Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING JUNE i 4 —— — Mermaid Has Lovely Time At Her Party ( v - ri 1 ' Ill S' 4 herself Finally Just as the waterclock rose to 12 o’clock the waiters entered bearing ' heaping trays of delicious foods The guests sat about eating and gossiping and supremely happy When everyone had had all he could eat the guests told the royal family their goodbye and swam lazily toward " - f - t - homes Princess Oceana retired to her pink shell bed tired but excited and happy over the success of her eighteenth birthday party DONNA SNYDER ’ 13 - ’ 1 Salt Lake " WALKING ON EGGS When you find yourself in a "ticklish’ situation you are said to be “walking on eggs" fThis suggests a very amusing trick to try on one of — your friends Choose your victim and send him out of the room 'Meanwhile place half a dozen eggs in a row on the floory two feet apart Now summon your friend and tell him to step over the eggs Naturally he walks Young Griffie Jenkins 953 East Seventeenth South is smiling over the thought of what he’ll show the other cowboys when theybroadly get to swinging lariats and branding cattle Though the photographer caught Griffie in his chaps and on this darling pony horseback riding isn’t the boy’s only interest He is an amateur moving picture operator expertly running his own machine on which he can show some interesting pictures of himself at the Century of Progress in Chicago last summer One most thrilling picture which should have liked to reproduce for you shows Griffie actually riding a camel Griffie is the son of Mr and Mrs Griffith Jenkins of Malad Idaho and a grandson of Mr and Mrs W D Prosser of Salt Lake with whom he is now visiting X ' i & I' S' Up Canyon Has Exciting End a mighty en-tir- ?’ Moreen’s Trip READY FOR ROUNDUP Deep down at the bottomof the sea commotion was disturbing the court of King Neptune- - The e court had been summoned to eele brate the eighteenth birthday of King Neptune’s daughter Princess Oceana The coral palace was lighted With sparks from the electrical eels Ladles of the court had been sent to the ' royal gardens to gather sea anemone and ferns The palace and grounds' had been transformed with lovely flowers draped'over the rainbow-colore- d coral walls The kitchen was filled with cooks 'toiling and brewing favorite dishes of the princess While upstairs the subject of all this commotion was ' gazing from her window to the rock gardens below Xhe little mermaid’s mother had presented her with a crown of gleam-in- g lustrous pearls pink white and salmon colored As the little princess - leaned fronr herwindowr her fathe- rwalking in the garden below saw her and beckoned for her to come down The princess with her golden hair floating about her and with a ring of pearls clasped about her long green tail looked very charming as she descended the stairs and every member of the court took pains to tell her so Now that the princess was present the orchestra struck up a gay tune and mermaids and mermen fishes land other sea creatures joined In a quadrille there on the floor of the main hall Princess Oceana floated from the arms of one merman to the arms of another thoroughly enjoying r x Page PIT 3 1934 very carefully and not an egg is' broken r Now take your friend out of the room and blindfold him while an assistant removes the eggs substituting the same number of empty match boxes Lead your friend blindfolded back Into the room and tell him to atep over the eggs As he tries to do this your assistant Blips an empty match box under your friend’s foot As he hears it crushed be imagines he has broken an egg and his resulting ae- - ' tions are very funny indeed to the spectators ' GREAT NEST BUILDER long-taile- d u “ Flanky and the Boss V ' Probably the most conspicuous bird of the prairie streams la the picturblack and white esque magpie says Nature magazine He is the arch rascal of this bird community but one of the finest of bird architects and his giant nest of sticks es large a bushel basket domed over and weather-proo- f with the nest cavity beautifully woven inside a cup of mod N is' one of the crowning achievements in best building EUROPEAN BISONS The largest stock in the world of wisents or European bison is now to be found in Sweden says Nature magazine There ere 12 animals of which fire are kept in the famous outdoor museutrf'and zoological garden Skan-se- n in Stockholm and seven in a special reserve at Angelsberg located not far from the capital This stock consisted originally of but two The seveft which are kept at Angelsberg on the estate of Axel A Johnson are regard--ed with much interest by naturalists and scientists Moreen lay resting on the big lawn that surrounded her home As she lay there with her face lifted to the heavens she heard her father say to her mother “Let’s drive up the canyon this afternoon and fish ’’ a while" As aoon as Moreen caught these words she jumped up and went bounding tojier father "Oh dad!" ahe cried "please "go to ' the canyon Do please!" Moreen had always wanted to go fishing with her father but had never yet been taken — Mr Gordon hesitated a minute anil then said to MrS Gordon “Pack tipT a little lunch and we’ll go" Moreen danced up and down with joy She grabbed her liptlet blue jacket and ran out to the car Soon they werd all ’ready and on their way Up the mountain road they spun Soonthey were brtha canyon There they found a guide to show them along the stream while they fished They all got out of the car and Mr Gordon took his long pole and began to fish For aome time Moreen sat with her mother watching her father fish Then she jumped up ran to the car and got from it another fishing pole her father had brought' along She put some bait on it as she had seen her father do and started down the stream She- threw the heavy line In as best she could and sat down to wait As Moreen sat gazing at the water ahe felt a tugging at her line It pulled harder and harder Moreen gave a tug at the line to pull it out but it would not cotqe The fish on the line jerked so bard that Moreen tumbled head over heels into the stream Under went her head! When she came up again her eyes nose mouth and ears were full of water "Daddy!" she gulped “dadd-ddy!- " Mr Gordon and the guide heard her cries and came running to her The guide waded into the stream and pulled Moreen out dripping wet and gulping for breath They took her to the car and wrapped her in warm blankets Moreen had had her fishing experience Aa they rumbled home Moreen laughed and told about the big fish she had had on her line She said "That's the best and most exciting fishing trip I have ever had!" — - DOROTHY E NEWTON -- Age 13 Mona A FISHING GAME Two and more players can take part in this fishing game Cut out a number of cardboard fish and paint both aides of each fish in bright colors Next attach a wire hook or small safety pin to the head of each fish Then put some number on each fish to indicate its weight such as 5 10 20 up to SO A small wire hook a piece of string and a long cans can be used as a fishing line and rod while a deep cardboard box’ will make a good fishing pond Each player scores according to the number on the fish which he succeeds in lifting out of the box by means of his rod and line The player who catches the greatest number of pounds of fish is the' winner Walter Broman |