Show I -I-- V:' ' - " - ' 1 ' : i t 1 I r - i - ! ! (I ' i ! V j i f i ' ' !' r ' ' ' v ik STORIES SPORTS GAMES Si Vvl llll'IIIIHimMIMMmf)H mvvm h j Lssss m m a 1 M Ann run (JLLL-- n L The Haunted Gymnasium A Baiketball Caring For Your Pcti BY W BOYCE MORGAN Winter Light synopsis Vou have no idea how many different puzzle you can make ateut trees! Mere a picture puzzle to start with Harkr who quit rownnn lul'l Ihun ulvm Ul M Jcil fiTcrtt Miry "rWmul lirro nt North Imn beromn A I M'julr uritttlK inter High itJkkI ! nlfK' nl fulfil In Ijaekelhall tnuUs h team not Kfjixl nounh l hl Juki h'Uk m th Hwrft h l"iir enough nnto iri oft North Hhop h ntliyid tltf grnftfid Tmt Ilruukl )le le team friend l Mart lug at forward vVJUi I ten llrMjrr ul ami J)n other forward to fret! (In nt tliemake repa hint Tm great errlnjr wilh'iut ort! North fao'N aiureliult having loet a gama ami with Ted on the eidellnea In th pnrked the llret half etil In u Ik arid Then Tom J!rrnk ruta North gem a lead In the peroml half Tom Hut Jot after Jak Daniel nd their Marrtinll ripponenta hav all gone down to the end of the floor on a hort ehot the lights go off and when they come on Tom la lying unronwioua on the floor with a hlg lump on the of hi head A ubtltut hut Ted tn and play f resumed haf feelw that Homebody and atir knocked Tom out Intentionally he determines to find out why the light went out NOW GO ON WITH THE STOUT SOXJR KINDS wat-anothe- l''l ABC j m w gr trk "' V-- v C "down" poMtlon "Then somebody came In' here and pulled that switch" said Ted posi tively "It couldn't go off by itself" Joe shook his head stubbornly "Lfcten here boy" he said positively "I wu just across the! room there when those lights went off and there was nobody else in this room there had been I would hve been bound to sec him" "But it isn't very light Jn here" "And our eyes Ted pointed out aren't any too ood are they?" a INSTALLMENT II TED'S lips were set in a grim line threaded his way through the excited crowd and clattered down the stairs to the basement of the building Why had those lights gone out? It looked like a deliberate & V tht father's will ownership of ' land is firmly established -- The syllable "tree" is used In many For Instance what different words to II IV ill fI r I T & it all over the inside of the "I put ' house" V I could lay my hands on One told ""Jf 0 North mmm Did Work Himself "Doth of thes features were put Into my henhouse as soon as the profit from the eggs gave me enough I did all the work money for It myself and the Improvements didn't cost much' Father looked over the wiring after it was completed and he said It was a very good job "The house U 9x12 feet room enough for 24 Rhode Island Red hens for 4A square feet of floor space must bo allowed each bird Celotcx board was used I put it all over the inside of the house with pieces of tin at the bottom to keep rats from gnawing inside it Then it was sized with i can of sizing to make paint stick to It tnd I painted it all white father says I could have painted it with Carbola whitewash and not slicd It- t " vHRWa '1' and another described insulation for chicken houses in the egg production A if The tree of the traitor? 2 The tree of peace negotiation!? 3 The tree on guard? 4 The tree that sings? S The tree near the kitchen? 6 The tree bought at the bakery? 7 The tree of the pleader? I The tree of admission? 1 " Hen' another of those trkky sen- with one letter left out all through it and the word run together Can you read it? tences - THSLTTtEnRDWTHHSWNGSCL r K DS STTNCJ NT LA N SG T LU U 1 1 Convenient Light "In the middle of the bourn hangs TONT II E Of TH E 1 1 C KOR YTK E K r5- I - tt socket with a bulb lIt light n switch and the has a cord from it runs to the window of my room fastening on a screw-ey- e outside tbe sash I am generally up stairs studying when it gets dark or I am near the henhouse From either of those places I can pull tne corn tnd turn on the light "I recommend both these things for henhouses They have increased my eggs by 20 per cent and the birds do not eat as much grain to make those eggs as they would without the insulated house for the insulation keeps them warmer and more grain can go into eggs rather than into fur ni&hing body warmth" 60-wa- ' pull-chai- CROSS WORD PUZZLE "Wh(U httptntd to tkt Utktt plot to '"fct thf North High itar forward At the bottom of the atalrs Ted turned to hU left went past the door leading to tbe showers and Into the locker room There Dr Humphries and couple of the substitutes had carried Tom and laid him out on t bench He ws just regaining his senses when Ted entered the room u- -r "Tom old boyl" cried Ted kneel 41 "What happened? ing beside hira urn you run into the wall?" Tom his face pale and his lios working struggled to sit up but Dr The Definitions Are: Humphries pushed him tack down on the beech HORIZONTAL "Somebody hit me" said Tom 2 Proprietor "I ran Into the wall with weakly 1 Mythical monster my hands and turned around Just 9 Regular rising and failing of tnen the lights went out A second the sea later something hit me on the back 11 Negative of the head and that's aJI I know" 11 In the past "I thought so I" crkd Ted "If was 14 Perform i a deliberate attempt to put you out 15 Intimate companion of the game Waa that 17 Common vegetable Marshall guard near you after the f 18 Atmosphere ugnia went outf" 19 Ruin demolish "I don't know" said Tom "I ' 22 So couldn't see a thing He was right 24 Fuss trouble beside me when I reached the wall 25 Toward the top Ask Jack Daniels He was close 26 Corner Maybe he knows what Marshall 2S Desire players were near enough to sock 30 Lavish meal ' me" He shook his head dubiously "I wouldn't have thought that VERTICAL chap would do a- - thing like 1 Type of airplane He that seemed like a swell fellow 2 Word used with "either" a good player too" —and 3 Carry on the body as clothes Dr Humphries pulled Tom to a 4 hnglish school sitting portion "We're going to gef 5 The smallest state (Abbr) this clothes on and take him boy's 6 The study j of the earth home" he said to Ted "I'm afraid $ Proceed there's a slight concussion and I'm 10 Initials seen after a clergyman's not going to take any chances" j name "I won't go with you then" said 1J I'itrced with a horn Ted "I want to find out about 15 Sound made by a crow See you later thoe Tom lights 16 Large Asiatic ox Don't let it downl" get you 20 Garden toot Tom smiled wanly "My head cer21 Farm animals tainly pounding" he Mid 21 Therefore red-hair- I ! red-hair- I 25 We 2? Helonglag to 29 Neuter refioua ed Jctt" Ted demanded f ! d I'm t little bat I ain't aa blind as a bat T snapped Joe "If anybody had been in here I tell you rd hare seen 'cm" r Ted suddenly thought that perhaps somebody had reached In ifom out side the door but the Idea) was out ot the question The twitch was on near-sighte- the wall near the corner almost un der tbe outside windows and a good fifteen (fect from the corridor j door But how about reaching In the window? Ted lopked" and decided that this too was impossible He shook his head in bewilderment turned and walked slowly from the furnace room Then a iuddeq wild burst of cheer ing made him recall the I game up stairs He 'leaped up the steps two at a time hurried Into the gymna sium and gazed anxiously at the scoreboard Then he uttered a yell of delight North was still leading 4 Marshall And as Ted watched the last quarter he soon saw why With their star forward out of the igame the other North players redoubled their efforts Jack Daniels particularly was all over the floor a his name was constantly on the Hps of the North fans Jack was playing like a wild man breaking for the basket at every opportunity dribbling furiously taking all sorts of chances on shots And he was hitting the basket often enough to keep his tqam out In front North still had a comfortable lead when the game ended and the excited North students broke out on the floor-ansurrounded Jack Daniels In a pushing cheering mob Ted had a hard time getting to him but after a word of congratulation he finally asked tbe question he wanted answered so badly "What happened to Tom Jack?" he demanded "Could you see any- j j 29-21- i r ANSWERS TO POSERS In North Afrie f 4 Ilenjamln Kranklla Charlea JXekerti Ureat Uritain T 4 Uhlo Uelhl f Nlnety-Kl- i a— 1 Tha Je1eho 1 ANSWERS TO PUZZLES 1 Tha trea a'ra ah and walnut S willow Mapl a Tre aon hamtork and fie treaty aentry fir W you use J in playing Then' to write any letter set down the shape of the lines surrounding that letter and add the necessary dots to (indicate whether it is the first! secpnd or third letter in! that group Beneath the diagram the word 'd pher" Is written out by this method to demonstrate now it works ui course the cipher may be made more difficult by arranging the letters in the diagram in some other way In this easel however you must always keep a copy of the arrangement so that you) can translate any message written in this code "Tit-Tat-To- out-of-doo- thing? ri I'm sure somebody slugged him over the head Who was near him?" Jack's eyes narrowed "Both the Marshall guards were down there with us when the lights went off" he said "Of course I couldn t see any fellow was thing but that red-hair- ed to Tom" Ted nodded grimly "I'm going to have a little talk with that boy" he said grimly jack put up a hand to detain Ted but he had already turned and was pushing his way to ward the stairs and the Marshall close dressing room It never entered Ted's head that It might be dangerous to storm the Marshall stronghold d His face was stern as he entered the locker room where the Marshall players somewhat downcast because of their defeat were preparingto take their showers He walked un to the boy who had played against Tom and stopped squarely in front of hira "I'm Ted Harker" he announced "and Tom Bronski Is a friend of mine Somebody slugged him over tbe head when the lights were off and I'm here to find out what you know about it" To Be Continued Next Week single-hande- red-hair- o "Use Euripides In a sentence" "Euripides pants I lilla you" c" i p !? India? T ' T ' u' Jirr!lirtt iTi? ErldmWhirl tl IT wiui KJ-V- h it inuicrn "" that tern is s gift pf the (Jreat Spirit and that itj Tlifl IIIiins believe was Irstwed In thl wlwi On time an Jfidiuft youth fatted alone in the ffimf to prove that he had reached A handsome stranger! manfiooifc in green with yellow plumes clotlid 'its 7 I— " I ' i How many United States senators are there? 8 ! By r RAY J MARRAN snow-scoot- is twisted to the right or the left these braces force the j right or the left ski runner to twist toward the direction steered Will Carry Paekaj-e-a Any: 0rt of a seat can be attached to these two steering braces by nailing a t seat board across jthem and adding a back rest For delivery ol er TMBEE L E - TWO TTzdJ h 21 NCH I and girl a watch at soon aa possible it doesn't need to bo a fancy or ex- pensive one becauto its main purpose Is not dec oration but the cultivation of a very important habit I have often noticed that some people never seem to know what time it is and they are almost invariably late in! everything they do In nine cases out of ten this typo of person doesn't carry A watch Now not everybody who does carry a watch forms the habit of being on time but at least it is aistep in tho right dl T?YERY llng U?h K-- t (Copyright 30 IS4CV4 UPRIGHT MANDLC BAR boy JLs should own a I a at a rectiori ' And being on time is im There is prob portant ably nothing that makes you seem as unbusinesslike and unreliable as being chronically late Nowadays you can get a good watch for a very small amount of money It won't have a valuable case or a jeweled movement but jit will keep fairly ac curate! time Earn one yourself or ask your parents' to give it to you for your next birthday Then form the habit of consulting It jand make a point of being on time j ! CTAMPS AS A HOBBV ° By WILDS DUUOSE Member Philatelic Journalists J f A - 14 INCH PAIR Ori aonc- -5-TW- C - TWRCE- -I 0 - TWO - X I X I X O- a 14 INCMCS 21 INCWC LONO MANDLB UPRtOMT a 30 di ds Fasten Skis Together 14-in- ch ch Ice charge of fifty cents Ls made in S Government with very little warnlnz issued a addition to the postage of three cents for each cover sent through the Lltfde stamp in honor of the Bvrd expedition to the South Pole The stamp America po&t office sojf someone was for tise on the mails to and from tries to sell you a cover postmarked Little America only and was not "Little America" for more than sixty cents do not think that you are be placed on sale at post offices throughout the country Collectors desiring ing charged an exorbitant rate It has been charged that this stamp them should send their orders to the U S Philatelic Agency Post Office was Lued simply to make money by Iti rale to collectors Let' not be too Division of Stamps Department hasiy in our judgments and give the Washington D C The Ilyrd stamp is of the same government tbe benefit of the doubt We know nothing for sure except sire and! shape) as the special deliv That the government had a sincere ery stamps printed vertically Instead of horizontally The color is blue tleMre to show some recognition of and 1he value is three rents A serv- - the work of Admiral Ilyrd By NICK NICHOLS I 0msE HalnNw Tlrida atanda ftt the elno ot tha Whlaprli Vrte J tha other rx t)( prram Cluuda at your map) ' — I knew It I Jtit aa w are aboiR to havft a wonorful lime romea Old King Knnrt Tln?l ntul l iTlw bvI'itklf Thv hflnjr thf riljfayjtl IJata V ran't lj !" ui In tha h"jv thv WooIa-—tWhlfpcrlnic foilara la Quito thick you know rt-at- a 1934 at-f- otti-rlc- Associated Editors 4 tSLOCKft WANDIX CHACCi STeCRO! LONO Mi VWACta an old wooden box can be nailed on top or between packages easily : The Milky Way The milk In the "milky way whkH looks to us on very dark clear nlghu like powdered star dut Is In iH brilliant Clouds of stars so far aw j that Jto ur eyes and even to our telesfie they seem to melt together ' into U golden hare Tlo1 milky way divides our httvtn Into two slightly unequal parts erf Including the "North Pols ni thf other thn' South Pole in tbi giant celestial girdle art mil- lions uitii millions of stars aoci4 of which stand out stp very braces i : ' ' To propel: the sled over level ice d snow surface the er s oerator puMies on thfl top handle bar with his hands Once in motion he cnmioiie to puh the sled by push ing with one foot on the ground and the other foot riding on one of the runners in exactly tbe same manner as when propelling an ordinary wheel Oh coasting hills the opscooter erator rides with both' feet on tbe runners and guides the sled by twist ing the top handlebar Great speed can be obtained with these push-slewithout the danger of a bad fall as often happens when riding on ordinary skis The sleds are easily made and can be quickly assem bled from scrap lumber By using screws and bolts through holes drilled in tbe skis the skis ill not be dam aged and the frame part of the skrd can easilybe taken apart when the Skis are wanted for ordinary use Where no regular skis are at hand a pair of runners can be1 fashioned from two pieces lx3 five or six feet long Tbe front end of these boards can easily be curved upward by soak ing the front ends in water for a day or two to soften the! wood fibers then bent and held in a curved posi j tion with wooden clamps until thor oughly dry These homemade fun- - rately and brightly in the view of tW ners will work equally as well as a naked) eye but most' of which are clustered into scraps of bright ha: pnir of rerular skis Tbe atieMion of whether these ciu ters are star systems comparable to1 our own sun system has not yet bent answefed by astronomers but many sclentpts Relieve that theory ther i hard-packe- I ds The' pair of skis will have to be fastened together by bolting a crossbar (A) to the curved tips at the front end of each ski Eighteen inches from the front end of each ski a 2x4 block is attached for fastening the upright handlebars (D) which hold the cen ter of the runners together This upright handle (D) is made from two 1x2 's 30 inches long braced with three crossbars (C)14 inches wide The top bar of these braces should be smoothed for hand grips The lower bar of these cross- braces supports the back of the rider s seat From this seat bar to the cross bar at the tip ends of the skis two slanting braces (E) 21 inches long are attached These two braces throw in' n IMCMCy IN04C& over the froren surfaces by foot are power Some of thee puh-sleelaborate affairs with ornate strel runners twisted iron frames upholstered seats and gaudy decorations In this country 'where the winters of the are not so severe a puh-tc- d type mentioned would be of little value but If any handy boy wants a snow vehicle to carry blm rapidly over Jcvcl streets roads or frown ponds or down a coasting hill with the iecd of a fast sled he can easily make one of these Scandinavian pu?h-slcby using an old pair of skis for the runners ' cnow-BA- RuNNtn of America enrt of rRONT LONG LONO a - 14 2 inches loncj i six-In- SCIENCE SF F 5 IT iAlS1 NBCDCD MATCW1AL1 O FOOT OKI! x - Pl 2X4-- 6 O ti youth's prayer GCBCWEO TMROUOM DRULtXD MOlCfc AT THE TMP OP CACM SKI CROVS-fcA- In October the U 1fern nmtlh itni uJ± there uT2 I'lt110 "'ueak VfTvi1 !' i D-T- U bead on appeared before hira The ? youth had prayed to Manitou for a gifit to help his people and tht stranger rifiromlsed him ah answer his iiravkr for he was a messenHv fromtbvGreat Spirit "Six1 ttes the stranger appeared and iomjnancled the boy" to wrestl The seventh night --weak withhh wlth hufigrr the boy thought h eouKj no£ wrestle again but the messenger tojd him that on that night be "would cfjnquer The youth was commanded to bury the messenger's body and lo tfnd the grave If he tilt! sd he wouf$ again see the stranger lo his iello?¥ plumes It happened jui predicterri for ort the grave appearedj nlants which ir-- s tender t'feen-cla- d turret IttCo stalks of golflenpIunf ) mairft and so Aianitou answerea tM J M CARS CRO OWN A WATCH " Hmnml' U-lfMC- -- j j j THE CHIMNEY CORNER :" A Fruit Salad Dressing Here is an attractive-lookin- and fruit g- for deliclous-taftln- g dressing salad which in turn Is a first-rat- e dish to serve the gUIs at1 an informal party Make the dressing byi boiling to gether one-hacup of lemon Jufce one-hacup of pineapple juice and one-ha- lf Beat well two cup sugar eggs and when the fruit juice boil' sur into the egg Put the mutur back on the! stove and let it just com to a boil Remove from the fire as ll rooM it will lrrome Ifchker Tills U good with any fruit salad but the one we u it with is mmU of four slice of pineapple1 two apples two orange and three bananas All the fruit is ieled and cut Into too fine pieces It j thoroughly chlllwi In the re fri?erator Then any juke which has collected in the hot torn of the bowl is poured otf and the salad dressing which is also very cold from having sprnt some time" in the refrigerator I poured on Tbe salad Is served on Mtuce of course and garnished with maramhino (berries preferably green one instead of tbe uual red With dainty 'sandwhhes this makes a grand refreshment With any of the many varieties of cheese crackers or chres straws it is even better — Uaritry Rice lf lf ANSWERS TO RIDDLES tw-r- l i ! severely tremely long surfaces rivers freeze with glass-lik- e and the ground is packed with a hard To utilize coating-- ' of frozen snow the frozen surfaces of both the rivers and the ground for speedy transportation! the natives of these countries make for themselves a push-sle- d a that is guided type jf by band and propelled at great speed !di u 'A To what nation does Jamaica belong? 6 What state U known as the "Huckevc State"? 7 What city Is the capital of - ? t T&M? f Vl?' r liiUitlji— vprn ! TALKING IT-- OVER CJIPP forty burketa of you Imagine fhtT Of CouraaTtLay wtra Hay tuckota ! j FUN AT HOME vine-flippe- KflK - 0I)D ORIGINS 5 panirv pairif eairratr an) ntry d 4 IhU little Mrd with Ma n la ilttinjr in plain atght U limb of tha hickory tre I VromM Wrd I'utif aolutloa K What and where is the largest i dewit in the world? 2 What city did Jorhua besiege j u and take? of name the pen JjWhn ied "Poor Kkhard"? : 4 Who wrote "David' Copper-field'1 er trio MIR mi Afer AJD lhl florid for the boys I They derided not to let the girls show them up and they have been sending In lots However the girl are of riddles still doing very well too 1 When Is an army completely annihilated ?—Afi T S! 2 What i a word meaning ai holdup?— llr u?e and Wallace 1 THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PEN rlht Here are queMbns that will give you a few minutes of real thinking—providing you aren't so smart you have all the anxwera right on the tip of your tongue I Jonah!?— Mary Wingrrt 5 What Is the difference between a gardener and a Chinaman?— Evelyn Lehf asters P H E R Fl ZD R I St!aNMlapjaajSV4SWMHS POSERS ! 1 S'hy Is the wltk of a candle like Athens ?— Robert M osier A Why did the whale get rid of : f I if Maetyfon PQR YZ I I j 1 : Ski Runners for a Scandinavian Push Sled There are many kinds of ciphers In several northern European the handlebars In a backward slant but the simplest is shown in the illustration above Arrange the letters of countries where the winters are ex- These braces also guide: the sled because' when the top handle crossbar the alphabet In a diagram such as cold the and how to give the birds artificial light at night during the winter to Increase Three more trees are hidden In this Look clovly and youH sentence find them Dy this map left to me In my bill III j and-denl- y - i- 11 -- LEAD IN RIDDLES ten-lett- DEF MNOVVX k gym-nantu- JKLSTU xi - J-- How would you like to have a cecret clpjier for your club or to um In writing private notes to youir best ' Ted hurried bark to the foot o Arthur Iloyce Is one of the many friends? the Main Oppoilte the door to the boy who raised ft small ilotk ofcJ hower room dpor lead thickens last summer and now ha a Insr Into the furnace iroo'in Tec small pouttry plant for the production went through this door arid fount I have seen hundred of of eggs old Joe Connor the janitor Mand these ventures In the pat few weeks In? by the wall and gazing (in bew il Wherever the birds have a good hou' switch derment at a big knlfe-tytand good care they are paying their "What happened to the light owner a good profit and that's all Joe?" Ted demanded Joe thook his to the good I head' helplessly' Arthur says "I have read all the "III never In the w6rldjtell you government bulletins on poultry that "Somehow thl boy" be muttered switch got turned off but how Is the bigsest mystery I ever fan Into" It Ted cared at the switch The han In the upright position die was now and ail the lights in the building were on He questioned Joe closely anc ll learned that when Joe reached the switch after the lights iwent off it was open and the handle In the Ted nlli In tha I Send Secret Meaages BOYS DO BETTER BUT GIRLS STILL : With: This Easy Cipher Ily HORACE MITCHELL My it try Story f I ElMMIlll Ait CRiA2?lS JjOICES Whftri'lta ariLJiera ara in ouar- -' 3 xra z Ftpt t(ltr Iterauxt it 4 1secauA H In tha mtijMt of Crt( 1 Joruih wamri't r"i1y to dl tn (dlit 'Hi 4tartinr srHt yn the lawn wet and tha1 Chinaman kacpa the laumlry kpa ArerVVIthln f'We It modern explanation of tha milky Way: or the Galaxy is that it is a great witth-shaie- d system of stars of which we ourselves are a part arid which fweMheref ore view from w(lLTnJ The- j rti! u t 1 1 sya- Met its narrowest phat a neithe ot eyes nor our telescot have pnably lieen able to tt through Pi the very bottom of the! It ia inilky wav In every direction easier for wir sight to rnetratt spart awayfro the starry curtain whicb is Iheiyinlly way Laf trtriirihF Ind cats that Ka milky i wiiV Is gradually absorbing: cluMrr's ot stars by its tremendous1 ' jKjweflfifijiittrattlun We arenow aide to meaur of a hundi' thousaoI huht years or mote Ti new fvirthd of measuring dUanccii has revealed the tllManrei of mlillorM of more stars than we knew in lots' Althourh- the many dark patches In the milky way prevent m ttnm knowing 'what lies behind them at Ironomers have roughly catculatnl the loer limit of the diameter ©f milky rway at about three bundml 1 no wand ifjiht yrarfr— figure whl If multiplied out iinto ordinirv tti would require more leroes than i could tonveniently handle side 'ili-tant- i rs - tb' !FRAID TO LOOK Bootblack— "Shine your shoes rntw tcr?" V? M Bank" President— "No? IJootblack— "IShine them can scj"your fice In them" IJanlfci President— "No" I3otblackr-"Cowa- ra' so you |