Show Tin: c SALT LAKE TRTF’rN’E TEN'TOR SCXDAY MOItXl VH MAY Book Describes Fishes Reptiles And Sea Animals This Lesson Tells Of Fourth Kind Of Poetry Meter FISHE3 The fourth kind of meter is the anapaest That Is a long word but you can easily remember that this to the kind of foot is dactyL It also has three syllables but the heavy or accented syllable comes last In every foot there should be two unaccented and one accented syllable "Tlie Assyrians came dow n like a wolf on the fold And their cohorts were glentn-ln- g In purple and gold" Isn't that lovely singing verse form? The anapaest Is iiot very common in English poetry because like the foot dactyl it has the and three syllables are much moie than two are difficult to handle However as It fs well to know these four most common met: leal feet you should read as many lines as you can find In order to get the swing of them and then should practice Anting tills form "Oil say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad strips and bright t stars through the perilous ' warm-bloode- i 1 "Star-Spangl- v all" "There Is no one on And so on ) Knight Banneret Margaret Dudley Is convinced that she will have to hurry to get her sewing entries ready m time Everything must be In The Tribune office by midnight Monday May 5 Knight Bannaret Margaret kept up with the weekly announcements doing each stitch as it was described yet there are a few touches to be put on the work so that It will look its best Knight Banneret Margaret Is one of our most popular and regular contributors She has entered every contest at some time or other and has won awards in every field Tills sow- last-minu- te ing contest she claims Is the most Interesting of all even if there were no such’big awards as are included In the total of 4200 points A warning Is Issued by Knight Banneret Margaret to all particicontest to get pants In the sewing their work to the Knighthood office in time Remember you do not have to send in the complete set If you do not wish to Single samples of any stitch may be entered and win points The grand award of 500 points goes to the best set of stitches whether they have received Individual awards or not t Our Trouble Department earth’’ For the poetry contest this week nse Decoration day as your subject for a poem In the anapaest meter Notable Events Falling on May 4 Three notable events in history which came on May 4 and are of interest to us all are the following: On May 4 1776 Rhode Island declared Its independence of Great Britain On May 4 1865 President Abra- Ham Lincoln was burled at Sprmg-fiel- d 111 On May 4 1902 occurred the eruption of Mt Pelee killing 30000 people KNIGHT CONSTANT HOPE NELSON age 12 Salt Lake (25 points ) Page Robert B Crookston North Logan writes that he has completed chart A and he wants to know how to get chart B 8end 10 cents Page Robert and we will send your chart B and the Esquire pin Your report In your letter is all right Page Yvonne' Smitfi Myton asks whether members may come and visit the Knighthood office and editor a Iindeed yes Page Yvonne We have a lovely sunny club room here Just for the entertainment of We are always happy visitors to have you come Page Mary E Smith Murray asks us to explain the contests and where t oflnd the subjects for the poem contests each week The big point contests last for six months During that time each contributor to The Tribune Junior Is awarded points for hU material The scores are kept carefully and at the end of the contest tlie children having the highest scores have their pictures In a special edition of tlie little paper and have their names engraved on our beautiful honor roll Each week tlie point winners for-thweek are published In The Tribune Junior Directly after this list comes the list of contest subjects for that week Knight Neva Nuttall Huntington writes that we gave her ciedit for a i A KMCIITLY DEED It f f was on the second day of the great centennial conference held at Salt Lake City an elderly gentleman stood at the corner of 8outh Temple and Main streets Three times he had tried to cross the street each time stepping back onto the sidewalk such crowds of people and cars confused him he hardly knew which way to turn "Can I help you across the street mister?” said a boy as he took hold of the man's arm son I'd be very "Why yes my grateful if you would” answered the man Soon they were on the other side of the street and noticing the man was still bewildered the boy said "If you want me to I can help you to your hotel” "Well now If you have time I would certainly appreciate It” re’ plied tlfS man As the streets were crowded it took a while to reach the hotel where the man was staying WhUe expressing his thanks the man took a dollar out of his pocket and held It out for the boy to take Quickly the boy stepped back saying as he did "Oil no mister I don't want that” "You don't?” said the man “You must be one of those Boy Scouts I hear so much about" "No but I hope to be a scout when I am old enough But I do belong to the Knighthood of Youth” proudly replied the boy MARJORIE MELLOR Age 9 Monti Utah (50 points ) she did not send in Her was a trifle different Sorry Knight Neva Will the writer of the recipe please let us know her name so that we can tiansfer the points? recipe recie that By Mary Lamia GEE DID ENCORE ERRD e Charlotte Paik Tremonton asks whether there is a Charlotte Palk at Roosevelt as was listed In tlie point w mners That Charlotte Paik was you Charlotte In some wav the address was misgiven The points awarded were credited to your score MARY AND STELLA W and d you will discover something of interest on every page For Instance the fact that tlie eye of a flounder rolls half-wa- y around lls head until It comes to a position which suits Its this peculiar fish spends for sight most of its life lying on one side or Its body In the book on reptiles Mr Daglish cleaily dlfferentla'es the poisonous snakes from the non poisonous ones and he even goes so far as to define the whole lizard family Including the flying lizard and many others of which only one can truly be said to be poisonous I think this series needs no further recommendation and if after reudlng it you have the same Impressions of their value as I have I am sure you will be fully satli fled —Thomas Schroder in April St Nicholas tarted? "There’s a song In the air when the springtime Is near” "My own mother is dearest of S has given Joy to many naturalists and all those who can be about In the woods Eric DagILsh one of these natural- -' Lsts has given to us who live In tho city and who have not the chance to study nature ourselves a thorough description of all nature's children Ills books are very exact in their descriptions and they may be used as a reliable reference for school Tlie pictures as In the other series are woodcuts — black figures against a white backgtound Who would ever think that the sea anemone Is possessed ol life and Unit It lives and dies as we do? Yet this Is true and Mr Daglish clearly de- fines this wonderful creature which looks more like a moving llower than a living animal When reading the book on fishes fight O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?'' If you measure the lines of that verse you will find how well they fit the measure chosen for them To measure a line of poetry you maik straight lines like this — over the unaccented syllables and long lines like this over the accented syllables Then you look at those marks to find the pattern If they come like tills I— — — you will know at once that the poem is in trochaic feet and after each — you will draw a line to separate It from the rest If your marks come like this — — f — you will know that the line Is lambic If they come like this you will label it dactylllc But If they are f you will know that you are dealing w 1th anapaests Sometimes of course the author for various reasons does not keep his meter perfect Thus lh the four luics from the Banner" jou will find the first foot of the first line has only — or really as both syllables are acbetter cented and important But anyone who knows that 1 and 1 are 2 will know that one long syllable can often take the place of two short ones In the second line and also In the fourth you will find no place for "ing ” That syllable Is Just left hanging over But that often happens too and will be discussed later verses In Try to write three anapaests You can have as many in each line as you wish Do you want a line or two to help you get RIP-TILF- t This particular study three-syllab- t AND SEA ANIMALS By Eric Fitch DagU h William Morrow and Company In the following review I am going to attempt to desciilie this lat series by Eric Fitch Daglu-After God had created this woild of ours It was bare nnd not possessed of natural life God In order to make man's life more pleasant established upon the eurth all animals both half-broth- J Ta?" 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