Show - 16 - - - - - 424 - a ' - SUNDAY MORNING APRIL THE SALTLAKEIRIBIINE JUNIOR Bill Finds p t f Fool's day Bill wanted to fool someone but didn't know how in-- - --Cho- ' - to thsehlide-of-a-tree- - -- — 0 - of ktcl ' - 014411 think He sat there for a long time and suddenly an idea popped Into his head He ran toward home as fast as his legs could carry him His father and mother were not home but this made no difference to Bill He grabbed the rake and the broom and was as busy as could be clearing the yard and raking the lawn Then he pped an armful of wool He was tired but happy He looked around him but could see nothing else to do right here so he skipped over to Widow Johnson's place He 'I chopped some wood and put it in a neat pile by her door Then he knocked on the door Widow Johnson came to the door "Oh come in Bill" she said "I have cut some wood for you Do you want me to carry it in?" "You- may if you wish" - she said But what a pleasant surprise c 4 14 11 01 -- - - r' (t14" any joke" "Oh yes it They'll be surprised when they come home and see the wood cut and in the box and the yard 1st - S cleaned" "I want to have some fun" an- wered Tom "I am having fun by helping" said Bill While they were standing in the yard talking Bill's father came around the house and heard them He was very happy He told Bill he was wanted around in front Bill went to the front of the house and there were all his friends They played games and bad fun till dark "I got fooled and so did Mrs Johnson and mother and father" said Bill MARY NEILSEN Age 14 Mona 4 it - - ' - Ittze----- - - ADVENTURES IN THE AIR A GOOD SHIP "Our bodies are like fine old ships: Said the teacher Mr Brig "They need fuel and timbers strong To make them well and big" limpffile - ' 16inalgtt- 655 )40 t od 11MMOO hae hove e trope t heea ' 9 : con are 1 lit 1' ' 1 1 I - 1 Al benqahletztI t A ar t to - file Wiir e 7 - a 11111 ti — - - 1 '''IPM - The United States Droduces within lis continental limits about of its sugar requirements one-fift- 1 The export trade In dried fruits in 1931 has been exceeded lallolume only once In previous years ' GlenMawan 110511tIrmitl er I 011111ii NI! -- I- -ar-- — d' :41 1 i:4 little r urtt i I I I ' (1 t lets 1114-0- t4 rnakeiBillta moil 1:-1- altlilialle ere''''- - A 4: -'---- l'''Adlowil 4) et17 1r cal hansom therLes 0 ' 1 rV 11 Cob tt7 (01 ---- - 'o' 101 I 0 — re By - 1 '411' ' '1 -- - manta-factu- :o7rigoietetleu0rril !Iii l 1 i 1 d r 4 Iv '''1111 I ' ( itt' 1 A goverfiment-owneplant at Warsaw Poland has begun the of motorcycles le ) CretSS 't :i 4 tee (6Rtke ' V Two toes of the woodpecker's foot point backward and two forward Only California exceeded New York's production of grapes in 1931 - - "Burking" was the name of a eel tam n form of murder by suffocation frequent in the 17th century Bullets of stone were wed In can' nons as late as 1514 II I 'IP IP KNIGHT CONSTANT BEM LU CARWILE Salt Lake "Let's all take care of our great ships" He continued seriously "So they'll be fit to weather gales We meet upon life's sea" ANNE GARFIELD Age 14 Mona I S - S Al a h The word April is derived from a Latin word "aperio" Among the Romans it was considered Venus' month while the Anglo-Saxocalled it the- "Oster-month- " because of the east winds which prevailed through it It is perhaps from these east winds that the name Easter is derived April Is one of our- - most delightful spring months and brings the Pleasant showers for the flowers that are to later bloom in May and for those born in this month the diamond the sapphire are birthstones two gems that fit April best perhaps because of the holy feeling that surrounds it And if ever again we feel sad Let's hope he comes and keeps us JERRY STONE glad! Gooding Idaho I I day So hurrah for the jolly April Fool! "Always a smile" from now be our --- ' laugh-provok- er On this great day He's resurrected from the tomb And though his life was filled with gloom He broke the seal of death's long " doom Therefore we've gay DOROTHY NEWTON Age 13 Mona 11 but-wit- Says be with a smile (he never does thin it!) For April Fool is a joker And a filled with a second month only 30 days and the Numa calendar which bad 12 months April was fourth but with only 29 days It was not until the time of Julius Caesar that a permsnent time was given to April and it is still of the same length of days to- It!" to come 6 - Because April Fool's day is the first day in April it is perhaps only Mints that some of the history of this pleasant month should be given In the Alban calendar April bad 36 days in the Romulus calendar it was the rule has t France "A laugh a minute will always win re- But through it all we burst in song The Christ is born --- i )t lkk6- ' ' Chocolates of soap and pie of paper Ready to use for many a caper Slips of paper' and hats on strings lie plays jokes on beggars or kings! strong mirth I THE KDIG OF FUN Hurrah for the jolly April Fool! His pranks are met with ridicule Laughing winking April Fool Even playing jokes in school! EVELYN SHOCKLEY Age II Burley Idaho beats are 2 11 ‘ Prraneee Deter lob —Mary De IA Man broken string "Mary faithful Mary!" earth - 71 'Twos there that her soul began to sing "My Master! 0 my Master!" And her Master's hand swept the And so our r '4 plied "He liveth Mary He Meth!" indeed '- 11- - I room n Her graceful soul within' her cried In sorrow "0 Master!" How softly and sweetly the angels The —Christ A ' I EASTER We bow our heads in prayer today As we go plodding on our way 'Tis Easter morn We think of how men suffer wrong Of bow the weak are crushed by - L4 iT1 q ' :f Suffering because her hope was gone Mary patient Mary Gone from her that Easter dawn-- Jesus her only Saviour 1 ' ipTI-- 1 - PUP PUNS t 0' 1gii: i I - EASTERTIDE by the empty tomb C) Mary! outside the 0 Mary rock-hew- April fools When some mischievous young person decides to play one of these silly pranks on his unsuspecting friend he must be as cool and quiet as possible so as not to arouse the other's suspicions and give himself away Often such tricks as substituting for sugar or vice versa at meals Ian iis a unfrequent trick and when the cofsuspecting victim puts salt in his fee and sugar on his egg it arouses a great deal of merriment— It used to be the custom for one man to write a note saying 'This is the first day ofApril hunt the gowk another mile" he fould give this note to a man and tell him not to read it as it ras quite personal and impor-- tent and to deliver it immediately to— the dame of the party given The next person would catch the joke and send him on to another person and so on "down the line until the poor messenger was exhausted Because of the many superstitions that have arisen on this day few if any people undertake marriage or any other large enterprise on this day April Fool's day is celebrated especially in Ne ' -- - ' EASTER LILIES lilies pure and white Make thou our hearts '0 Lord of light Like Easter lilies let them be Sweet chalices of Imie to thee ELAINE THOMPSON Age 14 Salt Lake Mary to'olk 6 I ( Iiii iii Walem All the beauty of Easter and all the ' fun of April Fool's day combined to give our young poets more inspire- tion than they have had for a long time- - As a result we received some 42 poems for this week's issue From this number we chose those printed here for our Poetry Corner and have used as many of the others as' we could find room for Standing Mary Weeping I ( 1 t A tike Easter ' a' 1 - 40 d14‘I this is" Bill had no sooner got the wood all in the house than his friend Tom came by and called him "Let's go play some tricks" suggested Tom "Come and see the joke I played on Pa" said Bill They went to Bills place and when Bill showed what he had done for a joke Tom's eyes nearly burst from his head "You sissy!" cried Tom "That isn't ' f 11 l(f11) lil 1 N 1 - —liarjori - ' O 4 ' -- io a 1 '41 W ' " 0 wow i yrvt The purpose of this great fun festival is to play pranks on some unsusIn France the repecting neighbor ceiver of the prank is known as a "poisson d'Avril" and in Scotland is called a gowk (cuckoo) and in the United States and England are called 111 fig 4 cl '' kli-- ii ttAa0 C-- ' - ka0 - ' - 0"(14 q ‘' f N ltoloi r---'- ''''' 14 a 4 srVi ‘ - ":1 ‘ i lin ' --- t "f t April Fool Comes Down -Through Ages - i9 vA - --- It was April ------ fil - y- ---- - 1934 1 - OUR POETRY CORNER New Method For Joking sat-do- 4 4 Page Four Be and tried 'a ' led ' Ileirl hiM cgill et get h oho a ro 71 Lo ge a el a t loft vo - ---- :1114r A r |