| Show s' TIIE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 17 1933 Page Eight t Study of Great Document Will Thrilling Story Of Constitution Help Everyone Delights Buddy o (Continued from Pae One) through our little paper That this study will bear tangible the fruit later is not to be doubted Inhave (Continued from Page One) pastimes that one can do in the house objected Buddy “Have you ever tried reading? asked Mrs Curry “Reading?” cried the astonished boy “Why you know very well that past many ot our contributorsorations won contests lor essays poems and songs on patriotic subjects fortiEach time such success comes it in the fies the faith of our contributors ln wri "8 training they receive and Intensities The Tribune Junior crucur faith in this group of young I hate saders ' Study Life of Famous Author dust-covere- d was born James Fennimore Cooper 15 1789 and died SeptemSeptember were a ber 14 1831 The Coopers Stratford-on-AvoQuaker family from FaShakespeare s birthpla- cJudge ther Cooper was a New Jersey and He was a man of culture wealth was and energy He sat In congress was leading Federalist Mrs Cooper James was born at Burlingtotl 12 chilN J the youngest but one of year old the dren When he was a was then the family moved to what western frontier of New York apa founded the village of Cooperstown for on Otsego lake Here they liyedcame six years in a log house Jayrtes saw in contact with the Indians and formuch of the primitiveHle in the est and on the rivers and lakes of that beautiful region James was fijtt®£f tor college at Ah age of bany and sept to Yale at the day he 13 Just before graduation was dismissed in disgrace for engagwont ing ip college Ptanks He then to sea and served as a midshipman and lieutenant In 1811 Cooper married Miss De Lflncey reading” “I have a very thrilling story that might interest you” went on his mother ignoring all protests So with this she went to the bookcase took down ah old volume and turning thfe pages to entitled “The Battle of Old Ironsides” handed the Book to the ' of a famous family Young thus taking no Cooper left the navy 1812 For ten part in the war of years he followed the profession of gentleman fanner Through reading English novels he became fired with the ambition to write He began and wrote a great books His number of fame rests largely on “The Spy” “Leatherstocking Tales” "The “The Last of the Mohicans” “The Pathfinder" “The Pioneer” and “The Prairie” well-know- Deer-slaye- r” EVELYN BROWN Ogden LAZY RHYME Ho hum Ho hum! Is it time to get up so soon? Ho hum ho hum! I wish school started at noon Ho hum Ho hum! I wish vacation didn’t end Ho hum! Ho hum! Bo more time in bed I could spend! EMMA JULIA JENKINS Age 12 Salt Lake City Wheh too much salt has been put Into food stretch cloth tightly over pot sprinkle spoonful of flour on cloth and let kettle steam for short while Then remove cloth and flour which will have absorbed some ot the salt BETTY COWAN NephL This puzzle represents the name of a celebrated fiqtlon character typifying American boyhood Take the name of each ot the objects pictured in the squares and- - change one of the letters in each name and you will get the name of one of the obWrite each letter you jects scattered about the shaded section of the drawing change in its appropriate square and they will spell out the name of this well beloved literary creation Most Famous Ship Launched in This River Used As 1797 October 20 1797 “The Constitution” was launched Probably the people who stood watching the ship slide quietly into the blue sea never realized that they had seen the most famous ship m the American navy launched Although It was launched at that date it was not fully equipped until the following year In the war with the Barbary powers the ship was On Preble’s flagship and Commander took part in several bombardments In of Tripoli July 1812 under the command of Captain Isaac Hull she was engaged in a spirited race with a British squadron and escaped But on August 19 1812 she fought that most memorable battle with the “Guerriere” an English' frigate under Captain Davies just oft Cape Race From the strength shown in this battle the ship was called “Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes in a poem written to save the gallant Soon after this ship from wreckage the ship was restored and periodically is renewed and Is now In the Boston harbor Long shall we remember “Old Ironsides” and perhaps our children will be as familiar with its history as we are and feel thersame as Holmes did when he wrote: "Oh better that her shattered hulk ( ' river There are two other rivers in Kaleves but the farmers use the river that comes from the middle of the city to water their crops with Kaleves is very close to the sea PAGE ELENE LINGOS Salt Lake WHAT AM 1? Running here running there Running almost anywhere Never lying in my bed Never seem to get ahead KNIGHT CONSTANT GERALDINE RASMUSSEN Age 13 Hunter Utah Answer: River should sink beneath the wave Her thunder shook the mighty deep and there should be her grave Nail to the mast her holy llag let every threadbare sail And give her to the god of storms the lightning and the gale” KNIGHT MARY BARKER Age 14 Ogden Utah Buzzin’ Round With Buzz lad Partly because there was nothing else to do and partly because his mother had seemed so eager when she asked him to read it Buddy began slowly to scan the pages and Mrs Curry quietly left the room However she returned some thirty minutes later to find Buddy rereading the story and- - from the look on his face one could never had told that --hut a few minutes ago he had been wondering what to do Now his eyes were shining his cheeks flushed and his lips parted in enthusiasm “Mother” he pried as she entered “this is a grand story I’ll bet no ship could have ever beaten the Constitu- tion in battle could it?” ‘‘I think not” Mrs Curry replied and she smiled as she sat down by her son and told him many other interesting things about the ship “Old Ironsides” that she had heard ’ PAGE ELAINE LOVELAND Age 12 Ogden Utah When Comes Gay Indian Slimmer? Refrigerator In Kaleves Crete these is a river running through the middle of the city It is used as an icebox' for the people of the city because its waters are very cold and very clear The people put cantaloupes watermelons milk vegetables and such things in this river Right in the city is a flour mill that is ruir by the water of this ory Now that summer is all overfor this year when does Indian summer come? ' The answer according to the United States weather bureau is: It comes whenever it arrives Here’s the offi- ' cial word: Indian summer is the name applied in 'this oountry to a perjod of mild fall weather following an unseasonably cOtd spell known as “squaw winter” As a matter of fact Indian summer is not a fixed period on the calendar but varies as to date and duration in many years it is intermittent That is there may be several Indian summers in one autumn "Strictly speaking Indian summer is hot a season at all but a type of weather characteristic of fali or early winter: In Europe this period is associated with the names ot various saints who have fixed dates in the ecclesiastic calendar The mild period is accordingly known in some parts of Europe as St Martin's summer St Luke’s summer or St Michael’s summer and tradition fosters the the belief that it is always mild and warm about the time of these various saints’ days Climatological up with these beliefs CLARISSA WILLIAMS 13 Murray The Chinese cling to the belief that dragons have only tem- fire-eati- porarily left this eatth By Arval Grover I ( i |
