Show TUB SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Page Six Adell Reese Gives Us Of Memorial Day JUNIOR MAY 24 1931 Memorial Day Finds These Twq OUR ARTISTS CONTINUE BUSY Supremely Happy I’ve been thinking— “Tommy slowly began Tessle “Uh-hu- li And what is it this time?” inquired the chubby little Memorial day U a day set apart In the spring o f each year as a legal holiday in most states In honor ofthose who have died In war Beginning with the custom of bereaved southern women setting aside a day ' for strewing flowers on the graves of their loved ones who died In the ' civil war the Idea has been taken up by north and south by east and west and has become nation-wid- e The celebration of the day has been to Include not only civil extended ‘ war heroes but all the honored dead Of every war General John A Logan commander In chief of the Grand Army of the Republic In 1868 designated ' May 13 as the day on which the graves of Union soldiers should be decorated This date is still recognized in many northern states April 26 Is Memorial day in Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi in North and South Carolina the day aet apart is May 16 the second Sunday in May is observed in Tennessee In Louisiana Jefferson’s birthday June 3 was once the Memorial day but now it is April 26 Decoration day is observed by dignified addresses religious exercises parades and military drills as well as by the strewing of flowers and the planting of sliruus Salt Lake “ ‘ d ADELL REESE (50 points) Make a Hanky Umbrella-Jt-’s As Easy as Fun the various and intriguing inthe last few weeks of school —the pageants tnd plays and operettas and competitions— are having but slight effect on eur contributions Otioe in a while we notice that some contributor has sent in nothing for a week or two and a day or two later a note comes telling us how busy she or he has been with the final work at school but on the whole our contestants find time to keep up with their Tribune Junior work whether school is crowded or not Our younj? artbts have an especial ly difficult time of course for while they can plan their drawings in their All terests of spare moments they can not make all those little notations those jotted ideas or the complete verses that the writers can put down on a slip of scratch paper to help them out when the time comes for sending in their material Some of our young artists require several hours of uninterrupted work in order to complete their drawings and we appreciate the lively Interest that keeps these busy people In the ranks of the contestants First plane this week was awarded to Knight Tomoko Watanuki of Midvale second place to Knight Banndret Adell Reese Salt Lake third place to Charlotte Falk and honorable mention to Elaine Loveland Tabiona Tre-moat- on Strange Beginnings ‘ A vdry effective way to beautify a plaia ordinary hanky is as follows: Secure a stoat piece of wire strong enough net to bend and flop at the slightest touch but thin enough to bend when you work It with your fingers If you are going to use an ordinary lady size handkerchief the wire should be about seven inches long Take your piece hook of wire and bend a good-sizat the top In order that the wire will not took too crude wrap around it some ribbon or Idas tape Be sure that you wrap it very tightly and evenly New take yourashanky and shown in but x areund the wire the picture Take some more ribbon ed brother at her side “Well Miss Joy our teacher has been telling” us about Memorial day and-- how we should remember the dead and how pretty flowers should be put on their graves” “Yes! Yes! And what else? I don’t understand sister” said the now curious Tommy “Don’t Miirsei? Our elephant bank Is almost full Let’s ask mama to let us spend a little of that money for flowers" “Flowers? For whom?” “Oh Tommy don't you know that some of the graves are always forgotten on Memorial day? We'll go around and put flowers on every forgotten grave” explained Tessie “Oh— Tessle! Won’t mama be glad and won't daddy be proud that we Tommy thought of that?”-crieSo the two children ran home joyfully With words fairly tumbling out of their mouths they told their mother of their plan “Hmm ! So that’s what you youngsters are up to?” said their Jovial father Their mother couldn't speak and a mist seemed to be gathering in her eyes But Tessie had run off to get their beloved Mr Little Ole Elephant "Ha! Ha! Mr Elephant! A Job for you!” was what the astonishing Tommy had said to the elephant perched on the table in their blue and pink playroom In other words he was the monarch of the playroom and had the place of honor Next morning the elephant sat in his place again greatly reduced while Tommy and Tessie with 60 cents In their hands were hastening away on their Important errand They went straight to Aunt Bonnie who lived around the comer with a big collie dog and a little white cat and the cunningest flower shop you ever could find She was a great friend of the two children and often or a piece of gave them a cookie ' candy "My goodness! What's this?” Inquired Aunt Bonnie adjusting her ot Stories the strange origin of anything may be submitted at any time Twenty-fiv- e points are awarded for each one published LUCK HORSESHOE Most of the houses in the west end of London were protected against witches and evil spirits In the seventh century says John Aubrey the English antiquary by hav- lng horseshoe fastened to them In various ways It was the belief that then no witch or evU genius could cross the threshold which was proshoe The custom of tected by nailing horseshoes for luck to oil kinds of salting craft Is still to s certain etctent In vogue sand wo all know how fortunate it is considered for anyone te find a horseshoe the good luck being Increased by - the number of nails that are attached to the shoe when It Is picked up This superstition can be traced back to the about the middle a the ot the seventeenth small bit of it at the and wrap bottom or hanky to make it stay there Tie the top ot the hanky (with some ribbon) In a nice bow and lo and behold! yotir umbrella is finished I HOPS NELSON Sait Lake City Utah century and then we find it lost in the obscurity of the ages HOPE NELSON Salt Lake City ' A QUEER EXPRESSION When anything was washed over-hoa- rd tltt sailors used to say that it had goae by the board” After a time the expression came to mean anythlngthat had been done away with or discontinued Now we use the expression to signify that something has been vetoed ESQUIRE WILMA SORENSEN Salt Lake e WHY WE COUNT BY FIVES It is thought that the reason most peoples begin their counting systems by using fives is because they begin ' to count on their fingers—of which of course they have live on a hand It seems that this is natural and that counting by fives and tens is the result of some definite cause as nearly every country doss count In this way HAROLD DAWSON Murray u t GETS PRIZE Knight Tomoko Watanuki Midvale won the prise for the informal landscape drawing In the art contests recently conducted by the Midvale schools glasses When they had explained their have plan Aunt Bonnie seemed toNeverdifficulty in answering them theless she set to work and in no time the children were on their way home again with huge bouquets of Aunt Bonnie’s choicest blossoms plenty of cookies and a stick of candy in each pocket' On Memorial day many an eye was cast toward the two happy youngsters pausing at every deserted grave to lay blossoms on it Some followed the children's example and that day every grave was covered with blossoms and many an eye was moist As Tessle end Tommy went about happily foodies and kind words were heaped upon them by the others in the cemetery The speaker of the and shook hands with day stooped two children could not them The understand why everyone was so kind They went home wearily but happily and there sat Ole Mr EleHe phant on the playroom table seemed to wink at them but they could not imagine what his secret joke was KNIGHT TOMOKO WATANUKI Midvale 100 points) Knighthood of Youth Welcomes— — Salt Lake— Charles Nibley Cannon Morton Larsen Kathryn Sloan Ogden— Frances Shurtleff Emily Claire Barlow Qreea River Wyo — Virginia M Endsley Ashton Idaho—Wllda Fleming Battle Mountain Nev— Iris Claire Kenneberg Lava Hot Springs Idaho— Dorothy Rich " Helper— Leanor Rowlett Greenriver —Clara Tomlinson Lehl— Margaret Banks - ' |