Show TIIK SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Many Interesting Things Found in ‘Bird in the Bush’ It is rather difficult to know where to begin with ‘Bird in the Bu-h- " a new Utile book written and illustiat-e- d Grace Hallock Taber by One might begin with the verse? or the Hire yellow pacr and green binding that makes one think of spring time and jonquils or perhaps the ihver picture maps would be beit— or the bright and cunning jarket1 The verses are all just four lines long and they are all about the things One finds in the garden or along the lane or down by the liver Of course tills means that there are robins and bobolinks and hoptoads anil water snakes there are chickens and rabbits and cows and orioles theie are a barn and a haystack and cross-lo- ts anil grandmother s garden Oh yes since the verses are short there is room for a great many lovely things! The picture maps are really fascinating Not only do they show all the places mentioned in the verses but they also give one a new respect for and a new understanding of maps One Is apt to ask “Why aren't sohool book maps like tills?-- And then to offset this lack in school books one might take his crayons and draw some picture maps of his own yard “Bird In the Bush" is for little children who can read or who can at ‘least listen while an older child or mother reads to them It is published bv E P Dutton company And even if the yellow paper and green covers suggest spring the gay toy blocks Jacket suggests a plavroom and would look Jolly standing on your book shelf JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 21 I’age & ALL SET FOR TRICYCLE RACE How Mary Aim Proved That She 'VY H I G - V- - - t - Could Be Helpful V ’ 1-! -fSyiir--- ' 0 In thep days Night Mystery Only the busy beetle in the wall Only from the forest screech-owl's The call Only the cricket whistling While the fall So I know not who came At all at all at all! KNIGHT B NNERET DOROTHY SMITH Ogden 50 points g of all kinds of con- tests a tiicycle race Is especially Interesting to our younger members Such a race was staged recently along one of the shady avenues of Bouse Idaho when Dick Pearson son of Mr and Mrs B C Pearson of Denver Colo claimed that his Denver bike could beat any velocipede in Idaho dew-dro- HORSEPOWER Many people bellevif that one horsepower means the Strength of one horse But that is far from right The strength of one horsepower was figured by James Watt A engine would have the power to lift 33000 pounds one foot Or a high per minute engine could lift 3300 000 pounds one foot high per minute To find the horsepower of an engine multiply together the pressure hi pounds on a square inrh of the piston the area of the piston in inches the length of the stroke In feet and the number of strokes per minute divide the result by 33000 and the will give you quotient less the horsepower KNIGHT DEFENDER STEVE E HATCH Woods Cross age 12 MILES OF ROOM There are 32 miles of rooms In the caverns at Carlsbad N M one-ten- th Page Sylvia Vanderford Aberdeen Idaho asks whether the poems and other contributions for the scrapbooks have to be original Do puzzles have to be original? Puzzles must be original Page As to the poems to be Sylvia us-- d in the scrapbook original contributions are preferred If selected ones aie sent in that fact should be Indicated Other material should be original unless Its bemg copied is distinctly mentioned and then the author's name should be given Knight Banneret Anastasla Malko-giawants to know Sunnysidc whether she has to send her chart In each time she reports for a pro- ni motion No not feel very well while mother went to town “Well I will have to take them with me after all” aaid her mother "You cannot tend two ihilihen if you aio 6itk " As Mary Ann watt lied them go she thought It was not tike at all to moko her mother take those children but thought "f do not feel like tending chihli n today ” Jl v VO" All day indeed Knight Banneret Anastasia Simply tell us how many O s and how many X s you have on your chart Knight Mary Manker Vernal wishes to know whether 10 cents will cover the cost of chart C and the knight badge Yes indeed Knight Mary Ten cents Is exactly what they cost Page Hazel to know Just do now that There is Carver Ely Nev wants what she is expected to she has Joined our club but one absolute requirement Page Hazel and that is that you mark your chart every evening honestly and report for promotion when your chart Is filled However there are a great many activities that will add to your pleasure You may enter our Tribune Junior contests you may start Frlendships-by-Ma- il with other members: you may study Knighthood and chivalry in books selected at the library — In fact you may make the club mean everything in your daily life We hope you do this because in this way you have the most fun and accomplish the most good Esquire Dantzel Tlngey Brigham long she lay around but she thought of wlmt she could do ti Then she said to help her mother herself' ‘I know what I will do to I will do the washing that help mother lias been worrying about” So even though she did feel very sick she waJud and lnmg out all of tho clothes Then after setting the tnblo for supper she lay down and fell asleep When her mother came homo she could not imagine who hud done the washing Then she knew whv her daughter had done It So In tho morning Mary Ann lelt quite well At breakfast she found 50 cents on her plate Her mother said that was for doing the washing yesterday PAGE RAMONA WOOtLFY Maxine Haga and Billy Campbell of Boise stoutly defended the reputation of their home state Kathleen Taylor another resident of Boise was chosen as Judge We arc assured that the judge was absolutely impaitial however and declared the race a tie so everyone was happy and the championship not yet decided ’ Someone came knocking At my wee small door Someone came knocking I'm sure' Sure! Sure! I listened I opened I looked left and right But naught tWre was stirring In the still dark night did Mary Ann the day her mother wanted her to tend her little sitter and brother aw I Thre City wants to know how to get In on all the contests Read The Tribune Junior each week and find what contests you would like to enter Then sit down and write or draw or make your contribution and mall it to us ‘That is all there is to it We shall be looking for something from you Salt Lake IIow to Easily Tell Person's Aje C5 Here Is a trick that will mvdlfy almost anyone who does not know it and very few can guess how you accomplish the feat You cun easily a it Knight Banneret Dorothv Salt Lake asks whether the daily Quest of Character Column has been discontinued as she has been unable to find it for some time Yes Knight Dorothy the dally column was discontinued at the end of June Wip-precl- tell person's age If you will memorize the following formula Ask tha person to put down the number of the month in which he was born multiply It by 2 add 5 multiply by 50 add his age subtract 365 and add 115 and tell you his answer The two figures to the right will be his age and the remainder Is tha month of his birth OMA TURPIN Falrview Knight Viola Sundqulst Midvale asks whether she can go right on from where she left off marking her chart when she went on her vacation Yes indeed Knight Viola Go right on checking vour chart until it is filled 50 points There are 9500 Girl Reserve visers In the United States Herald Gwen Johnston Blackfoot wants to know whether we give ixnnts for photographs She also wants the Cheer-u- p club explained and would like Tomoko Watanuki's address ) ad- where she left off marking it when school closed Yes Knight Banneret Elaine go right on until the chart is filled We award 100 poinLs for each snapshot we can publish Herald Gwen Professional pliotopraphs are not of course awarded points The Cheer-u- p club Is made up of names of members who are ill and will be confined to the house for several weeks Then our members write to these children to cheer Page Dorothy Rose Logan asks us to explain the Scrapbook The Scrapbook Is set aside for contributions that are especially good to save Ul scrapbooks: poems little helpful suggestions hints to help with your work things to make games to plav etc are all suitable The contributions for the girl's scrapbook must be written by girls for girls and for tha boys' scrapbook they must be written by boys tor boys We have a small Boston bull ten ler and want to find a name for her She is only 2 dRys old now She Is very pretty and we should like the readers of The Tribune Junior to suggest a name Thev tan mall their names direct to me or cun send them to you ALBERTA SFMKEN Na tonal them up Tomoko’s address Is West Center street Midvale Utah We received a very nice letter from Arthur Long Beach but as no last name was signed we do not know who e card to change as sugWill you send us your last gested name Arthur? Knight Banneret Elaine Turner Salt Lake wants to know whether she can go on with her chart from Mttri y Ldiuht By (VcE CMJGHT V£ T - £XT' m i oud HdU AflR-- £oTH C 3E D OUT |