 3 She could talk before she was wasa a year old and at the age of ot eighteen eighteen eighteen eight eight- een months she was so smart she could read Mother Iother Goose 4 4 Everybody 4 r said acid she was won 5 5 She She was very fond of music and dancing When company came she always danced for them G In G-In In grammar school she was the brightest girl In the class and the She still loved to play and dance 7 She 7 She took part In all the amateur amateur amateur ama ama- entertainments never ne failing falling to put on a dancing specialty Everybody E y sal said she had a marvelous marvel ous sense of ot rhythm S They 8 They even called her ber a second second sec sec- ond Pa lowa Her ller 9 Her parents gave her ifer a musical musical mu mu- e education too and she c could Uld play the piano brilliantly 10 She to-She She seemed to be a most talented talented talented tal tal- young oung lady and great grent things were predicted for tor her There was talk of concert tours 11 But ll-Dut But the pace back home was too slow for her 12 12 She She couldn't wait walt and so soshe soshe soshe she packed up and ran away to the big city the land of or opportunity where where a girl could express herself freely 13 Four 13 Four or five the years ears later some of the folks back home received news of her 14 She H-She She had become a n marathon dancer after a disappointing experience experience ex ex- experience playing the piano In a MORAL It all depends on the tite breaks C CURIOUS FACTS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE Seth P P. P of ot Wappingers Wapping- Wapping ers Falls N. N Y has been put putting the left rubber on the right foot for 45 years ears Its It's believed to be a record There Is a circus In Zanzibar which has no trained seals Buggy striping Buggy Is among the poorest poorest poorest poor poor- est paid professions on Manhattan Island A waste basket placed upside down In the average newspaper office of at fice flee will catch Just as much paper as If It right side up The average pea pod holds eight peas but no Qs Only very ery dull mice will attempt to gnaw a hole In a woo wooden en leg A very excellent apple pie can be made by leaving out the seeds and stems but It t Is Isery s very ery rarely attempted at at- tempted S e e Oh see the theP P P girl t a What Is the ai 1 girl d doing G GS S The girl Is t a P driving an on auto auto auto- 7 mobile Does Docs the girl k know now how to tos u drive an automobile automobile auto auto- s mobile No but she has bas been driving one for five years What is she going to do now She is going to make maIm a left turn How v will she convey this warning warn warn- ing lag to tragic behind her You can never tell Doesn't she know that the correct signal when you are about to make a left turn Is to hold out the left lett lefthand lefthand hand band and point to the left Yes she knows all aU about that but she will wm probably turn without holdIng hold bold In Ing her hand out at all Suppose this causes her ear car to tobe tobe tobe be rammed by the man behind Then she will leap out of ot the car with a most Injured expression and exclaim to the other driver the matter Dont Don't you know how to drive n a car Will she win the ar argument Did you ever know a woman t to tJ lose one Suppose the girl Intended to make a right turn Instead of ot a left turn then what signal would she give Then she would signal for a left turn Are Arc you sure Positive I And what If she Intended to come cometo cometo cometo to n a full tull stop In fast traffic c In that case she would woul simply stop Without holding g out her hand You mean she wouldn't hold out outher outher outher her hand at ut all Not until after aCter the accident How do you explain that women Va al always s 's behave like that when driving drivIng driving ing automobiles Its It's all aU done one by mirrors e GRAMMAR TEST Which Is correct 1 The l The telephone operator r got the right number without delay or It took fifteen minutes to get a n connection and then it t was the wrong number 2 The The r restaurant strawberry shortcake e was full of ot luscious ripe berries or It must have been an optical Illusion 3 Europe 3 Europe will ultimately pay Uncle Sam all nil she owes him or Europe shall shaU ultimately pay Uncle Uncle Sam Sam all she owes him And Is Ita Ita it ita a goofy remark In either case 4 4 I I drove e the golf ball yards straight down own the fairway or I I 1 the golf ball yards straight down the fairway Why are arc both statements Implausible S S LITERARY TEST Check the words s which properly complete these sentences I 1 remember I remember the house where I was born are lines found In a poem called The Shooting of Dan McGrew Sleep Baby Sleep Boots I 1 Remember I Remember Fuzzy Fuzzy was written by John Greenleaf Whittier Don Marquis Louis Unter- Unter me meyer cr Joyce Kilmer KUmer Rudyard Kipling Greene Fitz-Greene Halleck wrote Barbara Maud Muller The Wreck of ot the Hesperus Marco Old ld Ironsides Ir The lines Not of the princes and prelates with characters characters charac charac- marching tr triumphantly lau lau- to lap the fat tot of ot the years years' are found in In The Village Blacksmith River Stay Away From My Iy Door The e Ol Old Oaken Bucket Consecration Old Mother HubbardS Hubbard S f GENERAL INFORMATION Check the word or words that properly complete these statements California oranges come from Idaho Rhode Island California Louisiana Louisiana Louisi Louisi- ana New N v e Jersey Florida Bacon Is procured from cows horses pigs fig trees bluefish guinea hens Violin strings are made from cigar butts rabbits rabbits' feet catgut peach stones old otel shoes cabbage heads Pumpkins are vegetables animals minerals Alfonso was t formerly king of at Russia Poland Chile Mexico Spain East Lynn Rumania Is a country In In Australia South America Asia North America Iceland A leading export of ot Switzerland yellow squash uncut diamonds chop sue chocolate e bananas C PSALMS OF LIFE Deliberation Take living very calmly Develop De poise and pace The tortoise you remember Came through and won the raceDo race Do nothing In a It hurry For haste they say makes waste The helter person Arouses much distaste ste A A. certain A-certain sense of or timing In every deed and act t tWill Will wm help achieve perfection And make each step e exact Dont Don't dash about too top swiftly As If It to break your neck The over active person Becomes a nervous wre wreck Go slow and unhurried led About each task you do do do- Your boss bogs will then find some To take the place of or you I t 1 |