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Show By ALFRED ANDIOLA KERRY DRAKE "SHIVERS" THAT ROD V PUT ) AWAV TO YOU V - I CAN STRAIGHT, ; SHOOT J y HIPPO -- "'-'- DO 19 STEADY t -'J. JfZlb j- MY J HAHOr L 7 tl ' 3?lrytx 1&'sWY CimVi JO By A. LEOKUM Win the Britannic a Junior encyclopedia for school and home. Send your questions, name, age, address to "Tell Me Why!" care of this paper. In case me t&'7 ;- - 'Sr S r--. ' - rim f 6&-- - 1 ; -- W.-tuc ' . ' WvO YOU SEP THAT WOMAM Pnnrrcr ?Yj?g TU AT j WOKD. AFTEK ALL, 50MEi EAUY,TELMA, GVEK YOU? YOU SEEM POaTED RAKED HERE IK l CENTEKVILLE. TO TH!$POT UKEAa3AK stoke iwpiam -rWAS BOKM AMD WUAT'S of duplicate questions,. the author 1 will decide the winner. Today's ' winner is: . Dan Wooley, 13, Lake Worth, By WII.SON SCRUGGS THE STORY OF MARTHA WAYNE ' if ' M -- ' p- v. SfH H !BBl Vr T 3 7n-;ljp fDJ CKOSSIW64 lBULLY THE STREET? SHE.'S A PSYCHIATRIST. HEKJ Ed &d S . fTT rfNfJUU R 0" rf WELL AKE YOU 50lN6 TO EEWO MTU JAE...OR -V-'- NOT? - Fla. In India and Siam there is an Insect called "laccifer. lacca," or the lac insect, which produces the secretion from which shellac is made. The larvae of this insect fasten themselves on the" youhg shoots of " ( I V 7 ) i Obfdined? Vifhat Is Shellac? How Is EOhP o SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1951 Toll Mo Why certain trees. .They insert their noses Into the bark and draw nourishment from the sap. The insects then exude a ummy substance over their entire bodies. There are so many of these in Shellac dries entirely by evaporation. As soon as the alcohol is gone, the film of shellac is dry. Speed of drying is one of the main reasons shellac is so popular for use on- floors and furniture. It is also easier to sand than regular varnish. When used as a first coat oh hardwood floors, followed by a coat of wax, an attractive finish results. Shellac, however, scratches more easily than regular varnish. (Varnish is simply paint 'without pigment. It is made by heating a mixture of tough resins and a lac." drying oil.) Water, alcohol and The shellac- is then dissolved soap and detergent solutions will in alcohol. When the solution has make spots; on shellac. The film been put on a surface, the alco- is not so tough as varnish. . hol evaporates into the ah, and the dry, hard shellac is left as a FUN TIME The Riddle Box transparent finish. It is used on floors and on many articles of 1. What did one strawberry say ' furniture. to the other? sects that the gummy substance joins and there is a continuous layer over the entire twig. The twigs with the insects on them are gathered in June and November. The lac which 1st gathered is known as "stick lacL"The resin is crushed into small pieces and washed in hot water to free it from coloring matter. It is then melted, strained through ttiick canvas, and spread out in thin layers to become the "shellac" we all know. This is called "orange shellac." When tiis is bleached, it is called "whiti shel- - . By; KARL GURBERT OKAY IF YOUt RATHER ) HAVE THEM CELEBRATE THE MORMING AFTER' OUR PAT; WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THOSE tri Mnjtro,..iA n vm By KEi MARY WORTH ; I i U THOUGHT "viun i. I iwu DINNER, SUM HEARD A RAIDING nwu mVfi ? iTff JjH gy THE TIME W . I'M APRAID YOU ARE ALL WORKING TOO HARD, MY 50N1. THESE NIGHT CALLS ON PK05PECT5 J I YOU down to n.i I "'HAD NO APPETITE, MOTHER! . LOOK. UNUSUALLY TONIGHT! Written for three heart ca. Newspaper Enterprise Assn. In modern expert circles, the Whatever number of hearts West hand would surely be open- - were bid, North would double and South would have hd no SO trouble getting into the bidding NORTH and arriving at four spade!:. AJ1062 VA In the Culbertson-Len- z match I passed in third seat. Ely openKQ1074 4Q87 ed with a diamond. Sidney doublWEST EAST D) ed. Lightner redoubled. then I A7 AAK4 jumped to four hearts. I did not 5PQ9a73 know if I could make it 4 after 3 986 all my partner had dealt and " AJ5 9649 - but I sure wanted to . passed ALLEN south crowd the bidding. AQ9353 Actually, four hearts was a pre-empti- ve Mr,M. V YOU'RE VERY PERCEPTIVE.. A5 ALWAY5! ...FRANfCLY, MOTHER... I'M Jh4 j AJB2 HAGGARD Pass pass 1 Double Redble 4 V Pass Pass 4 Pass "f Opening lead V , ANSWERS:. 1. If you weren't so fresh you wouldn't be in this jam. 2. Because he can hold up many cars with one hand. 3. A needle. DID YOU KNOW? The tallest flagstaff ever erected was at the Oregon Building at International the Panama-Pacifi- c Exhibition at San Francisco in 1915. It was a single trimmed Douglas fir and stood 299 feet 7 inches high! Answer to yesterday's Puzzle Box: Outside back. - J - " double-dumm- y Today In History In 1879, Thomas Edison, gave the first public demonstration of lighting through the medium of his incandescent lamp. In 1890, Ellis Island In New York harbor became the receiving station of all Immigrants entering the United States on the Q The bidding has been: South East West ' North 14m Double Pass I A1 2" Pass Pass. You, South, hold; AQ654 V432 4AJ73 65 What do you do? A-- id three hearts. Tour partner has shown a very good hand and you have seven points, three trumps, and a doubleton doubled him. There was no double and opened a heart. Teddy won witii dum my's ace and led a trump.tLenz hopped up with the king and played his singleton diamond. Later, Pass Pass - -- the ace and gave him a diamond is: ruff for the setting trick. Jeffrey Baker, 9, Fort Worth, Tex. Strangely enough there was a play for the contract. Lightner could have led a club to his king at trick two and my entry would have been knocked out. laydown, but Teddy was iot going to be shut out. He bid four spades wtih every intention of going to five diamonds if someone . .ITo one vulnerabla South West North East Pass but never sees? Win the Britamiica' World Atlas or Yearbook of Events. Send your ed, either with a semipsychie when he got in with the ace of riddles, jokes to: Riddles, Jokes, one heart, a weak two heart, or a trumps, he led a club. I rose with "Tell Me Why!" Today's winner By OSWALD JACOBY N NEW YEARS PARTY SPLITS OPEN ? , West Hand Is Wori h Opening M THINto AWAY FROM THEM BEFORE MY HEAD L I 3. What always has an eye open - Jdcoby On Bridge THE BERRYS 2. Why is a policeman strong? , Atlantic Coast. n TODAY'S QUESTION You tfpld the same hand. After your partner's double of. the opening club bid, East bids one heart. What da you do? - 1946, the end of World War was proclaimed officially by In President Harry Truman. In 1959, President D wight" Elended the ban on senhower United States nuclear tests. THE JACKSON TWINS I By SANUDER and OVERGARD STEVE ROPER OH-SO- . ! JA? MY APOLOGIES IF DISTURBED YOUR REST BUT MAY I REMIND YOU MP. VON YOU BROOTMANN THAT OUARE NOT PAID TO ' SLEEP ON DUTy? 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