| Show 7 SWOKIES SPOUTS CSBffiS J0KBS GAMES II ant to Be a Ventrilodpiist? You Art of Throwing the Voice Really Depends on 'Ventriloquial Drone' T By Julian Kilman TNTIL the astonishing iucccsj of Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mc U earthy the art of ventriloquism to most of us was one of casual inter- 1' est and much misinformation "Throw ing the voice" seemed to be merely an amusing parlor trick or a rare gift that only a lew men possessed But now w know that ventriloquism is not too cucicult of mastery for al roost anyone who wants to learn an art and who is willing to prac amusing tice In the first place no human being can throw his voice — unless he uses a tube or something of that sort How ever the effect of having thrown the voice is easily produced by a skilled person Ventriloquism is founded on what is known as the ventriloquial drone This drone has the sound of say a bee in flight To acquire it take a deep breath and holding it make a retching sound at the very back of the throat— almost as if you were trying to be sick (inelegant As you terms but they express it) do this slowly release your breath in a prolonged "ah" You will produce some weird sounds at first but in time there will come from your throat a The farther back in sustained hum the throat the sound is made the more distant it will appear to the listener Practice on the drone will enable the beginner to sustain the vocal cords in their position and familiarize them with their novel and unnatural duties Do uo overdo it! Tractice Various Words When you have acquired the drone with dif try u&ing the different vowels ferent wtches hiRh low ana 10 on The range of pitch may be from the shrill buzz of a mosquito to the deep From then on basso of a bottle-fluse based on of words the you practice The ventriloquist should the drone refrain from moving his lips of course He avoids words that begin with what are known as the labials that is the letter b m d v and w Professional ventriloquists have a vocabulary as free as is possible from these troublesome letters Edsrar Bergen Is unusually adroit and aszain and again in the motion picture "Letter of Introduction" — the se- verest test possioK ior a vcnimoquisi — he created opportunities to turn his face away from the eye of the camera when dealing with difficult words In that particular film Mr Bergen was supremely good giving an exhibition that ha never been excelled At one point in the show he caused Charlie that McCarthy to say sneeringly "Anybody can do ventriloquism" Then Bergen had Charlie talk to someone beneath the table It was the high work Mr in in that film Bergen's spot for here the ventriloquist was really 'throwing his voice It Is of course humanly impossible to pronounce perfectly many words far down in the throat But it is surprising how much can be accomplished without the help of the lips and teeth In this connection it will interest you to observe how your tongue teeth and lips operate to produce different letters y s and word3 Words Are Repeated The ventriloquist gets over what the distant voice has said by repeating it himself Thus he may begin his stunt bv tapping at the door of a clothes closet where he has first told his hear ers "Mike" his doll is concealed 'Hello in there!" says the ventrilo "Hello yourself" comes from quist Mike "What art you doing in there?" Mike: "Hear the rascal! Didn t you lock me in?" And so on following up each remark with repetition or comment that keeps the ears of the listener constantly ad vised of what Is being sard Songs are often used as in them the words are easily Jblurred anyway The dialogue has to be learned perfectly as the ventriloquist is talking: for two people He has little time to think It should be explained here that the amateur ventriloquist simply must de velop his capacity to act a bit For instance when he approaches the closet ' be gives every appearance of believing that there is a person in that closet This is called "misdirection of atten tion a feature that is constantly in d use by all performers how easy it 13 to misis It surprising lead the ordinary observer either in ileizht-of-han- d or ventriloquism The trnateur entertainer must become aware ef that fact and not be afraid to play A DROWE COM1U0 PROM TU6 BACK OF TH£ THROAT MUCH PRACTICE: S REQUIRED TO ATTAlU A STEADY HUM'AWO TO ADAPT OV4 IT TO VOWEL'S AMD WORDS £ood Amua IS REQUIRED OP THE' -- lfi l ATTRACT ATTEWTIOW nr tt ti ir HE WAkJTS rr- — "V 11 VA ) - t i J AAOfT jeUTRiLOQUlSTS USE- - A OOLL AUD A WEAR VOICE 4 -- Corner-BKay's Katherine Houison SAWDUST ART WORK Did you know that ordinary sawdust can be used to make beautiful pictures? Here's how you do it: Place small quantities of sawdust in tins or saucers make little holes in the center then pour in enough poster ink to tint the sawdust the colors youTI need It will cake and youH have to crumble it again when it's dry Then put each colored powder in a separate bottle Now choose a picture with bold out lines like the ones Illustrated and transfer it with carbon to a piece of smooth wood For your first attempt fine-grain- Pointers on Pets y ed SAWDUST PICTURES go over the outline with heavy black crayon to separate the color sections After you're familiar with "sawdust painting" you may eliminate the black lines if you wish although they add effectiveness to many designs Cover one section of your picture with clue keepinz inside the black lines then carefully shake a thin coat of colored sawdust over this Do this all over your picture using one color at a time and keeping them carefully Fill in the background to separated harmonize with your color selections add a narrow contrasting border and you have a clever and unusual picture Bj Horace SlHdiell CLEAN THE CAGE Cage birds need to have their homes well scrubbed and disinfected every so often Doing it regularly gives you better birds and more attractive surroundings for them Fix a small temporary cage The little wooden cages in which canaries are sold are very handy for this pur Catch the birds gently and put pose them in the other "house" But be sure if you have several birds not to crowd these temporary quarters Then get to work on the regular age Take out the roosts and scrape and sandpaper them Then set them aside in disinfectant being sure the solution Is mixed according to direc uons and that it completely covers them If you have a large cage wth home made roosts — from the hmbs of trees for instance —it is often better to cut new ones and throw the old ones away All feed and water dishes should also be emptied and cleaned and disinfected Brass cages really ought to be dipped for a few minutes in boiling water but usually there is nothing in the home that is big enough to hold them Then you must scrub the cage well with disinfectant then with soap and water and finally rinse it off well and wipe it Stand it in the sun until it is thoroughly dry Be careful about using brass polish or any other substance which the bird might reach with its beak and thus get inside its body ' especially those large Big cages to enter will need to enough for you be gone over by hand A spray gun will help a great deal here Once the cage has been ewept and scrubbed it can be sprayed and rinsed and left a couple of days for drying You will have much less trouble with sickness and parasites among your birds if you do these things and do them before the winter season closes In Remember that cleaning and disinfecting agents may be harmful if the birds can get to them Also trim all toenails that are too long but do not trim them too close Sandpaper on the bottom of a cage covered thinly with hay seed gives some species an opportunity to scratch and thus keeps their nails at the proper length —o GNUTRITIOUS The African explorer had seen many B the ?c!ov evHenl? £?d gnus during the day In the evening after- Els native cook served him a delicious to pletely as wards Let the glue dry before hang-in- £ steak your picture "This Is one of the finest steaks I've If the sawdust doesn t seem to stick ever eaten" he exclaimed to his guide well lay cardboard carefully over the "Is it gnu?" surface and press it lightly and evenly "No" said the guide "But it's just with the palm of your hand as good as gnu" V o — HIS NATIONALITY KNEW HOW IT FELT A man on entering a street car Pessimist: "Did you ever feel that found all the seats occupied so he had the world was against you?" Senior: "Sure! I felt it this morning to stand All at once the car jerked and he fell into another man's lap when I slipped on the sidewalk" Get off The second man shouted o me you big Swede!" SOME TRIP Whereupon the other retorted Tm Tlrst Eskimo: How far la It lo no Swede I'm & Laplander" li Don it o Iglooton? All of the foregoing relates to the Second Ditto: Six months by doz 8nd roar rlddlM to th Riddle Hn In "distant" voice where no doll is used sled car or tbia nwaptr Hill print to few uti ventriloquists Comparatively All night ride eh? with your came ona Again: bat They have lize the "distant" voice their dolls and converse in what is nllerf the "near voice and the "nor- PRESENT— miT' voice reiving almost entirely on the dolls with the rolling eyes and the — riiH — iys if d mouths which are manipu VICTOR TMe lated by the artkt In such work there U no necessity to "throw" the voice 2 v 0 nQA7rAC VEWTUlLOQUlT &f( However if a doll is placed in a suitAUD I MIGHT case or a closet then it is the "distant' K ADD A 6ELfT 7 At ji voice that is used so effectively A is ancient an art Ventriloquism took written a great many years ago 'Valentine Vox deals most amusingly with the entire subject The word ven- trilonuism really explains itself: it comes from ventor stomach loqul to Thus it means literally to peak the stomach from apeak fc C Makers Money Of Our Readers Most Valuable Player flj i is supposed to salt slump to the ground as they carried SPILLING his lifeless body from the field Dot quarrel so we hope shuddered and again the tears welled you can solve this puzzle without into her eyes tipping it overl that other boy's jaw as he saw him ' qj XCCURATE REPORTING WFAWJivC "Something awful has happened Dot" he said SYNOPSIS Dot Parthmor© 1 mystified because Bob Leonard a new boy In Rushton car for football high school doesn'tmakeSeveral Incidents her think he is an exceptionally good player and Do you remember hearing your mother sing "I'm only a bird in a gilded cage" which used to be a popular tune rather a long time past? Well this little fellow too is in a gilded cage but his is made of yellow cellophane sippers and the bird is made of a peanut plus a few scraps of yellow crepe paper You will need one package bi yellow sippers Clip one inch off each straw and put these short pieces aside for the spacers between the bars Get a length of copper wire light weight Clip one end of it to a sharp point with pliers String the sippers and spacers on in this order: two sippers then a spacer etc When finally Bhe accidentally sees an award which he received In 1938 from a Philadelphia newspaper as the city's most valuable scholastic player Bush-to- n ia desperately in need of a good back as Dot learns from her brother Ed captain and tackle on the team if they are to have a chance tor the disDot gets Dan trict championship Bemjs sports writer on the local paper to write to a friend on the staff of the Philadelphia Time to try to Ret some information that will solve the mysof Bob Leonard's attitude toward tery The letter is written on football and on Saturday Rushton Thursday loses a game against a team because of poor puntinjr and a weak running: attack On the follow-in- ? Tuesday a telephone message from Dan Bemis informs her that he has heard from his friend in Philadelphia But Dan says the news Is pretty bad and refuses to give it to Dot over the telephone NOW GO ON WITH' THE STORY 15-in- ch non-distri- 1K1 A OLDE0 CAGE ct INSTALLMENT IV OT slammed the telephone back on its stand and rushed for her coat and hat A few minutes later she clattered up the stairs to the Herald sports department and hurried to Dan D( Bemis' desk "Hello Dot" he said swinging around to face her His eyes were sober as he reached into his pocket and withdrew a letter typed on a sheet of grey copy paper Dot took it from him and unfolded it with eager fingers "Dear Dan" the letter began "I'm sorry about the delay in answering your letter but I was on an assignment and just got back "Funny that you should write me for the dope on Bob Leonard I knew he hadn't returned to school here but I had no idea where he'd moved to I covered scholastic games all last fall so I know the whole story about him It's a tragic story —doubly so because he's as white a kid as ever pulled on a helmet "As you already know he won our award last year He had everything — a terrific ball carrier sensational kicker and passer and fine defensive player The best --looking high school player I ever watched bar none "In the last game of the season played on a muddy field he attempted line A a field goal from the on named the Johnson opposing guard out-of-to- PEAUUT CAWAKY SPACERS AUD BARS STRUM O OM WIRE all bars and spacers are strung twist the two ends of the wire together to form a complete circle This is the center of the cage With darning needle and a piece of string pierce and string together the 25 bars that form the bottom of the cage : Draw the group together tightly and wrap the string around the outside of the group Tie securely Before the top of the cage is as sembled the bird must be put in place As mjntioned before his body is a peanut and the wings and tail are crepe paper The body is painted yellow He sits on a match stick perch supported by a wire loop A short length of wire Is fastened to the top and extended through the top of the cage where it is bent for hanging Gather the top bars of the cage as you did the bottom and fasten tightly around the hanging wire Hang the little fellow In a sunny window -- and wstch the gilded cage sparkle and gleam Of course the bird doesn t sing but he makes up for this little defect by being highly decorative and requiring no care whatever! —o 35-ya- rd team broke through and rushed him Johnson came tearing in like a wild man just as Bob kicked Bob's cleats slipped on the muddy field he missed the ball completely and his kicking foot swung up and caught Johnson squarely on the point of the jaw "Johnson went down like a log and he never got up His neck was broken It was the most awful thing I ever saw happen on a football field It came out later on that this Johnson kid had had his neck injured as a child and his family had no business letting him play football Of course nobody blamed Bob Leonard but that didn't help matters as far as he was concerned He was completely broken up I'm not surprised that he never wants to see another football game- let alone play "So that's the story I hope you won't rake it up and print anything about it because that kid has suffered enough He'd be better off if he could just forget footbalL" There were a few more lines dealing with other matters but Dot didn't read them Blindly she handed the letter back to Dan Bemis Her eyes were hot with tears "Oh how horrible 1" eh© Dan Bemis silently took the letter folded it and deliberately tore it into tiny pieces As he dropped them into a wastebasket he looked at Dot with - half-sobb- 1 ' grim smile "Bob Leonard doesn't have to worry about my digging up his story" he said slowly "As far as I'm concerned it's a closed book" W jjor iouna ner nancucercnief m mm and dabbed at her eyes fighting to get control of her emotions "And to think I've been prying into his affairs— into something awful like thatl" she breathed "Oh I hate my self!" "Now wait a minute Dot" Dan said protestingly "How could vou know? You have no reason to blame yourself" "Well" said Dot "I— I don't feel very one signea tried to smue as gooa she thanked Dan for his help and turned to walk slowly from the office Dot felt as though she had aged 20 years in hve minutes as she plodded her way homeward Football before had always been just a game an exciting spectacle ior the cheering fans a wort ous conflict and struggle for the players Of course boys got hurt— she had seen them But their injuries were never serious and they were all right in a day or a week But this — this was stark tragedy She long ago the psychology department a great university conducted an investigation to discover just why certain persons were disliked by their associates and acquaintances Many causes of unpopuwere uncovered but the one that larity ranked at the top was the failure to keep! promises This is worth thinking about Just imagine: the surest way to avoid making friends or to lose those you have is to make promises and then fail to keep them! Now examine that last sentence A moment's thought will show you that breaking your promises is the real fault but also that you can't break a promise until you first make it It is wise therefore to be a little careful in the first place about promising things Don't pledge yourself to do something unless you are reasonably sure that you will be able to make good But once you have given your word then go to any length to keep it That's the way to avoid being that most disliked of all persons one who fails to keep his promises —The Editor HeART Smith looked dazed and weary as he trudged homeward and a neighbor asked the reason "Well" he said "my wife told me to take our cat out and lose it I put it in a basket and tramped six miles into the country and if I hadn't followed it I'd never have found my way home again" NOT A Vaudeville Act VJWEW VOU GOWKJA RMISH ) THE JO& POP? ———————— li kY t?&Jl& &±X?ZVZ nW ist" ii" p ed sffw - - - that felt-better — that — — Anrl MV UV tn ti s nt- as she knew how to Bob Leonard She'd let him see that his secret was safe from prying questions when he was wun ner &ne a taut aoout everything dui jootoaii But as she approached the house she saw jacay ner young eousm standing on me iront porcn waiting ior her She waved to him but he didnt wave in return and she saw that he was stand ing with: hanging head UIU U BUG tuo J v turne4 into the walk "What's the mat- Sit icr wun your Jacky took a sten forward and rafvrf his face Then she saw the tears well ing into his eyes bannered 'Something awful ha Dot" he said his lips trembling "I've aone sometning Dad I didn't mean to dui i aid it "Whv What In th world Tarlrvf Dot cried "It can't be as bad as all that What is it?" Then he told her A frw m?nnt fc fore he and his friends had been play- mg iootDau in the vacant lot Bob LeOnard had rom alnncr and ctnnnH as usual And Jacky in the excitement ox tne game had blurted out something aoout aoos gold football "Honest I didn't mean to do it DOU" the bov cried in ancu sh "Tr -iust SUDDed out some wav" j ' her heart stared at him sadly in her shoes: "What did he do — Tarkv?" sne asked tonelessly ' "He — he crabbed me He ma An mm tell jhim how I'd found out about the gold football He made me tell him about showing it to you and throwing it back on the lot so hecould find it A— 41 ternoie vna ne looKea With a great effort Dot managed a smne &ne patted Jacky on the back "Well forget it Jacky" she said "It wasn't your fault Run home now and play some more football and don't think sny more about it" As Jacky ran down the street Dot walked slowly into the house The final blow had fallen How could she ever face Bob Leonard now? To Be Continued Next Week W9 trnintr — T v sh — uot — 1 'P'S'" 2 """" "" j The Definitions: ACROSS To cause to vibrate 1 Observe 5 6 8 Headgear Near Toward Not many 10 11 12 14 An inflamed swelling on the eyelid Noah's boat Makes eyes Part of "to be" 16 19 Male sheep Boy's nickname A felled tree 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 Serpent An exclamation of contempt To annoy trouble Salt water DOWN! A matched group 1 Him King's counsel (Abbr) To dine A food seasoning 2 3 4 5 7 To rain hard Vessel to hold salt To fasten an envelope Sailor's cry 9 12 13 14 Like Sea weed Greece (Abbr) Printer's measure 15 17 18 20 - Disorderly crowd Request 22 A sailor (slang) 24 25 27 28 Exist Used with "either" Within Paprika is another kfnd of seasonfuf and good for a word diamond The second line contains a word meaning a standard the third is fathers the fifth is a kind of weather and the sixth is the heavens Form the diamond P A: P ' PAPRIKA I The Kitchenette K A By Aunt Peggy Remove the middle letter from 9 Today's recipe is quite a large order or young cooks to make but it's a very measure of weight and get a lake good dish when it turns out successfully Remove the middle Jetter from a The $100 prize went to Evelyn Mae comedy and get a part of the body ' — 4 — iNorman oi Kt 3 box 104 Sibley lowa for sending it to us are used to being around a If you SALMON AND CORN CUSTARD kitchen you should be able to solve this picture puzzle WITH TOMATO SAUCE i 2 cups salmon cup cracker crumbs 2J4 cups whole grain corn i Vz cups milk' 2 eggs slightly beaten 54 "teaspoon salt i teaspoon dry mustard y2 liaspoon pepper Flake salmon Combine with remaining ' ingredients Pour into well-oil"casserole Cook in moderate oven (3751 F) one hour or until firm Serve with tomato sauce f 4EzzzdsoI2easomng iiiK-- n- Pr--rr--v WAWT THE FOLKS J TO KKlOW I'M A' £ f5f MAW OP COURAGE -- ) ALWAV& TAKE I Tf X A III ' - EVEB-VTHIU- G nnSjBL W&Hjrt sJ J&ffi&T S N ( ELSE VOU CAM ( LAV VOU R HAUDS Ohl J TOMATO SAUCE 1 2 1 tablespoon butter tablespoons- finely chopped cup condensed tomato soup - onion teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper Y cup milk scalded Brown onion in butter Add soud and seasoning Stir until blended Add milk — Serve I at once o — Send vowr favorite and well-trie- d recipe to Aunt Peggy The Kitchenette m care of this newspaper If tt is printed you will receive a dollar for your very own You must be under 18 to compete ANYTHING BUT THAT Riddles I'm sure all the riddle fans are not related to the answer of riddle No-today You can't be slow if you keep up withe th griddles ' in the Boys and uirls Page every week! 1 What is always behind time?-Mary Kimmage 2 How do we know all horses eos- sip?— Aferna Hints 3 Why is a sweater like a banana peeling l—Luetta Mae Christophersen 4 Why is a spider a good baseball Hancox player S What falls and never breaks and what breaks but never falls ? —Percy 1 — 1 DiUard ) HIM- £ "Among the prettiest girls present teas Brigadier General Bluff" wrote a rmorter in his account of a early The next day he was called to the editor's office "What the deuce do you mean by writing stuff like that?" demanded the editor '"WelU explained the reporter "that's exactly where he was" ¥fe WAf M Wm MEET The minister was visiting one of his parishioners and Was talking to her small son "And do VOU sav vour nraver evrv night1 Jimmy?"' asked the clergyman "Not every night" blithely replied the lad "Some nights I don't want anything" o ANSWERS TO RIDDLES tf The back of a clock 2 Seau 3 Both are easy they are talibearers to slln on 4 Because he can catch a fly 5 Night falls and day breaks (Copyright THE SALT CELLAR ed n V ed KEEP THAT PROMISE TOE CAT CAME BACK — iigtit-ueart- She By Elma Waltner BRO "To think I was trying to get him to talk about football — even to play it again I" she cried to herself writhing at tn mougnt "wen I ll never even mention the game to him from now on What if we do lose every game we play ? What if Donaldson beats US 100 to 0? What does It matter compared to something like this?" Dot tried desperately to throw off the depressed feelings that Bob Leonard's tragic story had aroused After all it hadn't been his fault If people let turn alone he'd get over it sooner or late In fact he was cheerful and now as long as football wasn't mentioned VOHPI Keep Peanut Bird In a Gilded Cage Made of Sippers UzsglU£P X N lsf o ll"TT"T"' rT Qfl 05 J&J&U By t7 BOYCE MORGAN How have YOU made money? Write and tell the Editor of the Boys and Girls Page all about H stating your age If your letter is selected for pub lication you wSl win a $100 prize A FOBTIIE imagined what Bob Leonard's feelings must have been as his foot crashed into "My work is clean and respectable also very profitable No work is dishonorable as long as it is work" That's what Urquhart Dixon 819 Gibson St Alexandria Virginia has to say about a rather unusual job for a high school student Urquhart makes his spending money by being a house boy gardener and errand boy "This kind of work would be dull and tiresome to some boys" he writes "and to others it would be 'sissy' work But to me it is a very enjoyable form of labor which benefits me both financially and physically "The job enables me to have extra spending money on hand at all times Then when I am working in gardens I get a sufficient amount of exercise sunshine and fresh air" ' ' If Yoiill Practice ! Be DOGGY DRAMAS iw trJ f J ' :VtHlX HOUSE BOY GARDENER sleight-of-han- biz-lippe- : -- 1939 Associated Editors) A timid country miss was taking her When the first railroad journey alone conductor came to her and said "Tick ets please" she fished in her bag with awe-stru- embarrassment ck Soon after the train boy entered her car and said "Chewing gum" With a sigh she said "Oh goodness do I have to give that up too?" ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES 2 Butternut hazel nut beech nut wall nut Brazil nut hickory nut pea nut acorn dougnnut coconut — raver — rave — s — LAKES rakes river FIND 4 LOSK — lona line — fins Crossword Puzzle Solution BAR Si j az3M O Ng Iff l£'MP zm 7 - r- |
