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Show Tell Me Why HEATHCLIFF Tuesday, THE BORN LOSER i eens July 14, 1981. THE HERALD. Provo, Utah: Page17 By Art Sanso in Leaves Turn Colors The green color of leaves is due to chlorophyll, the food factory that is found in each leaf. There are other colors presentin leaves, too, but there is so much chlorophyll that we usually can't see them What are someofthese other colors? A substance called xanthophyll, is yellow. It makes up about 23 percent of the Pigmentationofthe leaf. Carotin is also WHAT'S A BUTTERFLY I HOPE IT DOESN'T THINK ITS FOUND | A HOME DOING ON MY NOSE? PO YOUTHINK IT'S LOST? rr iy present in the leaf and makes up about IF ITD OES IT PROBABLY THINKS IT'S FOUND A CONDOMINIUM ! jae 10 percentof the pigment. Another pigment present is anthocynan, which YOURE A BIG HELP I'M TRYING ) NOT To GIGELE, SIR 1 gives the sugar maple and the scarlet oak their bright red colors. During the summer, we see none of these other pigments; we see only the SHORT RIBS By Frank Hill " 2hBERICHT DOWN, ry = A DAY OR TWO? re oy By Ernie Bushmiller AND I WAS LOOKING WAS MOWING THE LAWN--- When it becomes “rT ACROSS THI é STREET--- Na OU rou, WE THINK You'RE JUMPING THE GUN ON THis DARWIN THING. R THAVEs 7-14 books, with 1,500 questions answered. Send your questions, name, age and address — with zip code — to “TELL ME WHY” in care of this newspaper. In case of duplicate questions the author will decide the winner, Today's winner: Jennifer Lawson, Broken Arrow Okla.) arcane OY AlfredAndriola YGGH! THE STUPID DOOR WON'T BUDGE/. YOu OKay IN THERE, CAROLA? (Win fourillustrated ‘Tell Me Why” I-I GUESS S0 LEFTY! SHANDAR LOCKED ME IN THIS SPOOKY CLOSET WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER... YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO REPENT FOOLISH CHILD- OR FACE DREAD,FUL CONSEQUENCES / ee ate toe The Riddle Box t ) What goes from onecity to another ut never moves? 2) What is ev r doing at fhesamne time? 3) How any sides does a circle have? Answers: 1) A railroad track, 2) Siping older. 3) Two, inside and outhae (With illustration ) WINTHROP By Dick Cavalli IT AMTOO A BASEBALL FAN... T KNOW ALL ABOLIT oo AND I MOWED ~ a their leaves at the approach of winter, butlose them gradually throughoutthe year. That's why they always look green. THE PUZZLE BOX YOUR CABBAGE ag Most evergreen trees do not shed all Bae aes LEAVING fr OEE AUNT FRITZI, I green chlorophyll. cold, the food that has been stored awayin the leaves beginsto flowto the tree's branches and trunk. Since no more food will be produced in the winter, the cholorophyll food factory closes down and the chlorophyll disintegrates. As the chlorophyll disappears. the other pigments that have been present all the time becomevisible. The leaves take on all the beautiful colors that we enjoy seeing. Before the leaves fall, a compact layerofcells formsat the base of each leaf. Then when the wind blows, the leaves are dislodged. On the twig there is a scar that marks the former position of each leaf. WORE me en Sean me vias ag GAIN?” ARE THEYTELLING SPOOKY STORIES AGAIN? THERE'S THE AMERIC LEGION, AND ‘ite THE NATIONAL LEGION... FOREIGNLeetnNANDTHE PLEDGE-OF-A LEGION. WIDSERCRERV EHMRAM Tele Hereare the namesof three common tools. To find out what they are, rearrange the letters in each word. See tomorrow's Paper forthe answer. Answer to yesterday's puzzle REDEYE By Gordon Bess Andy is 8, Billy is5 ardChalle ins box: YOUR STUPID SNORING KEPT ME AWAKE ke ALL NIGHT/ , win aeetel Tel Me Wy jook, with hundreds of questions IMPOS. : to “RIDDLES, JOKES, TELL ME WHY” in care of thin newspaper. Today's winner: Janice Moody,11, Rict® mond, Va.) COPYRIGHT 1981 UNIVERSAL Todayis Tuesday, July 14. the 195th day of 1981 with 170to follow. The moon is moving towardits full hase. The morning stars are Mercury and Mars. The evening stars are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman was font July 14, 1918. Onthis date in history: In 1789, the French ened Bastille Prison in Paris, a day now com- memorated as a matioeal holiday in France. MARYWORTH i ? CHOICE, ASH ( — ~ j OC 1 DONT DARE TURN ea AROUND OR NOMAD W/LL / fe oy ie es) Mal. A thought for the day: American Va GeSh Sunni, me 4 = If the shoe fits, it will come in suede only, when you wanted smooth leather. MY 3 Nag SUIADE SOM NASA TO A HAND REPAIRING THE DAMAGE Out THERE... By Saunders & Ernst MY PARENTS WERE TEACHERS! 1 WAS BORN WITH BLACKBOARD ‘ CHALK IN MY BLOOD! STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD I the death sentence and Speck remains in prison, In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential uomination on thefirst ballot in New York’s Madison Square Garden, Carter went on to defeat the incumbent President Gerald Ford on Nov. 2. statesman Adlai Stevenson said, ‘A hungry manis not a free man." THINKER EITHER 3 = “ LiTTY No!euTr SUPPOSE THAT DID YOU STUDY TO WOULD HAVE A NU BEEN MY SECOND Supreme Court subsequently ruled out known FATHER WASN'T A FAST 2 (han In 1965, American statesman Adlai Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governorof Illinois, died of a heart attack in Londonat the age of 65. In 1966, eight nurses were found murdered in Chicago, Drifter Richard Speck later was convicted of the slayings and sentenced to death. The U.S. | liversTwist” Peles HEREDITARY... |i é id PRESS SYNDICATE By United Press International IT MUST BE : GET HOME UNTIL DAYBREAK ! answered. Send your riddles and jokes This Day In History BE! I cciaaeae I I MAY BE THE ONLY TEACHER WHO EVER MARRIED HER FIRS By Saunders& Overgard Ill AFTA LEAD ALAND ERE I WANTED |