Show I THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY ' 'yAWAC' W'M' NXy- 1932 Rmn' Pag Bailey Twins Have Fiie Party For Birthday SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE MOUNT VERNON JXV 21 ft i "Mama may we have a birthday party?” exclaimed the Bailey tw in's coming into the room where theig mother was “Well” said mother putting dowi( her work “that is right It Is my twinsies’ birthday soon isn’t it?” “Yes And we will be 0 years okk e said Janet “Well we’ll have to see darkly about the party” That night when the Bailey family were seated about the fire mother asked "Daddy the children would like a birthday party What do yod think?" “Why of course they could have said Mr Bailey catching the children up and kissing them “When party” their birthday?” “Sunday” Jackie answered “th twenty fust and Geoige Washington’! ” birthday is on the twenty-secon“Mother if I had been born a day later would I have been named Man tha Washington?" asked Janet o berly “Perhaps” said Mrs Bailey laugh 18 d !AMw-- "K vv'bfr- Ay WOL'NT VERNON ” V t i A1'$ i Ti 74 i fj T 3 ip I i - ti r-- ? 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The house was decorated with silk flags Then there w ere costumes to be made The children had never been so excited Finally the big day arrived Th! cake was made The guests weia $ t mm- 'fU?1 i" Every grade In the Oquirrh school contributed something to the program given Friday In honor of George Washington For weeks all work at this school has centered about the life of the first president and unTwo outstanding features of usual results have been accomplished this work are the busts of Washington molded by the second grade pupils one of which has been made a permanent part of the office decorations and the replica of Mount Vernon worked out by the first grade pupils The photograph shows Jack Eklridge pointing with pride to this miniature colonial mansion while Catherine Bono looks on with admiration TRUE PET STORIES True pet stories may be submitted at any time One hundred points are awarded lor each one published " PAL One summer any couwa in Calif bad a pet dog Pat They didn't want him around when he got large so they brought him to our place We begged our parents to let us have him and they soon consented While be was young he was very playful and was just like a bouncing rubber ball He grew and grew until he was a large collie dog He knew many tricks and was very clever but was rather cowardly My father was tempted many times to get rid of him but I begged him not to One day when we came home fi om school we could see that something had happened to Pal He was dead But we had his hide made into a rug for the floor It reminds me of our old pal every time I look at it PAGE LOLA RANZI NBFRGFR Age 12 Providence or-a- la DICK Dick Is a small fox terrier white with blaik spots and a stumpy tail He is full of squeals and mischief He arrived only a few weeks ago to keep Bunk company and soon won the hearts of the whole family Like all dogs In their puppyhood Dick is a He can keep you great nuisance awake longer with his whining than a bullfrog could with croaking He ran wake you up with the same song long before the roosters start to crow His greatest delight Is to remain In the houe where it is wnrm He k eps moot of the time He Is as spoiled si FSeSRgEfS ing "And I would have been named George Washington!” cried Jackie After a while Mrs Bailey sakl “Perhaps we could turn this party Into a George Washington birthday party " “Oh wouldn’t that be fun!” tan claimed the twins “We could dress Janet as Maltha Washington and Jackie as Georga I have some old fashWashington ioned clothes in the attic that would be just the thing But now it Is tuna for bed so let's leave our plans till a baby He will eat only the tendeiest foods but as that is all we ever feed him we are partly to blame for this Oh well a dog is only a pup once so why not let him enjoy it? After that he has to lead a dog’s life CARMA MORRISON Age 14 Richfield OUR DUCKS R was really a wonderful event when four ducks hatched out of the twelve eggs that had lain in their box nest for several weeks The reason that this was so surprising was that the old hen had been lifted off the nest so much by curious children that were eager to know whether the eggs When the little duik-lmg- s had hatched armed the old hen was lifted off continually and the little ducklings were acclaimed perfect by every- one When they were a few days Old they and their mother were removed to a little coop near a stream of wat r One of the ducklings died but the others giew and thrived They took to water like fishes and the most amusing sight was to watch them slide over a small waterfall They would sail along chipper ns could be pop over the wateifall and bob upright as pretty as you please We youngsters sneaked peas out of the garden and held them in our hand while the ducklings gobbled peas out of the pod When they grew older and larger they resembled bowk'gged sailboats They are now fat and large and will probably grace Hie table at some RUTH MABTT holiday feast Age 18 Salt Lake IttOlrtW 1 Curiosities Here There Curiosities may be submitted at any time Twenty five points are awarded for each one published The Great Pelican The great pelican is sometimes as It attains a heavy as 25 pounds width of 15 feet between the points of the wings The pouch is capable of containing many quarts of water The skin of this pelican is often used by sailors for tobacco pouches These birds are found in great numbers around the Caspian sea and the Black sea They are also found in all quarters of Africa Their nests are a foot and a half and are built in the islands of lakes Fish is their principal food ThtW fill their pouches and then go off into some quiet place to eat at their leisure KNIGHT CRUSADER FERN FRECKLETON age 14 Nephl Bow Glass Wat First Made Once upon a time so the story goes a band of sailors landed on a sandy beach in Palestine They first made fast their boat Then they gathered driftwood with which they made a campfire Over the blaze they set up their kettles and began to cook dinner They found they needed something to prop up the posts So they used lumps of soda from the cargo in their boat Higher and hotter they built their fire and they wormed themselves in Its roaring blaze while they ate LaU r when the fire beg in to die down one of the sailors noticed that the lumps of soda had melted and mingled with the heated sand upon whuh they had be n placed Instead of soda and sand there was liquid as clear as thd purest spring water This becrme hard ai It cooled and turned Into the first glass HARCII D STRAND Age 11 Tremonton Bata Did you know that there are over 100 species of bats and most of kliem are useful to man in dcstroving A bat never flies till after im- - coming They were dressed in cunning costumes with tiny powdered wigs and lovely flowered skiits and aatm trousers They played game! and danced the minuet and had lovely time After a nice lunch the party ended but before they left each guest waa given a tiny red white and blue flag to help them to remember the “Fathef Of His Country ” KNIGHT NELLIE BRYSON Age 13 Providence DO YOU KNOW BISTORT? Here are 10 questions which yo ihould be able to answer correctly: 1 When was Washmgton born? Where was he bom? What was his early vocation? Whom did he marry? In what year was he married? In what year was he lnaugi 2 3 4 5 6 rated? How 7 have? 8 9 ware? many children did h How long w as he president’ When did he cross the Delos 10 Where was he buried’ KNIGHT CRUSADER JANET HIGGS Age 11 Bingham Answers: 1732? February 22 Bridge Creek Va surveyor Mra 1759 1789 none seven Custis Martha years 10 months December 25 17704 Mt Vernon Va bird cannot attempt to fly bat Buts with small s fly In th early twilight but bats with long ear and leaf nose bats prefer darkness In whi h to hunt for food Some bata eat fruit and others eat Insects Baby bats cling to their mother's bark du ing flight Bet A as fust as a ears and no nose-leave- ESQUIRE NELLIE BRYSON Age 13 Providence The May ily The nearest thing to a fairy In the animal world is the dainty danrmg May fly that comes into the world and stays but one day and then is gone One moment It is an ugly creature of mud nnd the next it is a May fly Its wings look like the webs of a spider They have three streaming thread like tails (wire as long as the body A strange thing about the May fly la that It doesn't eat one thing as long as It lives which Is but one day When the d iv ends the May fly dies ESQUIRE IIFLFN CESSFL Age 13 Provident light-winge- |