Show ' STORIES SPORTS GAMES GIVE FRIENDS AN PPPORJUNITYTO WORK PN THESE TWE EPQJ22Z0CE DOJ$WEEEP& We start off this week with a picture puzzle with a couple of l&ughs in it u STANDARD-EXAMINE- H t ) how many of your friends could answer these five rid- dies and rate one hundred per cent? Why not give them a chance to show how clever they really are and ask them to solve these? Remember 20 per cent off for each incorrect answer I 1 When is a man over head and ears in debt? What is that which never uses 2 its teeth for eating purposes? 3 When a shoemaker is about to makes a boot what is the first thing he uses? 4 When is a man immersed in his business? 5 When does a woman’s tongue go quickest? LIKE TO TAKE Occ 1 — 2— Here are some word chains con- cerned with robbers detectives and such exciting people By each a new form must word — change you ’a real one —and jou can change only one letter on each men e Change SLAY to CLEW in four -- moves Change LOOT to BANK in five moves Behead a scream and get a bird Curtail solid and get a tree — 4— In the sentence below each of the missing words is pronounced the same but spelled in a different way Can you fill the blanks with the correct words? we—— Blinded in the Life Under the Big Clown An Interview With a Famous Circus Top the right road —5— CROSS WORD PUZZLE By J the elephants during the grand parade at the start of the performance “Every performer is responsible for his own clothes and equipment and looks after them carefully Seldom is anything left behind although the circus is traveling almost every night during the summer season In fact a circus train will travel from 13000 to 17000 miles in a season “While traveling each member of the circus has his own berth or The Definitions Are: HORIZONTAL Mother King of dog Morning (Abbr) 3 5 Fit 7 9 11 12 13 15 16 17 19 22 24 Measure of land Retain Kind of fish And so forth (Abbr) Boy’s nickname Musical Fart bird Large ostrich-lik- e Craft Ventilates Thought Look for 25 26 27 Half an em Wild ox of Asia Mount (Ahhr) 29 VERTICAL Construct Aid encourage Enthusiasm Kind of fuel Native of Arabia A natne of ancient Media A formal speech A verbal or acted puzzle A number Comfort Air manner A quantity of paper Kind of pastry The heavens 1 2 3 4 ' Behind the scenes’ in the circus — performers resting between shows the big ’pad tent’ with the men at section in the sleeping cars and one end the women at the other usually he has it decorated to suit I Here many words can you form from the letters in DUBLIX the Irish capital? There arc not so many but you should find at least thirteen most of them quite easily THE CAT’S METHOD discoered her small aged three busily Betty daughter engaged in washing the kitten with soap and water “Oh darling I don’t think the kitty’s mother would like the way you are washing her” '“Well” Betty seriously replied “I really can’t lick it mother” oil and beating SLAV — slaw — flaw —claw — CLFW 2 LOOT — look — lock — lack — lank — BANK Fir-3 4 5 H-o- his fancy “Feeding and caring for all the members of a circus is a huge job The Ringling Brothers-Barnu& Bailey show has 137 cooks and at an ordinary breakfast they serve It takes pancakes to 1650 people 100 cars to carry the circus from one town to another” The “24 Hour Man” One of the most important persons connected with the circus is the “Twenty-fou- r Hour Man” who travels a day ahead of the show It is his duty to make arrangements m l Mist missed Cross Word Puzzle Solution rarl You do this apparently by drawing the head of the magnetized match across the table a short distance away from the balIn reality you anced match make the balanced match move by blowing very lightly against the end away from the head This trick is most mysterious and it certainly looks as though the match really were magnetized Be careful not to blow too hard or you will blow the match clear off the table! The same trick may be performed by letting someone else magnetize the match while you do the blowing for him without his knowledge He will be sur- - bud bua bd j cellar (even today many European bakeries are in underground rooms) heard a noisC of digging not far from the walls of their They hurried out to spread the alarm that the Turks were near and the plan of entry was unsuccessful After five days of furious fighting the Turks were repulsed and Vienna stemmed the tide of their northward advance In memory of the alarm raised by the bakers” they and their descendants after them shaped their rolls in the form of a crescent which is the sacred emblem i of the Turks AS SCIENCE SEES IT ve‘ I GOES me MORfr DON’T WORRY is one of the most useless and most WORRYING in the world Most boys and girls are fairly carefree but you all know plenty of4grown men and women who are always worrying and fretting You don’t want to be like them do you? " Yet lots of young persons really do start the bad habit of worrying When they are going to take an examination in school they fuss and “stew” over the possibility of failure They imagine all sorts of horrible things happening to them and they suffer greatly even though these disasters never actually come to pass The trouble with worrying is that it makes you inefficient and keeps you from doing your best It makes you nervous and irritable And it is so absolutely needless Nobody ever prevented something from happening by worrying about it And nine times out of ten things turn out better than you expect them to Make a vow now not to worry Don’t shut your eyes to the future but don’t let it “get you down” THE END WHAT HE WANTED come my man you’ve been looking around here a long time without buying What do you “Come want?” “I guess I want another floorwalker — I’m the new owner” Whittling Was - Art In Earliest Times Do you like to whittle? It isn’t strange if you do for cutting and carving wood is one of the oldest arts known As far back as 4000 B C we know that people liked to cut designs in wood with a sharp instrument and excavations in Egypt have shown that people of that ancient time were skillful at the art From that date on in almost every land carving has been a widespread and popular art But today in most parts of the g world exists ’only in the hobby or pastime of whittling The hand working of wood is too slow for this rapid machine age Only in Switzerland France and to a lesser extent England does the art hold its place among other occupations and even in these countries there is little demand except for the work of the most famous carvers wood-carvin- ANSWERS TO RIDDLES When he wears a wig that is not paid for 2 A comb 3 The last 4 When he is giving a awimmmg lesson 5 When it’s on a railroad 1 o ! i INTENSE THE COLD A BIRD CAGE SUPPORT A bird cage support that is up to date easily made and quite attractive is shown in the accompanying illustration It can be painted any color and the chances are you have all the materials needed on hand The upright is a iy2 inch square piece cut out by ripping a 2 by 4 inch piece in two Likewise the feet These are also about 1$ inch square Two pieces each 18 inches long are needed The upright can J OxrtraSfo2’ H THE DEEPER THE GOES THE WsITO GROUND ONE TEMPERATURE Increases ’ F Cogs Aeolia con bs cuf nroA from mofsrrot Arts 2-for- pmas JonaotA 49 tJ te at O tZ b 8 tO JPtdpss corn -- Srocss Avrxss r J 2 deorcf m ‘ Cu £s ctjfoms-pmotor rot AS bracts brrtf Coqe oAocsAy 7 tSmoss oquoras one Jg tids'onat r£ bttph This obor obosis isyous or rs- - &of broces orta A e Oc fcrtr'cC A3o y £irV Aotfbs cerrsrs ors corps broaisA TbaPnroOadcsupoorf r ts q’tted rrrpocs ' - 3 fcyo of'&tpoor fc fs£ srxfof Sfm ticctrccf orrdjorrrse tj Ernd Caq& &ryxrA- - be any suitable length but it should not be more than 5J4 feet high or : less than 4 feet the drawing is a layout of the feet pieces the cage bracket and the four toot braces which by the way should be cut out of either five-pl- y material or a clear grain board about 1 inch thick The pattern squares are J2 inch high and wide and the heavier squares are 1 inch high and wide Thus you can easily transfer the designs from this pattern to a sheet of white paper or to the wood itself Smoothing and Beveling - cutting out5- the upright plane all sides smooth- - A slight - By NICK NICHOLS 9b Ssmsi CJLXtII to Snarl doocHbj© first after' an rnozo I euer turrvptis oasr ®AO 9 ©ani iefcats’: 'happened tpyoaj: bin I brass and round headed for best results Cut out the cage bracket and smooth up the cuts with sandpaper Then cut a slot through the top of the upright just big enough to take the square end as shown You can remove most of the “wood from the slot with a brace and bit and finish the cutting with a hammer and sharp chisel Be careful not to split the wood Then coat the inside of the slot with glue tap the support in place and quickly wipe off any glue which may remain on the left end pro--tradi- ng Hanging the Cage You can hang up the cage by borof ing a small holes- -' through the support and inserting a small wire hook to take the ring in the-catop as shown Any suitable finish for the wood will do and two coats will be best If this support is to rest upon polished floors one' thing rapre should be done Cut small pieces of felt to fit the four feet and then glue them in place underneath By making the support twice as long and with each end alike you o can make this support take care and bird or a a cage cages small hanging flower or plant pot thed ge of-tw- NOT THAT KIND Rastus: I got two cats I want to name after great'menSYho do L you suggest? Sambo: Why1' not name them Byrd and Nobile polar explorers? Rastus: But big boy these ain’t no pole cats ANSWERS TO POSERS 3 India 2 - Sara Lot‘ wife 4 Swatnpv region in routheru Florida Grand Pre 5 Baltic sea 6 Sir Vfrl- ! i content with keeping his feet on the crust of the earth man has ventured to explore upwards into the blanket of the air and down into the wrinkled crust The adventure is equally perilous in both directions r The atmosphere which cloaks the earth grows increasingly cola the higher up one gbes Indeed it gets so cold that iwe cannot — bear to venture far in person butt instead we send balloons as high up as they can go without bursting to carry the instruments for measuring temperature and mois- ture When the balloons break because of the lighter air pressure far above the earth the ' instruments drop back again but because parachutes are attached to them they land without breaking These thermometers have come back to us recording 150 degrees below zero jj Our explorations intp- the earth prove that the farther! in we get the hotter is the temperature The deepest puncture we hav$ mad£is 8066 feet in an oil well in California The bottom of this hole was so hot that it melted the batteries of the mechanism used for testing the depth — and the melting was done at a temperature above the boiling point of water In general the rocks get about one degree Fahrenheit hotter every 70 feet we penetrate Geologists tell us that the earth is gradually cooling but that it is ’ cooling so slowly that the change is imperceptible Our explorations into the crust prove that within the comfortable crust on which we live is a vast furnace of ter- - Jr iible heat f Engineers ofhave suggested different plans penetrating further into the earth but’ these have been extremely expensive One engineer even suggested that we might make use of the heat beneath us to turn the wheels of our factories-- but the best of schemes : make this project much more costly than the most expensive of modern power plants ’ through each end of each foot brace then coat the straight edges and the bottom of the upright with glue and In the upper right hand corner of fasten in place by turning the eight screws home These should be of After- I ?1 made by running the plane over each edge a few times will add to its appearance Notch each foot piece center one piece on top the other on the bottom to such depths that the four feet will rest evenly upon a level floor This fit should be snug Coat all sides of the joint with best quality liquid glue tap the pieces together and let the glue dry Bore a small hole for a screw bevel As tyarnybf J&rfrXT OWL t up an ventureI DOWN ONE Snjnre equal' Ijidls taimn J work-roo- m THE HIAUER mals bread butter water and other standard needs He lays out the route for the wagons to take in getting to the circus grounds from the railroad and generally makes sure that everything will work smoothly when the big show arrives The whole circus is a marvel of efficiency Many years in the business have taught these men all the best ways of doing things It is only because of this that they can give a show in one town tonight' tear down their tents load all their equipment travel quite a distance by train and be ready for another performance tomorrow afternoon It takes a lot of planning and wrork to enable a show to run smoothly and to bring us without mishap or delay the great entertainment provided by Pete Mardo and the men and women with whom he worked for many years 1 3 POSERS loo flUhamiks W&lll Xr ua Vienna Rolls The appetizing crescent-shape- d rolls which are a specialty with the bakers of Vienna’ are a reminder of a great victory four centuries ago In 1529 the town of Vienna was besieged by the Turks Their commander attempted to make an entrance to the city by means of a series of tunnels One night a group of bakers at wotk in their 3 to© ivons: UA ODD ORIGINS right hand and drop it into the it CRUMB CAKE palm of the left hand counting "One” Pick up the second head By Ethel Jones and repeat counting “Two” 2 cups flour Close your hand pick up the third ' 1 cup “w hite sugar N match head and say “Now I’ll J4 cup butter throw this one under the table" Rub to crumbs: take out 1 and toss it from you ' cup of the crumbs and mix Perhaps someone will look for the rest with the following it and when itJ is not found you ingredients: say “No' it has returned” Then 1 cup sour or sweet milk you open your left hand and show 1 teaspoon each of soda — all three match heads in it cloves and cinnamon ' 1 egg l cup raisins 1 cup currants 3 A They thus form four squares Sprinkle the cup of crumbs of the same size The trick is to over the top of the cake and rearrange the matches to form in a moderate oven No bake three connected squares of the is required with this icing same size as the original squares cake and by moving only four matches This is really quite easy to do The answer is shown in Figure 3 B Now lay seventeen matches on We know several people who the table arranged as in Figure couldn’t get the correct answers 4 A The puzzle is to take away all ' these to posers but we know five matches and leave three luck if you just have better you’ll This isn’t very squares only think a little before trying to answer each one Why not try it now? 1 Where is the Taj Mahal? Again you perform the trick and 2 What character was again the third match head mag- turned into biblical a of salt when pillar returns hand to ically your The secret of this effective trick she looked back? 3 What are the Everglades? is having a fourth match head on 4 hand before you start This is conWhat was the name of the cealed between the tips of the village which was the home of first two fingers of your right Evangeline in the poem of that hand Then when you do the name? trick you drop the first match 5 What body of water lies head into your left hand and north of Germany and east of count “One but when you drop Sweden? the second head you 'also drop 6 Who first introduced tothe match head held in conceal- bacco in England? ment Thus you have three heads 7 What was the name of the in your left hand instead of two and you can pretend to toss away ancient Italian city which was hard and most people will be the one left on the table But in buried by anearthquake and volable to arrive at the answer B reality instead of throwing it un- canic eruption? after a few attempts But now der the table you get it between 8 What is the name of the you rearrange the seventeen your finger tips so you are ready rubber disk used in playing hockmatches in the six squares again to repeat the trick ey? WasrCt Iras tiane Hats Deb dun din Figure THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PEN Bo-Blo- w ANSWERS TO PUZZLES castor The Dining Tent “A visit to the dining tent also Perpresents a colorful picture formers are eating in all sorts of costumes You may recognize the negro waiters as those gorgeously-attire- d Nubian slaves who follow ! A mother The words are advice and the horses between Each performer has his waterproof trunk and beside it stands an iron pole with hooks for his clothes and a four-by-smirror This is the performers prhate dressing room! And a bucket of water forms his shower bath ix Writing fluid 1 )© in each town for feed for the ani- Close 2 ( i W BOYCE MORGAN “A visit behind the scenes of a circus between performances presents aq interesting sight” said Pete Mardo the famous clown "You niay see a clown in old clothes hoping that he can get away 'or a slort time to go fishing Beside him on a tub sits a great wire walker mending a rip in her costume’ A short distance away are a couple of Japanese tumblers playing cards with an animal trainer and a female impersonator “The circus dressing rooms are in 1 muL ‘ Quite an unusual recipe is conthis week by one of our tributed The Returning Match Head readers and one that I know you Lay three match heads on the will want to try the very first table Pick one of them up with chance you have You’ll agree the thumb and forefinger of the that it’s luscious after you’ve tried 5 - IN ’ match and lightly rub the head prised to see that he himself can and tell them to take away six on your sleeve to “magnetize it” perform the trick matches and leave two squares Then with this magnetized match Subtracting a Square only The answer shown in C you make the balanced match Lay twelve matches on the ta- will not be reached without a lot move as shown in Figure Two ble arranging them as in Figure of experimenting a THINGS VOL) DON’T R Some Simple Tricks With Matches Many mystifying and amusing tricks can b? perf rmed with matches and match boxes and as the materials are easy and inexto secure such tricks can pensive be performed on the spur of the moment whenever an opportunity arises One of these is a dandy to try on some friend who is proud of his strength Take a wooden safety match box and remove the cover and the matches Then set the box and the cover up as shown in Figure 1 Now challenge the strongest boy in the group to smash the box with one blow of his fist Of course he will think that breaking a frail little match box to bits is as easy as pie and he A FAST ONE will bring his fist down with a “Hpw fast can you run?” the humorously inclined bellboy of a New York hotel asked the country lad who was on his first visit to the city “Well” replied the lad bashfully “not very fast I guess” “Hpw fast is that?” asked the bellhop winking at some of his friends who had gathered to see the fun “Well now seeing as you’ve asked me the fastest I ever run was one time last summer You see fellows 'twas like this I took my gun one morning and started out to get some game I hadn’t any more than stepped out of the house before I saw a woodchuck sitting by his hole on a hillside So I tired at him “But I’d heard tell that a wood- resounding thump But much to chuck might drop back into his his surprise instead of breaking the box will fly away to one side hole when you hit him So having that in mind I threw down and he will hit the table You see the box can only be the gun as soon as I’d shot and started for the woodchuck Well smashed if it is hit squarely on the center "and a blow even slightfellows I’d have got him but to one side will knock the box as I tooped over to grab him just ly by Of course in the hind legs the shot I'd fired hit aside uninjured rare cases your friends will be me in the Lack” lucky enough to hit the box just right but that won’t happen very SOMETHING AFTER often ALL The Magnetized Match Pat— ’Ere Mike I reckon I lost Three matches are needed for me job— I just dropped a brick an’ the next trick Two of these are it’s broke placed on the table one lying Mike —Go on that’s nothin’ across the other at rivht angles PaF— Oh ain’t it? It’s broke on and balanced so its ends do not the foreman’s headl touch the table Take the third I wonder THE OGDEN “ — -- THE “D” IS SILENT ¥ class was asked in a Sunday school examination to give the meaning of the word “Selah” For a while no answer was I forthcoming Then a small boy diffidently held up his hand j j “Well” said the examiner hope' H fully sir” s a id the -- 1 ad -- “that's what David used to say when ha broke ong fil ifcc A- - S -- j vim — ‘ s |