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Show Page SO - TOE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday. April 27, 1984 CCJ H!l Tell Mo Why i:iATi:cit;f T6ftSMEE f 75&NXCtfC THAT Scssttn Dy Art 10113 Gems Fascinate Forever (m&t9XX)LDT By ARKADY LEOKUM We cannot know when man first discovered gems since people have been fascinated by gems since the earliest times in history. For many thousands of years, gems were worn as charms, or amulets, to protect people from demons and diseases. It was also believed that certain gems could Dy Cbsrbs EL Scfcch PEAHUTS IT MAS KEN SUGGESTED THAT A PRIVE BE ORGANIZED TO RECRUIT THE MEETING OF THE CACTUS CLUB UILL NOW COME TO ORPER! NEW MEMBERS... to those !;ive great power enough to possess them. There is an ancient Hebrew God legend that says stones presented four precious to King Solomon. These gems NET were supposed to have given Solomon power over the whole Dy C:i THE FAMILY CIRCUS Ktsnt world. The Egyptians used gems extensively as ornaments and charms. They were highly skilled in the art of gem en- "i MACS iiv iffil--- 1 Syndic. . Dy Dob Thoves AO C"I$T FILMS DEVELOPED icn: (SPAY poPiAN ill voi synr - mm a-- m TURN OUJ VPpY YfcLL. J lives. The art of engraving precious stones flourished in the time of the Romans and reached its peak in the Middle Ages. It became popular among the wealthy to have inscriptions or seals engraved on their gems. The ancients distinguished the various gems only by their colors. The name "ruby" was given to all precious stones of a red hue. All green stones were called emeralds. All those of blue were called sap- ?5fc6e- - PHOTO SHOP graving. They engraved precious stones with the figure of the sacred beetle of Egypt and called the stones scarabs. Those who wore scarabs were believed to have charmed ; 1M4 UnMd FMtura H few - 'r-USA C M4byNEA MC TmAvE 5 A 4-- 1 Dy Sounders & Ernst MARY W03TII X SAY IT'5 VsPOKEN APPARENTLY YOU DONT HAVE ,A BLOOO BUNK.AVY! J LIKE A V YOU'RE TRUE PRiloSURE NOT A5 , J GLUTTON, PROBLEM, NOf-6U- rr 0 OTUNE eWEN AND JEFFY TX ANTICIPATE 3NE WITHIN THE HOUK! ARE COMING OVER TO DISCU95 WcDOINo PLANS SI la? phires. SynfcM, he. "Spiders sure waste a lot of thread. Dy Jerry Scott NAKCY ( Ii got itrj GOT IT r r I- -. ST .' 1 1 LET THAT BE A LESSON BELIEVE TO YOU-DO- NT EVERYTHING X PEOPLE TELL YOU Later, it was seen that some of the gems were harder than others and endured longer. So it came about that the value of a gem depended not only on its color, brilliancy and rarity, but also on it hardness. The beauty of a soft stone is dulled by wear, but the hard gem is not marred by time and lasts for centuries. Diamonds are today considered .the most precious gems because, besides their beauty, they are the hardest of all stones (Win an illustrated "Tell Me Why" book with hundreds of questions answered. Send your questions and your name, age and address (with ZIP code) to "TELL ME WHY" in cafe of The Daily Herald P.O. Bdx 717, Provo, Utah 84603. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. Today's winner: Cindy Emond, 6, Meriden, Conn.) FUN TIME The Chuckle Box Mrs. Smith: Whenever I'm in fee dumns, I get myself a new hat. Mrs. Jones: Oh, I was wondering where yoc got them. 0ERV SCOTT C IBM United FMturc SyndtcaM.lnc. By Dave Crcue ALLEY OOP YOU MAY HAVE FREED THAT MOUNT OF YOURS, PAL, BUT IT COST YOU YOUR WEAPON! HEH! HEH! WHICH PUTS V"M I DU1UT UUCDC T VAAkrT STM I ' ) I I HEY I'VE GOT IT. TH' TORCH.' WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT TORCH, DlNNY.' A jQ i&r Dy Dick Cavclli viNTi:no? HlTHERE.' and r thin you'd I THINK YOLi'P MAKE A 6fOCOhA EMBER OF THE FRIENDSHIP CLUB. 1984 by NEA Inc ORDINARILY, PRETTY FAIR MAKE A RRST-RAT- E BATHEAP. TAA A dUPQE OF CHARACTER. "" 7 Dy Cordon Doss REDEYE r tam't eer ombr how SAME 5TUPID SAME MOJTM, SAME EYES SAME CHIN SAME VOICE MUCH SOU RESEMBLE. Y0UR FATHER, RDEV J - SAME WALK Teacher. Jimmy, what would you git if you added 319 and 45 and 75 and divided by 14? Jimmy: The wrong answer. m THE TRICK BOX coins on the table. Challenge your friend to arrange them in four rows, with four coins in each row. How to do it is shown. Put GADFRY! WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING, J7 10 tZ7 DEARS f 1 a -af- - r- c-V- Dy Eric Moose LOVE V TfcAlLX DID PROVOKE. TRUDY liOTO DOlMCjTHlS. lyy M V V eoess oes&Rex THIS- - k t J t Si IS. KMCUi TCuDV POT K ROOK 1 10 THE fAUSH STiO. Answer to yesterday's Puzzle Box: bread, fruit, cereal. This Day In History MB. OBI & 1ITTLE MISS ;) 19ft4 vu Setters NEA Inc Hargfetves DistrttutfldAy ( IN THE MORNING. I HAVE A WORKING V. LO0KS LIKE IT'LL ' A rKfcTTY FULL PAY IN THE AFTERNOONJ l riAVt A WOKK.INO . LUNCH , A WORKING HAIRCUT ANP A WORKING FOURSOME BREAKFAST, A A SE5IN AND NA WORKING $Af J J SUCCESS IS ARRANGING YOUR LIFE THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO 15 TAX DEDUCTIBLE 6 STEVE COPER Dy Saunders & Overeerd MIKE KOf.UD By United Press International Today is Friday, April 27th, the 118th day of 1984 with 248 to follow. The moon is moving toward its new phase. The morning stars are Mer- cury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. There is no evening star. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Samuel Morse, American artist and inventor of magnetic telegraphy, in 1791, Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and later president of the United States, in 1822, actor Jack Klugman in 1922 and actress Sandy Dennis in .1937. date in history: the American-ownesteamship "The Atlantic" began regular the first passenger service U.S. vessel to challenge what had been a British monopoly. In 1937, the first Social Security payment was made in accordance with provisions of the Act of 1935. SNAKE TALES .If. I ! AM On this In 1850, d trans-Atlant- ic f K II r II I II ti I ) (I I Hta " Dy Sols SAusur-i-4 g.tthbMWdbyNeA.lne. I itr l Ik M 111 ! 11 m V y w FOR A MINUTE THERE, I TH0U6HT THAT GIANT RAT WAS GONNA BITE ME" |
