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Show in,.' 1 GAMES STORIES RIDDLES BOYS .AND PUZZLES RIDDLES KEEP POURING IN FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE GREAT RIDDLE FANS FAMOUS FOLK OF ALL TIME TELL HOW MUCH THEY OWE TO TRAINING BY THEIR MQTHERS Bert 544. When should it be go a long wav ? Elfie'Allen Conner. possible to burn a forest 559. When is a piece of wood Hodson. 545. In a load of wood there like a king? Aileen Matson. were no straight or crooked orj 560. How do oranges resemble round sticks. W hat kind of woodchurch bells? Frank Judd 561. What coin is a fowl? was it? A little reader. 546. What is under the hat, Man- - Elizabeth Young. 562. What city is made up of Freddie vet over the head? three-eventof a chicken, two-thirVesch. f of a i tie and a a of cat should 547. you Why piece of soap around your neck goat: Porothv A. Spiegel. 56J. W hv do old maids go when you go swimming? Belva Frances Doan. iearlv to church? Laughlin. Which is the best day 564: to make pancakes? Margaret ,, When you grow np, you want, of father had told hint that hit mother course, to make your mother proud played the piano beautifully, and of you. And that very same ambi that she was in fact, tion to please mother is what had she spoke easily five languages. The very gTeat deal to do with th suc young Tolstoy decided that he cess of tome ot the greatest men wanted to be the tort of man when and women. They wanted to please he grew up that his clever mother their mothers. would not be ashamed ot, had she llived. So, you see. even though he'd GEORGE WASHINGTON: never seen her. she had a lot to do There's the story of George with her son's life. and be how to wishing Washington, kind to his mother changed his FRANCES WILLARD n whole life. When he was about Frances Willard, the temperance years old he enlisted as a mid- leader, tells how much her mother shipman, and his trunk was sent on encouraged her.. "She never called board the ship. His mother not Miss Wilus 'bad children'," to see him go, but she felt it lard. "She told ussays that we were was not the wise thing for him to and therefore she always exdo. When he came to tell her fare good, pected good things of us. So of well, she burst into tears. The course we were bound we wouldn't youthful George ordered his trunk disappoint her." Teacher: "Children, Holland" is noted for its cleanliness and its love of truth." Doubtful Student: "I don't believe it; my book says it's a low WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: Byant's mother taught him his letters, and it was from her that he early gained his love of reading. It wasn t easy for her to find time to teach her young ton, tor Bryant s VICTOR HUGO: poor, and the mother of Victor Hugo, the famous novelist, family was was a sort of factory on tells how his father was away from the family home a great deal and his mother a small scale. She spun flax, wove shouldered all the raising of the linen, made quilts, dyed all the dress tamilv herselt. she was a deter goods, and even made the candles mined, ambitious person, and she by which the boy studied his lessons The laziest man in town is the one who bought a Lizzie so he wouldn't have to shake the ashes off his cigar. . Who is ' Vmv is an auH-ior- With untiring jet I For those she loves. With a tour age sweet Meeting each ill, And from fall of night Dreams of her dear ones fljil one-hal- like a chinaman: six--tee- MOTHER, a boat is 100 feet long, how could - you find the age of . its captain: ions num. 36 with has What coats 566. out a seam? Mavbell Dmitri. 567. In what respect is matri mony a game of cards? Eulita Deming. 568. What is it that you sleep ion, sit on ano wasn your teem with ? Benjamin P. Ettenson. 569. What are the three most ta.il comes) used words in North America ? of His Head Erno Zacherl. 570. What was the first bus -JjDttJSSpZuJthg tbat crossed the Atlantic ocean? Irma Huling. 548. How are bread and the 571. What i it that every gun alike? Ruth Hawkins. man, woman ano cmin nas nveti 549. When is the best time to on? E. F. South. srudv the book of nature? Edith 572. Whv is a good story like I 1 t Conrad. .Man' r ranees a church neur 550. What must be taken from Hoover. vou before vou pet it ? Arthur 573. Whv is death like, the fcamaur. n- letter E? Edna Smith. 551. What's the difference be 'watermelon a has 574. Why tween a fisherman and a lazv atson. water in it r .gnes got Bell. 575. What has teeth but can't schoolboy? Blue 552. What is the most pro- eat? E. I. Sneed. 576. Who are die two largest gressive garden vegetable? John Van Winkle. ladies in the I nited States ? A; 553. What kind of kev will little reader. not open anything? Bill Bean. 517. Whv should a man cross 554. What is shot before com- ing the desert carry a watch? Frank II. Anna Margaret Daniels. mitting a crime? Brazier. Have you tent in your favorite 555. Why is a photograph of riddle yet? I'd like to see it, and a tooth like a thing forgotten ? if it'i really a fresh one 111 be Ethel Livingston. glad to print it with your name 556. Why is a pretty girl like in full. Send it in care of this c paper. THE RIDDLE MAN 557. When is a thief eked a jailbird? Marthena and Juanita "All tkal l am my mttktr madt mt. Diver. 558. How can a man make his Jkn Qnimy A Jams. I vis TiU morning light ? Materson. 565. it toils ery-clevrr f sent ashore. "Mother," he said, "I can never go and cause you so much grief. I will stay at home." This was a turning point in his life, for had he become a sailor his career would have been far different. T T JS. I out -- ifrw. 1 law Wear a white flower for Mother's Day. Remember to do something specially nice for your own mother, and if you know any mothers whose children are no longer with them, make them happy a j tnaincd forever said of. her, "I membrance of soothing touch in his mind. Eugene Z j ji 3 IBS fi. ir : This cross word puzzle is dedicated to the mothers all of them everywhere in North America. South America, Europe or Asra. to celebrate Mother's Day. The white squares represent the letters of the words, those that are numbered being the starting spaces of all the words, either horizontally or vertically (straight across) (straight down). The black and gray squares denote the ends of the words, and they may oe regarded simplv as periods. When you have guessed all the words, according to the definitions below, thev will read from top to bottom as well as from left to right. Number One Horizontal is described as ' Mother's Day is celeWith brated in honor of them." seven letters the word could be To check nothing but "mothers." this, refer to Number Two Vertical which must, then, begin with a "t." It has three letters and means an Below are the remaining article. definitions. t - Horizontal . 1 S a;iye out the hymns (hints'). 564. Friday Se Ask him. 5fl6. An onton woman has a heart, a man takes it with a diamond, and after that her hand is his. 569. A bed, a chair and a tooth brush. 569. I don't know. 570. Colutn 567. 572. bus. 571. The earth. It is often told (tolled). 573. Because it it the last of life. 574. Because it is planted in the spring. 575. A saw. 576. Miss Ouri and Mrs. Sippi. 577. Because it has a spring in it. Other. i By Art Child (TU is on W htmi of tip oa Imm- Al Doniar, formerly pitchor for . ta Ntw Vora Giant. Ho writ im- cialty (of koji who araat to loara to play baaoWl la Big Uuim style.) Another most important place in This requires a fast The batter drives a long fly to the the game in which footwork is a de right moment. left held fence. It looks like a good. ciding factor is base stealing:. Manv safe double. He turns first base and an otherwise fast runner is poor ai Learn fa TURN BASE ON ue.fr FOOT start at just the .viy advice to young players anx ious to develop correct footwork is to spend plenty of time learning to start quickly and in using the correct foot when turning bases. Also it is a good plan to take such exercise as will develop the chest and give you more wind. Long walks nd practice runs will be very val uable for this. (Next week Mr. Demaree will tell you all about slow balls.) Horizontal 1. 6. R 1" H GET A QUICK START iv mothr 2. love dat 4. 5. 7. o hen i. we oil d 11. ream else :i. ear 2i. Uthcr 1. 'rt. a. 16. 17. 1. n in today's Vortical the he end flower! cmdie "t. (Vermont) lip ha Al met ere ah (Up in the fratt lonaaoca wood al ta North the old (iiMaa kav mad up tnaay yarn which thoy tall vr nd aver to th tanaavfaat from the citlaa tkair way of explaining the atrans track and weird aoiaea. Mr. Child, wae uaea to be a tarn warden In th waada of aorthera Wiaceaaia, collected ta ataria himaeli from the "oidtimers.") tn "One of the strangest animals I guess you'd call him an animal that I ever heard of up in these parts is Shovel-Fac- e Oscar," said the Old Guide, who had been giving a talk on the queer natural history of the North Woods to a party of fishermen from the city. "Well, that's an odd name for an animal," ventured one of the men. "Yep, and it's an odd animal. You see, it's this way. As you probably know, bass are very peculiar fish, and when they lay their eggs they do so in a nouowed-ou- t place on the sandy bottoms in the snailow waters of an inland lake. "Tkt fntun efikt "Now there's'a funnv little ' - child it always tkt.ol hollowing out the nests for shovel-face- d their eggs. - . "' ". THE ANIMAL NEWSPAPER at J. . reunion WEAR A CARNATION FOR MOTHER'S .DAY MV GI2ETATEST PROBLEM if: til C WORSTi iROUBLE 9 MAKING FREODlti P1Y ' t?EGGl STAYS OUT TOO LATtc AT PAV- - - Maw parents, ' '' , ' '' 2., An article 3. Masculine pronoun. 4. i at tniisn. SendTheh Mother a Letter of cjrecthx ?r D?J WAHte NECK.. " n. The organ of hearing. U. mother, a famous violinist, must go on tour again and he must be sent to a boarding school. Today he was resentful toward his mother. He didn't see whv she couldn't be content to settle down in Some little house with him, for his father, who had died when Peter was very small, had left them enough money to live on in a modest way. He found himself feeling very jealous of his mother's music, which took her away from him so much when he quite adored her. He thought bitterly of other fellows in the school w ho went home to regular mothers for their weekends, and who lived in .the same houses all the time and had neighborhood friends, and all such things that he had never And today was Mother's Dav. He had written a long, long letter to his mother and had received a long one from her. But 6ne look at the postmark on his letter from her had brought on this spell of homesickness, for she was half-wa- v across the country from him. And most of the fellows in school had been able to go home to their mothers for the week-enHis roommate was even now in the midst of a family party, with his 'mother cooking his favorite dishes and fussing over him. Tears' began to sting fcis eyes. He gulped, then gof up "and walked down to the library. There were three fellows in the room tinkering with a radio set. They asked him to join them, but he answered surlily that he didn't much care for radio. He was starting back toward the door when he heard, sweet and clear through the loud speaker, the sound of a violin. He stopped. The music was lovely. He had never heard any one except his mother who plaved that particular piece so well, and he had heard many violinists. The piece was finished. Then the violinist atarted another.' this time an old folksong that was his favorite and which his mother had plaved for him so many times. During the piece he felt his mother so very close to him that it didnt seem strange, when the was finished,; to hear her own piece dear voice saying, "I played that piece for my on. because this i Mother's from mt nd H11? far as I didn t know I was to play until a short while ago I didn't notify him to hstenbut may be heanngMhis, andpeihaprlie if he ls, I am 'love antf kisses, tetlinp'fctm good hJ. Shovel --Face Oscar Answer to Cross Word Puule The correct answers cross word puzzle are: REGULAR MOTHER Peter was homesick. Why, it must have been years since he had seen his mother. He sat with his eyes on his history book, but his mind far away far away to last summer when he and his mother had had such a lovelv time together at Pinehurst Farm. Then had come winter again, which meant that his animal that makes a business He has four legs and he eats and sleeps underneath the surface of the water. He makes a nice, la raaainf I absolutely ' yapalttn. aa.,w boa d bed for each mother bass's eggs." toaiini. an1 a quick atart i smooth, saucer-shape' Tkt motkrr's keart it tkt ekilfxickoal-m."H- . Important of all." aay Al Domaro. on the left foot, touching the hai?i,BO "But where does he get the 'Oscar'?" asked a listener. aadl W. called "He's Bttcktr. that after Oscar Wicklem, an old fisherman, who is the X.". uc.luw'u wnlLn you run- Eadb. tColliaa, V.rh ausarod al toin first man, besides the Indians, who ever really saw one of these shoviel-face- d i nis win give vou correct Dalance'b thtr credit, ar export t 1 All thai ar Follow thoadin It I kt. I ,b hlL after making the turn, and eliminate !Unf twt animals." ktpt f"V vlc that Damare ; (Wo in taia and' , ,vP ... .1 chances W -m Akrakam Linmlu. .w. (Next week Mr. Child will reoort the true stonr o how th betr lost juui otB artid in tba awki and voir nwn stride bound ta improv. (Copyright. 103'. Avriate.t Editora. Inr V their tails.) MAmbrose Hens Children Not Touch George: "What system do you use on the typewriter. Jim?" Jim: "The stop, look and find it." A "Getaway" races toward second, only to be base stealing because ot his failing Runners like Max Carey, Frank to get the jump on the pitcher caught at the bag by inches. Frisch 4Hid Archdeacon, with a long "Perhaps," you will say, "he didn't list of stolen bases to their credit run fast enough." are experts at knowing when to But the drive was a long one and start the play and at getting away the same runner had made,sexond with all the speed they possess. many times before on shorter hits. PUBLISHED OCCASIONALLY BY EPIIRIAM OWL shutter." "Mtu art what tktir mttkrrt mail W. Emtnan. Says Al Demaree bU by Learn to Pivot In turning a base in order to run Spato the next, learn to pivot or turn tiJ ia Utter "Go. my son.' and shut the shutter," a mother to her son did utter. "The shutter's shut." the son did mutter, "and I can't shut it any tktm."R. Where, then, lay the trouble? Article with pleasant odor that you send your mother on Mother's Day (plural). 7. She may prefer these sweets. 9. Abbreviation for a state bordering on New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 11. Like. 12. To tilt. 16. Half a lauch. 17. A boy's nickname. iv Introduced. Before. 7 Exclamation. xou win find the answer other place on this page. 5. YARNS OF THE BIG WOODS FGDT WORK y' dc you want in your tooth, son?" Boy: "Chocolate." A IS TRICK OF BASE STEALING" May Decide Games To the average follower of the game these points may not seem very important, but they are among the deciding factors that win or lose games. Learn to get a quick start after hitting the ball. Practice this start as a runner practices for a race. Make sure that you get off on the correct foot each time, as the wronjt foot causes you to lose a step and may decide whether or not you reach first base. His Choice Dentist: "What kind of filling (frv-day- wbii Footwork Is Faulty The answer is in his footwork two small mistakes in running were instrumental in putting him out by a very small margin. In the fi'st place, he was just a little slow in starting only a matter of seconds, perhaps, but enough to lose him the decision in a close play. Again, in turning first base, he lost a step by turning the base on the wrong foot. Hawful! An Englishman heard an owl for the first time. "What was that?" he asked. "An owl," was the reply. "My deah fellow, I know that, but what was 'owling?" She is something to adore (a door) When he's been robbin'. have carried the re5. to foreign missions. 559. her gentle voice and contributing w hen it is made into a ruler, i hey yt). all through my life. both peel (peal). 561. The guinea. 562. Chicaao. 563. Because that's when they Count Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, also had but a memory of his mother. He was very young when she died, and, straneelv enough, there were no pictures of her. So he "made her up" in his mind and when he was sad and lonelv used to think of her. His "P Mother's Day is Celebrated in honor of them.' A female chicken. Strong affection. Facts upon which arguments can be based. Us. . A valuable, greasy liquid. Ail advertisement. A certain quantity of paper. ,' 7 the little things that count," said the educational lecturer. the primary "Yea," responded grade teacher, "but you can't imagine what a hard time we have teach ing, them to do it. :. 556. 557. , JUNIOR. CROSSWORD PUZZXTE Her Job "It'r well-know- COUNT TOLSTOY: FOOTWORK Girl (as her chair slipped at a club meeting): "Now I have the floor." Miserable." Speaker (addressing audience) : "1 ANSWERS TO RIDDLES miss EUGENE FIELD: many of the old facet I used tc 444. Whfn all tf ishet.. 54$ irt 547. It Would enjoy shaking hands with." Eugene Field's mother died when Sawdust. 546. Hair. he was onlv six vears old. but much wuh you i shore. 548. They both rite 549. When autumn turns the leaves. A Nightmare of his lovely poetry is due to his 550. Your picture. 551. One hates his "Lester talks in his sleep." memory ot her. Her disposition books and the other baits hit hooks. 552 "Zatso?" was so sweet and gentle and she The cabbage, for when you get behind you atwavs get aneaa. a turkey "Yeh, he recited yesterday." was so verv beautiful that she re- -. can 554. A bullet. 555. It it out of the head gift this Mother's Day. f,1' lying- country." pl it I -i Heading ia Believing was always encouraging her son and telling him how sure she was that he "If tkt mhtlt wrld aw mt would some day be a famous writer. He never quite got over the shock tcalt, and my motktr in tkt nkir, tkt of her death, which occurred when mkale world wuU kick tkt knm."LtrJ he was nineteen. Its influence is Lanfiott. n felt in his book, "Les with some little T" THE FUN BOX .MY SON l5ir4CUND TO BE. VAIN " -- Mf?S. BABOON night. ' v- "Ohr criedPeter to the aston- ished boysThat was my motherl Mavbe she nn't in 1,1,. Mk.. r.i out sue suits me Kwamoinen, Tigni a own to the ground. 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