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Show By ALFRED ANDIOLA KERRYJDRAKE TT"L lTfSsT A 704 stored and then warmed to the right temperature for hatching. The tiny worms are; placed in trays filled with finely chopped mulberry leaves. The worms eat constantly and after 20 to 30 days they have completed their growth. When they are ready to begin spinning their cocoons, they stop eating and begin; to move their heads slowly back and forth. Then they are placed on trays with little racks of twigs or straw, to which they attach their cocoons. Fine silk threads are spun from "spinnerts" on the worm's head. The cocoon lis formed around the worm as ii swings its head in a figure 8. The spinning of the cocoon takes about three days. Each cocoon is made up of a double thread of silk filaments held together by a gum called "sericin." Silk with the gum still By A. LEOKUM Win the Britannica Junior volume encyclopedia for school and home. Send your questions. name, age, aaaress 10 "iei, aits Why !j" care of this paper. Ib case of duplicate Questions, the author will decide the winner. Today's winner is: Mitchell Strumpf, 13, M amij 704 . Mel Bv WILSON SCRUGGS , - : il IA6AlNSr.ME.AND hi1 lii it fIIA I vr-- t I t V gisin; miss akmol67J fou'ee UAVgTUgMED MY FATHER i 1 L yotte cans r"T Ahotis-TVsJ flOMETHWS CO, PEVVlE ifW? T V 1 XJ Ml' MOW THERE'S uorrHiMsraM, A rvr uer ' To-PHbw- e Fla. certain parts of the world) is a caterpillarvthat spins a 3 fine web for its cocooni This caterpillar is called. the silkworm! and silk is obtained by reeling off the threads from its cocoon. Ay much as 500 to 1,200 yards of silk omewitwme. may be reeled from a singlfe) cocooni ' silkworm feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree, so the process of obtaining silk starts with silkworm eggs arid the mulberry tree. Silkworm eggs are The j Jacoby On Bridge By! KARL GURBERT THE BERBYS I THOUGHT VOU V1 WERE BUT GOING TO WATCH VDUR WAISTLINE r I &m slam contract. Today's hand is one that looks easy on the earlier hands this week surface, because if hearts break, been examples of respurc 1 declarer has 13 easy tricks. Hearts did not break, yet Helen ay to salvage an apparent! Sobel, the best woman bridge 12 NORTH player of all time, made the hand in a breeze. A K 10 7 6 She won the club opening in her V9742 own hand,, cashed, her ace and AJ5 A5 queen of spades, led a diamond WEST EAST to dummy's ace, ruffed a diaA94 mond, led a club to dummy's ace, V J 10 5 S ruffed dummy's last diamond, 9 8 7642 KQ10 cashed" her last club with dum10 I Q J96432 my's four of hearts, covered SOUTH (D) East's five with her six spot and A AQ J83 spread her hand. VAKQ6 How did Helen know that the of hearts was a sure winner? six K87 a matter of counting the was It Both vulnerable West had shown up with hand. South West North East seven three diamonds and Paiss clubs, 1 A Pass 3 A when he playHence two Pass 4N.T. Pass 5V spades. 7A Pass Pass Pass ed the eight of hearts under Helen's ace, she knew the had Q Opening lead played his only heart.! j By OSWALD JACOBY Written for NEA - - m 4 tt a A' fx - - , m All riKM -- Jl NOW. miCflil ONLY calh uinus 5AJBV JME 7iurn; FRIENDS..! W V' . Dc;tMuat ii yOU'KL THE 5WEUE5T DAML 1 JAN I AN' UKEi MORE THAN ANY EVER. KNEW, - r , KI0$ OF THE - I - tTA By KEN ALLEN 7 LIKE ME DO YOU ENOUGH TO MARRY r - y DATE,! I MEAN A A5 YOU--A MUQ-- r WHO DONT HAVE TWO DIMES?-BU- T" IF YOU'RE NOT PUTTIN' CHEE!- ME?( hopeless . MARY WORTH -! ACV AN' UKL ALL VOURi Ft66LR. Mt FOR. A SLOB! 1 onwhy sure.v me FUN TIME The Riddle Box 1. Why should a fat man who warm water to soften the sericin. The silk is removed from the co- overeats always wear plaid ' coon by reeling it off twin suit? 2. Why is it profitable to keep filaments from five or six cocoons are ' brought together through a ftiens? 3. What should you do if you small ring or guide and over the a horse in the bathtub? find reel. Alio nets The secret of making silk thread To keep a good check1 on his and cloth was known in China give .a' 4,000 years ago! There is a le ; peck for every grain thejq eat. 3. gend that a young Chinese prin cess ''acpidently dropped . a cater Pull the Plug out. pillar cocoon into her wash basin. WHY WE SAY IT She thus discovered tha the shin- ing threads could be unwound from the cocoon. The Chinese guarded he secret of silk for hundreds of years and the rest of the world had to go to China to obtain silk. About the 3rd century A. D., the secret was brought to Japan, and Eventually Japan became the chief manufacturer of silk in the world. on it is called "raw kilk." The cocoons are placed in troughs of I t i Of course you know that peeling an onion makes you cry. But did those tears prevent you from no- ticing' how closely jthe lak ers of an onion are packed? 'ell, in afneient times people noticed this too, and so they cal ed this which means (vegetable "union." ' Suppose East had split his "united" because the layers jack-te- n of hearts? Helen would tlie word so And are united! from have won the trick, gone back to " bnion"!' we our "union" word get dummy with the king of trumps and led another heart through Win the Britannica World Atlas helpless East. or Yearbook of Events. Send your riddles, jokes, to: Riddles, Jokes, "Tell Me Why!" Today's winner 17 AzX- A tVrl4. H I I ii is: t Q The bidding has been: Robert Christ, Jr., 9, Water- South West North East Conn. 1A bury, 1 N.T. Pass Pass 3V Pass 4V pass ' On this day in history: You, South, hold: AAKJ76 VKQ832 AQ In 100 B. C. Julius Caesar was What do you do? born. ,1 A If you feel optimistic, bid! movie fans American four In 1912, with intention of: oinr to six hearts if partner; viewed a foreign film for the first shows you an ace. If you want time in American film history. profit, pass. In 1941, the Nazi cracked the TODAY'S QUESTION Stalin line and marched toward Instead of responding one no Moscow. trump, your partner raises you to two spades. What do you do A thought for the- day: Karl now? Marx said: "Religion is the op- -' Answer Tomorrow ium of the people." , ; i " -. , -- no-tru- mp e - By ERNIE BUSHMLLLER TWITJ ""Sr'ji-- By SAUNDER 4 and OVERGARD STEVE ROpER -- ST-I Z L ZZ-- MR. L0PAR VOULD LIKE MAKE A STATEMENT, J- j , How to Fi nesse With Six Spot AND HOW LUOSY FOR ITfe RIGHT OUT HERE WHERE I CANj- - AM, DEAR. rTr - r How Does a Silkworm Make Silk? I OKA M. DO WHAT WE PLANNED AND THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1962 Tell Me Why fTir wni i iiiim'iIw' till HOSPITAL SUPERINTEN -DENT.' MAY COME IMF ' '' s . HEY TWIN I CT Mb sing heap x)u INS CTCDcri ... I IVIKI ' - w ii i 4 V ii'. '" iI j wiap i.nn-' jf-- TP?Y "I'M '"' ALJA-!- -' -- i n . i V I . NOT. 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