Show labiap Tfrtr mfin o STORIES SPOUTS GAMES - CBAEES JOKES TmZU3S Pirate Picnic Makes Fine Get - Together for End of 'School o Bozo and the Dizzy Blonde By W BOYCE MORGAN INSTALLMENT V I Bad sweet dreams that W’ELL for the first time In weeks The miracle had happened What with aU my I had failed to accomplish about come enough simply planning had when Boro realised that Muriel had been stringing him along and that Monroe’s pitcher was her real boy friend Bozo was fighting mad And he was still fighting mad when we took the field against Monroe the next afternoon It was a swell base ball day the stands were packed and everything looked rosy once more And when I saw the way Bozo was burning that ball over to the catcher during I could have hugged myself with glee I couldn’t help noticing that Muriel was sitting where she could get a fine view of the pitcher’s box After all why shouldn't she when she was so interested in Johnny Nesblt Monroe’s star pitcher? But I was a little annoyed when I saw Betty sitting with her and Virginia After what she’d Bozo I wouldn’t have thought Ddone towant to have anything to do ? with her - Bozo must have known she was sitting there too but he never even cast a glance at her as he went out to face the first batter He simply fogged his hard one past those Monroe players so fast they couldn’t see it They went out one two three and two of the outs were strikeouts He kept it up In the second Inning and the third but meanwhile we weren't doing much better against Johnny Nesblt That boy could pitch and no fooling He had a nice fast one a sharply breaking curve and a change of pace that had us breaking 'our backs And he had a mighty good ball team Behind him We gave the stands something to yell about in the fourth when we got the first run of the ball game on a single an Infield out and another long single But in the next inning Monroe came back and tied It up It wasn’t Bozo’s fault though One of our outfielders lost a fly in the sun and it dropped safe for a freak double A bunt and a long fly scored the runner before the side wu retired O e t didn’t do anything in our half the fifth and in the sixth I began to get a little-- worried fact that The reason was chiefly-th- e Bozo when he walked out to pitch stole a glance at Muriel Was his “mad” wearing off? Was he beginning to worry now instead of Just being sore and anxious to lick Johnny Nesblt? It certainly looked that way for Monroe got two runs on three hits in that Inning We got one of them back in our half of the sixth but in the seventh neither side scored although Bozo was saved from Serious trouble only by a circus catch jby one of our outfielders And in the eighth they teed off on Bozo again The first man up slashed a vicious single over second and the second mam hit one that was labeled three bases But our left fielder was playing for him and he got the long liner after a hard run I knew then that Bozo was weakening and I ran in to the mound and talked to him I told him what a dirty trick had been doBe to him how Muriel had tried to get his mind off baseball so Monroe and her boy friend could win the Northeastern championship I laid it on heavy and I saw the old angry glint come back in his eye He fanned the last two batters But after we went scoreless in our half of the eighth I saw Bozo look up into the stands again as he went out to pitch the ninth And sure enough Monroe got another run That made the acore 2 against us as we came up for our last turn at bat Three runs needed to win— more than we had been able to get off Johnny Nesblt all afternoon I I was the first hitter and I glanced at the coach for his signal before I started up to the plate He was calling for a bunt Well that was all right with me because I hadn’t been getting' anywhere swinging at Nesbit’s pitches The first ball was wide but on the second I iaid down as pretty a bunt as I’ve ever made and beat the throw by a full stride " Our second bitter made a pass at bunting too and pulled the Infielders close That was smart for then he on one and a ball that would have been meat for the shortbounced over his head and went stop for a single I had a Swell lead and 1 managed to' make third on a vicious WE 4-- Oin slide j The next batter did his best to bring those runs across He caught hold of one and lifted it but it went straight to the center fielder I scored easily after the catch but our man on first bad to hold his base when the throw to the plate was cut off Then with the score still 3 against us and a man on first Bozo started to toward the plate He hadn’t had of a hit all day but 4s I passed on my way to the bench I stopped and grabbed his shoulder “Paste one Bozo I” I implored “Beat that mug in the box yourself” Bozo nodded but the old fire wasn’t there And then suddenly I heard a shrill cry from the stands Bozo swung around like a flash and so did I We saw Muriel standing up her fists 4-- Dwalk I clenched -- Sill 9 i By Thomas the Magician By Mtrgtrtt Zina I’ve Is Hera and finally Well boys a neat handy Utilt case for girls dug stack under the of collection out a from of games that any boy or my way mail that has been piling up for the girl can make ' Secure an empty dgar box from any past weeks and I’m ready to start in contest seek- By Beatrice Plumb for a special party for LOOKING of school? How about a Pirate Picnic complete from cryptic due to buried treasure? PICNIC POSTERS or invitations are funnily fierce On & ragged square of wrapping paper sketch roughly in colored chalks a bold bad pirate with a wooden leg and a black patch over one eye In his sash instead of the usual dirk he carries a kitchen knife and fork and between his teeth a cooking spoon Below his piratical ferodty print in crude staggering letters— Yo-h- o for a pirate bad and bold Who buries his joes— and his treasure ! ( dan you to come and find my gold — I’U cut you to pieces with pleasure!) Add date time and meeting place and any other necessary information as “Come dressed as a pirate” PIRATE ATTIRE Any outdoor garb will do: A big r black felt hat turned up in front or a A bright-hue- d red bandanna headdress scarf at the waist stuck through with fake weapons such as a garden trowel for a dirk and a fly swatter for UA home run Bozo I” she yelled a cutlass Charcoal mustaches for the boys of course and clinking brass cur'‘Hit one for me I” Girls can tain rings at their ears don gaily colored trousers or full gym every player on the Cheney bench was bloomers with high boots and gaudy on his feet in a flashy blouses ' There was never any doubt about The Picnic Bite that hit It was a home run from HIDEOUT A natural cave PIRATE was the moment it left the bat Bozo den but any picnic makes a fielder the when third perfect finally rounding got it and he came home with the win- site several miles from the main road ning run standing up and grinning from becomes “Lost Hollow” with a few Ask the kindly proear to ear rough touches prietor of a hardware store to donate a few old kegs and boxes In memory of T was minutes before the rest of the Captain Kidd Use these as seats and boys would let Bozo alone but for holding rusty old barn lanterns finally they began breaking away or a candle stuck in a bottle and dashing to the locker room hys- neck guttered and ringed with tin cups 4 g terical over a victory Tack to trees about the camp old and the Northeastern championship burlap sacks or ragged brown I stuck around grinning like a goof bearing warnings printed in red paper crude myself waiting to walk into the locker letters as “Dead Men Tell No Tales 1” room with Bozo Have a few “victims’ bones” swinging I grabbed his arm and we turned from a branch by lengths of string toward the gate Then we stopped and below them the warning “The way There on the turf just behind the we swing it 1” bench stood Betty Virginia and MuTHE PIRATES’ PARROT “Poison riel Their faces were shining and be- the Parrot who Talks too Much” is fore we had time to move Betty broke the hidden voice of the party She can away from the other girls and ran up to he induced to give a startling class us That is she ran up to Bozo— not history and prophecy — and 'When it to me— and that was pretty funny comes-tgossip--abo- ut “Oh Bozo!” she gasped “I have a of the present company— well Polly terrible confession to make We played Pojson knows all and tells alii a dirty trick on you Muriel really Polly broadcasts from a lidless box isn’t that Monroe pitcher’s girl " He’s big enough for a girl to sit inside A her second cousin or something We big hole is bored in one side of the just made you think that so you’d get box for her disguised voice to come mad and beat Monroe” This side becomes the top through Bozo stared in complete bewilder- when the box is in place the open end ment which was exactly the way I being turned away from the audience felt Then a grin slowly spread over so that Polly can get in and out Drape his face the box with a thin cover such at “Gee that’s swell!” he cried He black cheesecloth If you can borrow walked quickly up to Muriel “And a live parrot In a cage for your den you were in on it even though he or rig up something to resemble one was your cousin and you used to live place this visible bird on top of the box beside the voice hole near Monroe?” A pirate questions the parrot who Muriel blushed Honestly she did Then she nodded and said “Yes I did replies in short clipped sentences Bozo I wanted you to win I’d caused which the pirate repeats so that all can hear The patter is well prepared you enough trouble already” They started walking away and I and secretly rehearsed so that each stared after them wondering if maybe “telling” line is a hit at I’d been wrong about all blondes being some listener and nobody escapes dizzy But just then I felt a hand on Polly’s tongue my arm and looked around into Betty’s The Trip to the Site smiling face PIRATE FRIGATE If Lost Hollow “You were marvelous Bob” she said “The way you played yourself or Treasure Island is some distance and the way you kept Bozo going and away tell hikers to meet at a central all He couldn’t have done it without place Suddenly fierce members of the pirate crew (special committee in full you” I grinned That’s the kind Betty Is— regalia) swoop down on them take never forgetting about me As if the them prisoners and rush them off to stunt that really snapped Bozo out of the pirate frigate — a car or bus placarded “Ye Olde Pirate Boat” it hadn’t been her Idea I During this forced ride they must THE END I do whatever their captors order —sing lr rough-and-rea- my giving the results ing readers' tricks for this column And now with a blare of trumpets I announce the first winner! It’s Sidney J Spam Church Road Virginia Sidney Las demonstrated his stellar magic ability by sending in a very clever thimble trick I’m sure he joins with me in the hope that you au enjoy it immensely EFFECT: The magician shows a thimble resting on his table and three small paper cones with one of which he covers the thimble The cones are which dy t'4ii ninth-innin- 5-- a good-natur- rough-and-rea- pirate songs to school tunes give pirate versions of pet school yells assume whatever piratical name is handed to them PIRATE TRAIL On the day of the picnic advance pirates go on ahead to lay this trail from road to camp site marking it with scattered Pieces of Eight (cardboard circles wrapped in gold crepe paper) and hidden notes CRYPTIC CLUES The notes bear directions as “Take ten paces west Find a weary traveler Search the depths of his soul” An old Shoe is found and in its sole a note giving some other cryptic clue directing searchers to find for instance “The grade you never made” (a giant report card all subjects marked A) “pie star you hitched your wagon to” (picture of any movie star) “The world you’re sitting on top of” (newspaper pages marked “The World of Sport”—or Fashion Drama Music etc) As the trail nears its end “Look for number— (license number of car on picnic site) Take twenty jjaces south If you leave no stone unturned you will find key to buried treasurer’ Under a large stone a key is found with tag containing gold beads a string of pearls ring fancy earrings a “dime-muntor each boy a gold collar button or d” cuff links It box is fun to put this real treasure at the bottom of an ed trunk covering it with glittering “jool$” such as tinsel colored Christmas tree ornaments and trailing from the lid a heavy iron chain converted into by a little radiator paint PIRATES’ REFRESHMENTS Make all “walk the plank” before they get a bite This Can be walking up and down a Or blindfolded along a fallen tree trunk Serve “handcuffs” (doughnuts tied together) and “foe’s blood” (red punch) PIRATES’ BONFIRE It Is Jolly to end with a bonfire with a ceremonial lighting and each member of the class throwing into it the thing be or she has been most noted for at school The Pirate Captain has his own collection which be bums one at a time “Here goes Joe Brown’s Secret of Perpetual Motion— his chewing gum Here goes Lucy’s split infinitives y and here goes Jack’s whistle Then all Join hands and dance around the fire singing their favorite school 22-ca- off-ke- attached giving final clue to treasure PIRATES’ TREASURE CHEST need not be buried It can be bidden song behind heaped branches under burlap sacks in any odd place Its treasure can be anything from the makings of Teacher "Johnny what is velocity?” a picnic meal to a hoard of Johnny “Velocity is what a fellow jewelry—for each girl a tiny gauze bag lets go of a bee with” ten-ce- nt Modem Mother Goose Cutouts it And then you tried it yourself What a surprise I But you persisted In spite of bumps and falls and before long you were a skillful rider Then once you had acquired the knack !U MARRIAGE-FO- store or cafe where cigars are sold Remove all paper advertisements by dampening a small space at a time and scraping with a knife or safety razor blade If it becomes' too wet the board will warp but it will dry straight if placed under a weight to hold it in its proper position until dry Tick the lid down firmly with small brads Then measure very carefully and draw a mark dividing the box exactly in the middle With a coping or any fine saw saw the box in two following the lines Now you have two traya about on inch deep and aa large as the clg&r box which is about 5)1 by 8)1 inches Sandpaper them thoroughly smoothing the edges of the box until they ars exactly the same site and make a flat surface when placed side by sld on the table Hinge Together Hinge them together with tiny hinges You may make soma of leather if you This word diamond is built atound tha name of places popular In summer The second line contains a word for a sleeping place the third is the corners of a ball diamond the fifth is a kind of hat and ths sixth is a pig pen R E S RESORTS - Bryan O'Lin had of pants not a pair Except for the shorts that his Mom made him wear So Bryan swapped trousers with tough Newste Joe And cried uHip hooray I Vm a man now 1 knowl - wo- - PR1SC1LLA-ICOM- OV4 MISSIOM- R HIS PRIEkiD M1U SANDWICH Er er - prefer but in putting them on he sure they do not interfere with your box lying flat when open Open the box and lay it flat on the table with the open sides down This will give you a surface of about 8)5 by 11 inches on which to make your checkerboard Now draw an square on this surface and divide this into squares making four rows on each side Faint every other square black or any dark color you CROSSWORD PUZZLE ch checker men by sawing a or old chair round into thin blocks about a quarter thick Or you may make them from a square stick and cut off the corners making them octagon shaped Faint twelve men black and twelve red or any contrasting colors Tha Definitions: you wish Make a pocket of heavy paper and I The warm ACROSS season glue fnride the box to hold the checkers 7 Like In another pocket you may put a set 9 Customary of lotto or bingo cards dominoes or 10 Direction of the compass any other games you have room for 11 Implements for rowing — o 12 Always 15 Printer’s measure 16 Perform 17 To box 19 To decorate 20 Top (Abbr) 21 A kind of social gathering subthis 24 Him Orrie 25 CityJn Maine The Kitchenette By Aunt Peggy Surprise for the girls! A boy mitted the winning recipe for week The $100 prize goes to Ruhl 70 S Cherry St Mt Gilead Ohio Happy cooking to you Orrie I of Mild Sandwich-SceY THY PAW ne COME TO ASK U4 OUR GALLANT - CAPTA1W SANDWICH tH Q 5 YELLOW CORN BREAD 1 1 Don't let these questions riddle you How many can you guess? 1 Why does a cook never make a square pudding? — Betty Jane Dial 2 What is the difference between a corrupt dty official and a church bell? — Ina Moon 3 Why Is a discontented boy the easiest to please ?— Janice Goodroad 4 Why is an island like the letter “T ”?— Spittle 5 Why is the letter D like a bad bey --William Whitham - DOWN Light boats Soap bubbles - ? ' 4 We Dumb Mother Elevated line (Abbr)' Marsh Girl’s name Child’s garment Article of jewelry A row of seats Noise made by a baby Indefinite article Company (Abbr) o— - v MARRIAGE TO A DELICATE ' “The — — of the tree barely cleared the -- — of the canoe at we passed beneath It” Riddles CUR-tshi- p S s In the following sentence the missing words are similar in sound hut different In meaning Guess them well-greas- ed no V Ml By A E Barrie In our country and abroad there has desire - Make the been much in the papers recently in redowel pin months gard to spies In twenty-tw- o nearly six hundred persons have been twenty-foarrested for espionage (spying) in Eu- of an Inch ‘ The R Arrange these words to form a four-lettword square: 1 A heavenly body 2 Fart of an auto 3 Equips with weap--ons 4 Remainder cup yellow corn meal sifted cup white flour sifted Ye cup white sugar 14 cup melted shortening 1 cup thick sour milk Yt teaspoon soda Vi teaspoon salt begins to glow 1 egg well beaten j Lemon juice used as a writing fluid Cream eugar egg melted shortening will have the same effect wen together Add sour milk in which soda has been well dissolved Add Rick: “What are those brown spots salt corn meal and flour Bake in a on your lapel— gravy?” pan 50 minutes at 350 seven Serves Hick: “No that’s rust They said — — o that this suit would wear like iron” Send your favorite and well-trie-d recipe to Aunt Peggy The Kitchenette LIGHT LUNCH in care of this newspaper If it is “My druggist has an apothecary's printed you will receive a dollar for scale that will weigh the pencil mark on your very own You must be under a piece of paper” 18 to compete “Well I suppose he needs a delicate instrument like that to weigh the when you learned to DOrideyoua remember bicycle? It looked so easy when DOWNCAST AMD OHVsfOE 15 Me WOEr IS M& I'M AS HELPLS AS FORLORN JOHN AIREDALE DRAGS A FLEA tU A SANDSTORM- HIS WAY TO THE CABW OP FRfcCUA TO A5N HER PAW with a picnic picture puzzle ch hard-boile- RIDING A BICYCLE J Methods in Sending A Secret Message ropean countries alone We do not know all the ways spies work but secret agents have discovered some of the methods they use to send messages Here are a few It will be fun to give an exhibition of them and mystify your friends The first one comes from Russia Take d Mix sugar and a egg alum with very little water making a Have your pen very writing fluid clean Dip it into the fluid and write a message on the shell of the egg There will be no trace of writing on the 'shell Peel the egg and see what is on the inside On the white surface of the solid albumen you will find your message written in brown lettering Who would think of looking for a message on the 'inside of an egg I However an agent did think of it and the spy was captured If you can get hold of a violet ray lamp you can try these two Dissolve an aspirin tablet in very little water Using the solution as ink write your This leaves no message on paper trace but when you expose it beneath an ultra-viol- et lamp the unseen writing 1 DOGGY DRAMAS PRESENT Spied Employ Clever last It’s picnic season! Let’s AT start this week’s column off ur ed you wondered how you could ever have been so awkward as not to be able to ride There are lots of other things much like a There’s a knack to doing them When riding bicycle are trying to learn? the task seems terribly hard but once you you have conquered it it’s as easy as pie For this reason you never should give up easily no matter what you are trying to learn There are knacks about doing schoolwork and other things as there is about riding a bicycle Stick to your job until just you acquire these knacks and then you will never forget them —The Editor rat see-sa- w dy you saw others doing moved about but no matter cone the audience thinks the thimble is under they are always wrong I EXPLANATIONS In reality boys and girls there are three cones and THREE THIMBLES— a thimble under each conei Cones Beam Empty At the start of the trick one thimble is in view It stands directly in front of the cone from whence it came To show that the other cones are unprepared the magician merely squeezes the paper a bit and lifts them from the table In this way the thimble remains inside the Cone hidden from View Now the thimble which Is in plain view Is placed under its respective cone and the trick begins The magician merely moves the cones over the table a bit rearranging the order of their Now he asks anyone to positions point out where the thimble reposes To the amazement of all when he lifts that cone there is nothing there (because he squeezes the cone and holds the thimble up inside) and the thimble is found under another of the Cones This time the magician merely lifts the paper and leaves the thimble on the table) This can be repeated any number of times There now! Isn’t that a swell trick? You bet it is! Sidney J Spain’s book of magic has been mailed to him along with my autographed picture You know you too can have one of those books of Oriental Magic if you’ll send a trick that has not been used in this column to Thomas the Magician care of this newspaper Isn’t that easy? All right now get busy and send one in right away and watch for the next winner! then ‘ ‘ ' -- - ' i STARTING YOUNG Ma—I want to speak to you about Junior He doesn’t like to work and gets that Jones boy to do everything for him I don’t want to have a lazy son Pa—Lazy? My stars 1 executive ability He shows o at school you see His dad tooh things to heart He placed the lad across his knee And then he made him smart The lad was dull ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES S Crossword Puzzle Solution WHEN WRITING PAID “Hurrah! Five dollars for my latest yelling at him “A home run Bozo!” she veiled “Hit one for me!” I saw a look of dazed unbelief cross face He stared for a moment his shoulders and stalked (Bozo’s the plate up J I could see Johnny Nesbit’s con- grin as he wound up for the It was his fast one right down Bozo’s big shoulders brought jf the bat around in a vicious swing there was a sweet and solid “Smack I” and story” “Congratulations young man From whom did you get die money?” “From the express company They 2 COOK — cork — core — cone done — DINE lost it” BAKE — bane — bans — BUN 3 3 Gale add It form Large Urge add L form Gruel flames RIDDLE ANSWERS 4 Flowers fire fireplace 1 Because sKe wants it to go ’round face forehead flesh fingers frock 2 One steals from the people and the fringe furniture fixture fish fruit other peals from the steeple 3 Be- frame and figure 6 Bode 4 Because road rowed cause nothing pleases him 6 Cowardice cowbell cowslip and both are in the middle of water 6 Because it makes Ma mad cowboy t 5 bfident (Copyright 1333 Associated Editors) t Magician Awards Case for Games Is Easily Made First Prises for From Cigar Box Readers Tricks Bold Buccaneers Visit 'Hideout’ For Party That All Will Enjoy £ |