Show 'Arch cry Is Splendid Sport Real Skill Comes witli Practice PDZZt ' You Don't Have to Be an Indian To Get Fun from Bow and Arrow 7"0U don't have to be a Indian or a Robin Hood to have fun with a bow and arrow All archers get that tray by Ions and patient practice and therms no reason why you can't follow suit if you want full-blood- ed OX — to :i 1 vim 7V MT : The first thing to do Is to get your You will need self a suitable bow a more strength to pull long bow than a short one so if you are wise you will pick one that you can handle easily and learn to use it properly from the start After you've mastered the action of a small bow and your strength has increased through practice you will be able to handle a large one much -- ARCHER &TH& STUDS SfD£WAYS WITH HEELS AMD SHOULOERS 4 UWB WITH TH6 4 We wouldn't advise a beginner to try to make his own arrows for they if require very careful workmanship they are to fly true If you simply afford to buy arrowsmake sure 'pant Sthat those you construct are properly balanced all the way around or your marksmanship will be seriously affected Cv I THE ARBONW RESTS OW TOP OP THE BOW HAWD AUD IS HELD THE STR1US WrW THE FIRST TO " THREE FH46ERS OP THE "pRAAWlU© HAUD Bow A very important first rule in archery b to take good care of jrour bow Never leave the suing in taui posiuon when you're not using the bow Carelessness in this matter will cause your bow to warp and to lose its spring When you are ready to shoot string your bow - Take the bow in your left hand keeping its back toward you and place the bottom end firmly against the middle of your left foot Take the free end of the string in the fingers of the palm of your right hand and slide of the bow back the hand up your the ""bending it until you can easily slip When into of place Jjoop your string —'nhe bow is properly Strung the string should be about six inches from the shootgrip (When you have finished same the the using remove string ing method in reverse) Mow von are readv to take shooting "position Proper stance will help your accuracy Never stand with your body Stand sideways facing the target and look at erect head keeping your the target by turning your head toward - it Your shoulders and heels should al(See ways be in line with the target about illustration) Keeping your feet six inches apart will keep you well balanced You" draw the string across your WTien fully drawn the string chest should be near the tip of the nose or the chin Practice drawing several times Without an arrow Have a friend watch you to make sure that your position is correct I When you are convinced that you have attained the proper stance fit an arrow into your bow The bow is held in a horizontal position while the arrow Is carefully fitted into place Make sure that the arrow is placed correctly by drawing the string back an inch or two Now that you havt the arrow firmly In place raise your bow to normal The arrow b held shooting position to the string with the first three fingers of your drawing hand one finger above and two below the arrow (It's a good idea to wear a leather glove to protect your fingers) Don't grasp the bow too tightly other hand An easy relaxed fj-it- the is better Keep the bow arm Virrfp the shock of absorb to bent slightly the recoil after the arrow is released but keep your wrist straight and away from your body so the bowstring won't cut or burn it (A wrist guard made of leather or cardboard will give you further protection) The arrow should rest on top of the bow hand not between the fingers C -- f ljarker aim If you can't buy a target make one firm by weaving rope or hay into a sewmatting casing it with burlap and ing a target painted on oilcloth on the front A simple wooden tripod with a shelf to rest the target on is all that you will need for a base Archery can be a very dangerous sport if proper care isn't taken by those participating in it Be sure that you do your shooting in an open place where there is no possibility of people walking unsuspectingly into range of ALWAYS make sure your arrows that there is no one near the target you shoot NEVER shoot an up into the air You Qeforetellstraight where a sudden gust of wind might carry it or when it might get lost to your eye in the sun and drop en you causing serious injury Above all don't display your skill anywhere but at a shooting range Don't think you're a William Tell because you've happened to score a few bull's-eyMarksmanship not daring is the best proof of your skill ""TVOG days" wilFsoon be here and we've dedicated tnis fire to the cottage they might have left week's puz2le' column to a survey something behind when they made their of the dog situation lo begin getaway" with we have three5 of them in asked find "Did you anything?" I eagerly the picture puzzle below "Yeah!" he replied "I sure did" OOOV4- "What was it?"' I wanted to know "Two empty kerosene cans" jiJ Many of us will be taking vacation trips with our families during the next few weeks Well have a great time but before we know it we'll be back home with a pack of exciting memories Your trip will mean more to you and will live longer in your memory if you keep a "log" of your activities A log is actually a daily record of a ship's speed but you can make yours more 'ton the order of a diary Scribble down notes on wnat you see and do and the people you meet during the day and write them up before you go to bed at "Where?" "Down on the rocks by the water front" "It must have - If you or one of your party has a camera along it will save you a lot of time for you may substitute pictures for otherwise lengthy descriptions When you arrive at home after the trip collect all your notes and copy them into a notebook using pictures to illustrate some of the things you saw A group photo of those who went on the trip and the means of transportation— auto train or boat— will make an elegant frontispiece for your book Figure out a good title print it on the cover and you'll have a complete and picturesque account to help you remember the fun you had The "door swung gently inward and the inside looked awfully dark Make a Whatnot Is to List the Things You'll Need By Katherine Houison Next time you plan a camping trip make a written list of the things youH need It's easy to eliminate the nonessentials when you're packing if the load's too heavy But forgetting some small but important item can spoil all in any woods anywhere Build even a very small fire on bare ground well away from dried grass or undergrowth and be sure to smother it carefully with earth or water before you leave it even for a short time your fun Put down clothing bedding and cooking equipment you'd like to take then decide what you can best do without if there's too much Make a list of food supplies and ask Mother to help you eliminate the unnecessary things Be sure you have a small frying pan a coffee pot a water pail and a can A corn popper for cooking opener "wienies" hamburgers and steaks over an open fire is grand if you have space for it Don't forget a flashlight you never know when it may prove a at camp And the same applies to a kit It's well to have a good first-ai- d small sewing outfit too Pack your matches in a tin can to protect them from moisture and rats And put in a mirror 1 It's fun to be a hobo in the woods but coming back to civilization looking like a tramp is sometimes embarrassing Above all remember the risk of fire synopsis Jack has his folks to let him spend persuaded the summer at Carver's him Bay where Mr Klinger has riven Mila job at the popcorn stand Iled ton the other clerk who wants to be a Interests Jack In detective work and makes him his assistant Jack considers it a joke until a newspaper article informs him that smugnear glers are thought to be operatingout to Carver's Bay He and Red set solve the mystery of the smugglers and win the reward for their capture They plan to Inspect the boarded-u- p Osborn cottage which think is the gang's hideout Mrthey has Klinger given them both the morning off so they decide to carry out their plan They find evidence that somebody has been there the night before They are to return that night and try preparing to get a look at the smugglers when the fire siren begins to scream They onto the fire truck with the other jump volunteer firemen When they arrive at the fire they are dismayed to find thatInthe old Osborn cottage Is going flames up Riddles Here are five of the twenty riddles sent in by Esther Banville of 208 Grat-ta- n Street Chicopee Falls Massachusetts Thanks Esther 1 What is a waffle? 2 How did Jonah feel when he was swallowed by the whale? 3 Why is it legally wrong to condemn a deaf man? 4 ' What word is pronounced quicker when a syllable is added? 5 What weapon does an angry lover resemble? RIDDLE ANSWERS A non-ski- d pancake 2 Down in the mouth 3 The law does not permit the conviction of a man without a 4 5 A crossbow Quick healing 1 (cross beau) Modern Fairy Tale Cutouts INSTALLMENT IV Editor's note: Lynn Armour the contributor of this article is 14 years old and a student at Collierville Tennessee high school Bis studies are English math civ- ics science and agriculture and he works in the school workshop Lynn's hobby is taking pictures and developing them in the darkroom furnished by the school His home 4s on Route Two near ColUerviUe) Here is the pattern for a what-ncabinet The cabinet is made from plywood Draw your pattern on paper first and then trace it on two pieces of plywood 12 inches by 4J4 inches in size Next clamp the wood to a workbench and cut the pattern out with a coping saw being careful to leave at least a quarter of an inch for nailing space on the back of one of the ot pieces Now that you' have the backs cut out measure three pieces of plywood for the shelves and cut them out Sand all five pieces to & smooth finish and put them together with small nails When you have the cabinet assembled you may stain it any color you wish" I made mine a light walnut Makers $ $ Money Of Our Readers THE scene of the fire was a regular People were running to and fro and shouting and getting in each other's way Everybody was giving everybody else advice and nobody was doing anything I lost track of Red in the scuffle but I finally found Mr Aldrich who is the official fire chief besides being the resort grocer He waited until several of us who had helped fight fires before and knew what it was all about bad gathered around him' and then gave us his instructions "Don" he ordered "you take George and Bill and try to keep the crowd back away from the fire We don't want any accidents Harry you and your brother unreel the main hose Don't bother about the house it's too far gone to save now Just give those trees and that next cottage a good soaking Jack you come and help me carry the small hose around to the back Well soak the long grass back there so it won't catch and set the whole town on fire" AH of us did as we were told and the crowd soon grew less disorderly as the people watched us drag the hoses into position and begin to soak everything around the house By this time the fire was beginning to die down slightly Every now and then one of the beams of the cottage would drop with a loud roar Finally the whole roof gave way making a rumble and sending up a shower of A RENTAL LIBRARY Are you one of those lucky people who receive books at Christmastime and on your birthday? If you are you may want to take a tip from Connie Keegan and put them to work for you Connie found herself with quite a few books on her hands When she counted them she found that she had 75 in all After thinking a while she decided to rent them out to her friends for very small sums and make a little spending money She set up a rental library for children She charges them one cent for each book they take out Every month she runs a special like Little Men or some other book popular with the boys and girls and charges two cents for it Connie finds her work very good It's fun too she says and training has proven very profitable The Sleeping Beauty slumbered for a hundred years I'm told Connie lives at 541 South Central And wakened fresh and beautiful —that was in days of old Court Indianapolis Indiana Her idea enough to win this week's If the Prince had searched for her today I'm sure he would have was good prize of one dollar Why not drop us missed her— line and tell us about your money He'd have had to wipe the cold cream off before he could have amaker? It may make you a dollar kissed her! richer -- " - MEMY ch you" "Go ahead" I called back ?Tm going to walk home" "Suit yourself" he replied fLet's go I boys" waited till the truck had turned the corner and then ran over to where Red was standing' He was pale as a ghost and he had his handkerchief wound around his right band "Gosh what's the matter Red?" I asked I "I cut my hand" he said "You see figured that if the smugglers had set " at a table near mine in a restau- -' rant not long ago The moment she sat down at the table with her three companions this woman began to tell the world how good she was in a voice that could be heard twenty feet away First of all she explained in great detail how she happened to be such a marvelous automobile driver People turned and looked at her with dances that were amused for time but later annoyed Then she told about a wonderful trip which she had made to the Mediterranean and Egypt She let the whole room understand that she was widely traveled that she had been everywhere and done everything By the time she left her table everybody near her was disgusted But why are you telling me about this? you say Simply because that objectionable woman didn't get that way overnight She has probably been that way ever since she was a little girl and even then her friends and schoolmates must have got awfully sick of her Bad traits and serious faults are easy to correct when you're young If you let them go they get worse and worse Think it — The Editor over DOGGY-- DRAMAS AUOURUERO - AN UNPLEASANT WOMAN person I have I'M GOOD THE most unpleasant in many a day was a woman who sat By CALVIN FADER YOUUaHv W ! VERY UTTUSr ) TO SERVE AA& MUSIC LESSON Caforward" J — PR1UCE3 - jLT?1 MOTHER AMD J v H) B'M fO)£2& S Z' MEXT Ugj They were dismayed when he ordered "Now you 'six chaps get busy and carry that grand piano in the basement up to the officers' quarters on the seventh hand" sparks that made the house look like a Fourth of July flowerpot After that the people began to drift away in small groups until there was only a handful of them left watching the fire All that remained of the house was a pile of smouldering ashes "Turn your hose on the ashes boys" Mr Aldrich called out to Harry and his brother "Soak them good" "That will keep the wind from blow ing sparks over onto any of the other cottages" he told me "Might as well turn yours over there now too There was a lot of sizzling and pop pine as the water hit the hot embers and huge clouds of smoke and steam rolled up "What do you think caused the fixe?" I asked Mr Aldrich "Well that's pretty hard to tell offhand" he admitted "Must have started inside because it sure was going good before anybody noticed it" "Think somebody set it on fire pur posely?" I asked "You would think of that" he "It would look a good deal laughed like it" he added seriously "if some body would nave a reason for dome it But who would want to burn an old deserted cottage?" I was about to suggest that maybe the smugglers had something to do with it but Mr Aldrich interrupted me by "That'll do!" calling " "Reel the hose in and let's go home" he directed as he helped me roll up the small one We lifted it onto our shoulders carried it back to the truck and hoisted it up to its holder All the rest of the equipment was back on the truck and I was about to climb on with the rest of the fellows when I saw a figure motioning to me from behind a tree It was Red waving his arm at me "Look- alive Jack" yelled Mr Aid-ri"or well be driving off without es Half a dozen soldiers with visions of soft job in the regimental band epped out when the top sergeant said All those fond of music step two paces been the smugglers cried excitedly "And they made their getaway by boat" "I think sd'rhe said weakly "But how did you get your hand cut?" I' asked "WeH" he began "there was a label on the can so I was getting my flashlight out of my pocket to see if I could make out where the can came from I slipped on a wet rock and fell down and the flashlight broke and cut my I then!" G-m- an h Your Method of Aiming Your method of aiming will depend Upon the spring of your bow the way you draw it and the distance to the target Youll have to experiment a while until you have found the best method for you to follow In general you will find it a pretty good rule to aim high at distant targets and low at ystt ones Many good archers use a or "point of aim made of a ""Apiece of cardboard or tin mounted on a wire pin which they stick into the ground in front of or behind the target for the purpose of directing their By JAMES E FICKEN Sleuth Self-Appoint- ed First Step in Successfu I Camping life-sav- er Shooting the Arrow Log of Activities Adds to Pleasure Of Vacation Trip night better J Take Care of Your - WEE& "Did you bump your head or hurt yourself anywhere else?" I inquired "Naw" he said "Let's get another flashlight and go down there and see what we can find" "Okay" I agreed "But first let's go down to the stand and doctor that cut up a little with some of that stuff in the first-ai- d cabinet" "HowH we get in?" he wanted to know "It's my turn to open up tomorrow morning" I explained "Mr Klinger said he'd be a ¥ ttle late so he gave me this key" "Da you think we ought to go in there this time of the night though?" Red asked "It is a bit unusual I guess" I ad mitted "but I'm sure Mr Klinger wont xnindr seeing as how you're hurt" "All right then" Red agreed "This cut sure stings Ill be glad to get something on it It "was pretty dark so we had to walk all the way around the nark on River street to avoid bumping Into the park benches which were hidden in the shadows under the trees We stepped under a street light and I said 'Let's have a look at the cut Red Has It stopped bleeding?" "Yes it's stopped all right he answered "but the handkerchief Is stuck to it and it'll start bleeding as soon as l take it off "I guess we'd better not monkey with it then until we get to where we can wash it" I suggested So we continued to walk up River street toward the stand - The-close- DO F I O- - 3— — — CROSSWORD PUZZLE £ I I 3 ' " Ia" I — 1a""" FT 9"iq" mm T ' tJ ST"-- ""' as" """""""" like going into the stand Something kept telling me not to but I knew it was - the only thing to do for we The Definitions: Had to clean Red's wound and prevent ACROSS an infection' Red wasn't particularly 1 A smart blow quick anxious to go in either' 3 Part of a rowboat "Maybe it would be better if I 5 A dog waited till T get home to fix this" he 9 Twelfth letter in the Greek alphasaid bet "Oh itTTbe okay" I said "Well be 11 Past tense of eat out again in a minute" 12 An exclamation I reached into my pocket for the 13 A close friend of disgust key and fitted it into the lock The 15 Altitude (Abbr) door swung 'gently inward and the in17 Noun suffix meaning product side looked awfully' dark 19 A young dog "Well come on" I said groping my 21 Afternoon (Abbr) way toward the light switch 22 Driving point on a golf coursa We were halfway across the room 24 Doctor of Divinity (Abbr) when the door suddenly swung shut 26 A side dish ' generally made with and a ruff voice said "Touch that lettuce and I'll blow yer brains 28J Novel light switch outl" ' 29 Outside of ' To Be Concluded Next WctJi I DOWN 1 A male sheep 4 -- - 2 The Kitchenette By Amnt Peggy One of these hot afternoons When the mercury is flirting with the top of the thermometer you can amaze your friends by - serving this comfortably cool and detfciously different drink Alice Pearl Pay tor of Salem South Dakota gets the credit for this recipe and We're happy to send her this week's prize of one dollar TEA"1 SP-ICE- D ? Postscript (Abbr)': The home of a famous wizard To propel a boat with oars Common name for a dog Neuter pronoun ' 3 4 6 7 8 10 12 14 16 17 A beverage A preposition Position in A conjunction Louis (Abbr) - Morning (Abbr)' 15 ' Seventh letter in the Greek alpha- bet" V A vegetable 19 20 Paid (Abbr) An emblem Elevation (Abbr)' ' A Morse code signal A point on the compass (Abbr) The first syllable used in denoting the tones of a musical seals ' 21 23 teaspoons tea Several broken cinnamon sticks 25 26 2 teaspoons whole cloves 27 4 cups water 4 tablespoons lemon juice ' —4— ' 6 tablespoons orange juice Change CAT to DOG in three moves Add tea and spices to boiling water Change only one letter at a time aland keep them there until the water is ways forming a real word a deep amber in color Strain and add When cold add the plenty of ice Unscramble these words and find juices and stir well birds: four This recipe will serve four people but LEEGA you'd better have enough on hand for STRUHH seconds for the crowd will certainly SROWPAR want more GIENOP - o Surprise Plant Will Baffle Your Friends Would you like to raise a flower plant that would puzzle all your friends? The "surprise plant" is just that No one but you will know what blossoms it will bear No one will know how you do it Take several twigs of the elder bush about eight inches long Split them in two and dig out the soft pithy pulp Fill the hollow they are filled with with several kinds of small flower seeds (look in the seed catalog to find which ones take the same length of time to bloom) put in a few sprinkles of dirt tie the twigs tightly back together and plant in a flower pot or out in the garden Be sure to keep them good and moist Before long the branches will be covered with different flowers They will look as if several kinds come from a single stem and are certain to mystify your friends A "surprise plant" makes a fine gift for a sick friend' i ENCOURAGING Het" day" "1 passed by your house y ester She: "Thanks " : MORE! MORE! Manager: "What's the idea of sitting out there absolutely silent for five minutes?" Saxophonist: number" "That was a request ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES I3 S Maple willow peach Pine idol none elec Crossword Puzxl Solution MS V A Z W o WORD TO THE WISE Editor) ed : Never hit a fellow when he's down he might get up again XCopyrlght 1919 Associated time-honor- T got to ltr the less I felt r m floor" ' —2— is a name for a so we've put Fido in our word today The second wofd is an the third a girl's plaything and the fourth is single Fido hound square image 4 S4 £4 Oak oar far fir Poplar cherry birch cypress March |