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It was thought thay animals were tiny The sponge you buy in the that lived together in a great store today and use to help colony. clean up in the kitchen is not Now we know sponges to be a real sponge. It is made of the dried-oskeletons of marto look and materials synthetic ine animals belonging to a act like a sponge, and it seems class known as "Porifera". This to work very well. is a major group' in the animal But real sponges come from kingdom. And although the the sea and not from chemical sponge is one of the lowest laboratories. For a long time, forms of animal life, its strucno one was sure what a sponge ture is quite complicated. was. It was thought that a The outer layer of living sponge was a plant. Then in tissue surrounding it is made 1825, a man called Robert of flat, scalelike cells. The Win the 15-volu- me 4 I j .i V " T""' I PERHAPS IT'S FOR THE BEST . L LOVD PERHAPS "rOU WERE TOO CLOSE '. J 1 one-cell- ed By DICK BROOKS SIT DOWN, LLOYP ) I CAN'T SIT ) I'LL GET YOU ZDOWN MY n NEVER!' WE WERE MACE CSoU'D HAVE ALIkT FDR ) TO GO NOUR V A REASON I r" B,Cwa'trHEA,inc. 1 THE JACKSON TWiNS fsoMB IIUiLUii. Ikfficft&pa DAV I I REFEr'him, TO yA ICAN I f SEPARATE SOMETHING TO EAT ' - AFkT" J FALLING S I I JAN . TM 7 HAVE WE PONE; SCARED t SOMETHING - I - Vf v fcnJ - f ut 1 pfeyf (( cells lining the canals are un like those found in any other animal. They are column-sha- p ed, and each ends m a long "lasher". These lashers beat the water in and out of the sponge. In this way it obtains oxygen and millions of tiny organisms for food. The waste products go out with the out going water, and this is why fresh sponges have a bad odor. But it protects the sponge, because it discourages animals from eating it! In the middle of the sponge is a clear jellylike mass in which there are wandering cells. They probably digest food and take part in breathing and in giving off waste materials. Sponges have many shapes and are often brilliantly colored. They are obtained by divers, and the most valuable sponges are found in deep water 80 50 to miles out from shore. FUN TIME The Riddle Box 1. What is the easiest break fast to take to bed? 2. Why do dentists get fat? 3. What kind of shoes are made from ban ana skins? Answers 1. A couple of rolls. 2. Practically everything they touch is filling. 3. Slippers. Why We Say It Jacoby On Bridge By KARL GURBERT THE BERRYS rWHAT TH...-- 1 I WHAT A MESS ; irS TIME ( Wi, 1 7rvr-c- y v A- 0 HIS TOYS v4fl. rf?L - fMAMA DADDYS PLAYING WITH MY TOYS ' T AM MOT U V jmin.j- - V ROOM UP When Errors Cancel Themselves Out psychics for others and while I sometimes overbid at least I try to bid sensibly. My spade overcall was gilt edge and after North bid two hearts and South two spades I decided that South was really showing a big hand and not a spade suit. It looked as if he were on the way to a heart slam and that maybe I should ask for a diamond lead. So I made one of my worst bids of 1963 and said, "Triree By OSWALD JACOBY Newspaper Enterprise Assn. When I was much younger I established a reputation as a bidder of psychic or fake bids. Now that I have reached the grandfather stage, I leave 4 NORTH A9 VK97654 Q6543 By KEN ALLEN MARY WORTH I'M GLAD, DARLING!-PAINF- 7 UL AS IT IS TO ADMIT NO 5ECOND CUP OF IT, PERHAPS MY LEAVING IS THE BEST THING) THAT EVER. HAPPENED TO IUH LIKE THREE COFFEE, VINCE?-F- 0R GETTING DOWN PAY5 NOW, YOU'VE TAKEN OFF TO THE SHOP . IN THE MORNING LIKE A EARLY, LILLl! GUIDED MISSILE! gV "THE LILUPUT SHOP"! rr yt --- vrvbir, up' v r& uELL-TH- -? YE5- E k. VI,"VfV-AFTE- I triith SHOULDN'T) r -- t takp twf rRFDrrU. A faAitk THINGS ARE BETTER ALL OVE- RGUESSI-T- HE STOCK MARKET THE HOLIDAY SLUMP AND UH---SE- WEST EAST A AK 108 7 6 V J3 A 2 46 AJ9852 KJ87 8 1092 diamonds." North said, "Double," and while I would not have been slaughtered at three diamonds, I would not have laid up any wealth either. Fortunately for me, South still believed my "psychic" reputation. He was sure I had been fooling with my spade bid and South bid three spades. North corrected to three and all of a sudden the sun was shining on us. SOUTH (D) J: AQJ543 A YOU TONIGHT, E VAQ10 AQ10743 North and South vulnerable South West North East 1 A 1 Pass 2 V 3 Double Pass 24 3 N.T. Pass 3 A Pass Pass 4 Double Pass Pass Opening lead Jf 6 WHAT HAPPEN EQ WVWA5--.U- no-tru- went to four clubs. doubled I that and led my singleton club. South looked over to dummy mournfully and asked, "When did you stop bidding psychics?" Then he proceeded to struggle along and managed to hold mouse". his loss to l,i00 points, but he sure had canceled my mistake. Answer to yesterday's Puzzle Box: Flute, Bugle, Drum, South Violin. The bidding has been: Win the Britannica World Atlas East or Yearbook North West of Events. Send 1 Pass Pass 14 1N.T. Pass your riddles, jokes to: Riddles, Double Pass Jokes, "Tell Me Why!" Today's hold: You, South, winner is: AAQ8 V2 KQJ76 MQ42 Monica Walsh, 13, New York, What do you do? A Bid twM clubs. You do not N.Y. conlike the idea of a tract. In World War II, 15 million TODAY'S QUESTION American men and women were Instead of passing the one involved in service, heart overcall, your partner and 360,810 of military overthem died bids one spade. What do you seas. Of that about number, do? half were returned to the U.S. Answer Monday at the request of relatives. Q South no-tru- mp KERRY DRAKE By S A UNDER AND OVtiiGARD STEVE ROPEK r - I WANT TO SHARE MIKE THIS WEALTH WITH VOUZ-AFT- Ef? ALL, I WOULDN'T HAVE IT IT WEREN'T JF N WOSALE"'YDUR YFATHER PAID ME ) 7 WISH I COULD SEE ARE YOUR FACE YOU AS HANDSOME I" Ay MIGHTY BIG FEE FOR A FEW CAYS WORK -- AS ARE KIND? 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