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Show JliyifUllxr ..l.....J.iIMI- .- J T -- A" ' - f Junior journalist -- , - " imtniiiiiA . .; - t 'T i .' 1 n,ii . Simple Similes Dear Miss Barrows: Fill in the blanks with words' I collect United States postthat complete these everyday age stamps. First of all I went phrases such as: 1. Black as INK or to a book store and got a U.S. 2. White as Stamp Album. Then mother 3. Cold as gave me a start with all of -- -4. High as a her stamps. She collects First 5. Hungry as a Day covers. Then I wrote to 6. Pale as a a stamp company and asked 7. Light as a for a stamp" catalogue. When 8. Heavy as it came I ordered some stamps. -9. Easy as When they came I put them 10. Hard as a in my book with little stamp hinges. Stamp hinges are little ilj. Good as square pieces of paperwiUV 12. Strong as an 13. Slow as glue on them. I take duplicate stamps off or a 14. Red as a envelopes and soak them in warm water; then I go to the dime store and get little enjaaq f X ;jtbus b jo XiBnuBf I them out and sort ui sassBjoui i txo 'zi JpioS velopes. put each different kind of II oi t9Id '6 ?PB9l 8 different a in stamp envelope. fjairiBaj 'i Ijsou3 9 iJBaq I arrange .m$m3nunnyeJac-cordin- g . raunoux .20I arljiaoL-tg..- .' to the year they were !mous 2 Jjboo x :sj3Msuy printed and issued. Rime Time Sincerely, V Answer the questions with David Hickman Age 9 Waterloo, Iowa words that rhyme with each other. For instance, number 7 is noon. All other answers must A Stunt to Try Stand on a large magazine rhyme with that. 1. What water bird gives a page with somebody else. You plaintive call? and your partner must have both feet on the page. Your 2. What did the cow jump over! feet can't touch the floor and 3. What do you eat your cereal with? you can't touch each other. You . say it sounds easy? 4. What do iyou call a hill of sand? Try it! See if you can do it do - you hum in the before you" read any further- .bathtub? 6. What is the last name of a Here's how: r? famous Just put the open magazine 7. What do you call the middle page in. a doorway. Stand on of the day? half the page. Close the door. When someone stands on the moou 'i other half of the page he will uoods 9 'aun; q 'aunp not touch you. You are on 'auoog 'uooui 2 'uooj 'J :sj3msuv opposite sides of the door. Barbara Nelson Riddle Me This 11 Age Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1. What is the difference between a cat and a comma? - - --- or ,. -- .1 -t- -.., Lots of children love to collect stuffed animals, and here is one named Ooglejthorpe to add lo"your collection. Follow the directions carefully and make hat 'him yourself. He's a most appealing character and lots of fun to own. You will need a heavy ribbed cotton stocking (we used a blue one) , a few small scraps of felt or heavy wool 'cloth in white, blacky and red; trail-make- - J -- Childr.n! ; Sand in your ORIGINAL onas to Mist Marjoria Barrows, JUNIOR JOURNALISTS, 153 N. Michigan Avanua, Chicago , Illinois, with your nam, AGE, and addrais. Tha wrjtars of thabast contributions will racaiva $.5. All contributors will ractiva tha JUNIOR JOURNALISTS' button. 13 FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE 2. Why y -- are all fish well-educate- . . 3, the stocking wrong-sid- e out, cut the foot off at the ankle, stitch straight across the cut, and then turn it right-siout. You now turn -- -- APRIL some coarse yarn for hair, a button for a nose, and a piece of ribbon for a necktie. First, d? stoouos ui unx ustj 'z lasnep sji.jo pua airj jb asned si sbi Buniioo b puB SMBd s;i jo pua airi ;b savbD bd y 1 rsjaMsuy sqc sbi " 4 , 7 - - - . de have a tube which will make the body of the doll. Stuff of it with aboutj one-third cotton batting, tie a string around the stocking tightly to make the neck, and continue stuffing the rest for a body. The body, of course, musfbe bigger than the head; when'it looks about like the drawing, tuck in the ends of at the top are sewn down the front of the body. : Cut two white eye pieces, sew a biack center on each of them to make the special expression Ooglethorpe has, arrange them on his face, and sew. Cut one red oval for his mouth and sew in place. The button is tacked on and you are now ready to do theeye-brow- s and eyelasnes. Draw or embroider them, following the picture shown here. Cut about twenty lengths of yarn, each five inches long, and sew to a piece of felt that will just fit on top of the head. Tack it in place to make hair. Tie a ribbon around his neck to hide the string, and he is ready to play with or to put orr display to delight your friends. the stocking and sew flat. Using the patterns for feet, eyes, hands, and coat buttons that we have drawn, trace them onto the felt or wool, folldwing directions as to the number to be cut very carefully. You will gee four pieces are cut for feet. Sew two pieces together half-wa- y, stuff lightly, finish stitching Tall the way around, and ate. tach to the body as in the One hand is sewn . to each side of the body, and the three buttons the smallest Oog-lethorp- e's pic-tur- 1935 ,. . .1 |