| Show THZ 5 ALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING JUNE Page Six 18 1934 ' Let Us Visit Garden Spot t Of Costa Rica Send in a very brief review of your favorite book Fifty points are awarded tor each one published a hort enilM field ! conitanQ being extended as traveler their appetite whetted by several cruises de- mand more and more places to visit - especially those places that are fair-— ly near at hand near that 1 when one U taken to them In swjft mod-et- n ships and planes Countries that once seemed strange and remote are now taken in a casual trip One of these is Costa Rica garden spot tit Swift beautiful Central America American ships make the voyage all too swiftly vip the Panama canal and it is a sort cruise well worth For taking if you like acenery aide by side in Costa Sica are primitive Jungles that creep almost tothe edge of modern little cities Modem automobiles flash by ox carts with gaily painted mahogany dish wheels on roads almost within the shadow of new airports and radio stations It is nice to find though but others are extremely funny PAGE SOPHIE REED —— — Age 11 Ogden -- — lone Cameron - - GERALDINE ' - servant -- i This is a very exciting book and " one you will enjoy CLARISSA CLINGER 12 Salt Lake - - despite these evidences of complex civilization Costa Rica retains its old lazy charm Flowers are always blooming In littla Costs Rica Geraniums grow oa bushes four feet high in marvel- oua coioors wild orchids climb the trunks of tall tropical trees whose branches bear a profusion of foliage and multihued blossoms Begonias flourish as large as hats Valleys and hills id ei are spotted with bright green that flSf — r- shadowa asked “My whole family is cold”' Jack said “There's Mother Snow and Father Ice and all my sisters and brothers: Sleet Halt Bitter Wind Icicle Driving Rain Zero Blizzard And then there’s my grandfather 'You must know him His name is ’ " Send us some of the cute things your small brothers and sisters have said Twenty-fivpoints will be awarded for each one published Virginia came to papa the ether day and said “Daddy where is pencil to get my Knighthood?" DOROTHY NEWTON Mona One day my little brother said to mother “Is Geneve going to send that to the Knighfhood Review?" GENEVE HICKENLOOPER Layton One day my little nephew went up to his mother and said “1 got freckles you got freckles Dwain'e got freckles but daddy’s got whispers" t CHESTER GREENE Mona ' One day my nephew came running up to the house and said “You can’t guess what our little chickens have laid? “What?" we asked “Little chickens!" ' v CHESTER GREENE Mona’ Jtw One day while 1 was milking 1 asked my little brother whether the can was full “Yes" he said “but it can still hold patches of sugar cane dark coffee groves and velvety pastures Dotting the landscape everywhere are those conical mountains that the traveler soon learns to recognize as vol- t tran-quali- ty nd gold mining is becoming moro points are awarded for each one published Twenty-fiv- e STARS Stars do not move about stars ’do not twinkle or flicker Is this surprising? Currents of air and there are different kinds of air currents do move Perhaps now you can guess why you think the stars move through the heavens and from whence comes the belief that atari twinkle Sometimes when you are out In the country and look toward the lights of the city these also appear to twinkle The reason for this la the same as for the appearance of stars twinkling So the well known song “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is poetic but hardly true But air currents are not the reason for thinking that the moon and sun move There is another reason for this and you probably know 1L For nearly all of us have learned that the earth moves swiftly so that the stationary sun and moon seem to move It is the same sen- cation as when we are on a fast moving train and look from the window and think the telephone poles are whirling by ' Winter" - Grandfather Winter “Oh yes we know him" the shadows exclaimed ‘“He comes in December and leaves in March" Jack Frost smiled “He’s a cold old 'man old Grandfather Winter His beard is snow-whitand usually frozen so hard that it crackles when he shakes it But he's a jolly person He’s hale He’s hearty He throws snowballs He skates ou the ice But you must be warmly dressed to like him You must wear a heavy coat and a muffler around your neck and e GEORGEVA GILES Age 14 Salt Lake ' RONALD SPERY more" canoes Costa Rica is divided like ancient Gaul into three well defined parti The Pacific coast is for the most part native the Atlantic coast largely banana lands Is inhabited by Jamai- ca negro laborers and their white ‘ overseers In the central region live the real Costa Ricans a pure Span-- " Lit race the women unusually bead-tifu- l many of them blonde the men industrious aristocratic with no trace of the mixture of races so apparent In other Central American countries Beaatiful San leas ' Most travelers from home enter Costa Rica from Puntarenaa from which a gorgeous' railroad winds Us way up the steep mountains through jungle lands to San Jose the cool gardenlike capital resting 3800 feet above sea level The climate is perfect constant sunshine tempered by oool breezes and downright cool evenings after sunset Everywhere is peace and grand rest cure for jangled nerves Not far from San Jose la Cartage old colonial capital which rests at the foot of Irazu whose smoke plumed peak is almost 12000 faet above sea level It is a grand experience to ascend this volcano and to make the trip up the steep sides of Poas to view the large gray lake called the world's largest geyser which reposes ia the crater of Irazu ‘ is There always something to do la Costa Rica No matter how many plantations one visit it is always ice to be conducted over another one be it coffee banana sugar tobacco There are huge lumber camps Share with our readers the interesting facts you Gnd here and there ' e 71 and more an important Industry a ‘ —Shadow Song Jack Frost wag" telling the five shadow— they were the shadows of the five children whe lived In the house around the corner— the story' Of his adventures Shadows don't usually get cold There isn't enough of them really to get cold you see But our friends Mij Ftar Hanid Yam and Knarf shivered as they lia-- 1 tened to Jack Eroet For nobody in all the world is as cold as Jack Frost “People should learn to keep their doors closed when I’m around" Jack war saying “Whenever 1 see a door open 1 walk right to” Jack added “And as soon as I walk in all the warmth Gees before me Even the brightest fire seems to do no good When I’m around" “What makes you so cold?" the —- Hunter THEIR LITTLE MOTHER By Mrs L T Meade This is the story Of a family of four children Their mother dies and they go to live with an aunt The two smaller children are kidnaped by a band of gypsies and are then sold to a circus manager They are finally rescued by Fortune an old family - Anyone who likes “Little Women Girl bewill like “An cause it is just as good if not a little better than the general favorite Tied e cool spot Tad days bring weather Birds fly aff together Winter days are while —Keep snug at night - But when spring comes The whole world hums - '1 Summer days are hot ' ' ent PAGE MERLE M'CLELLAN Woods Cross RASMUSSEN ' ( d AN O LB FASHIONED GBL (Louise May Alcott) This book tells of a girl that lived on a farm before she comes to the city to stay with another glrL The reader has to admire her because of her modesty She is helpful to other people and they go to her with theirtroubles She works and la independ- I By AUee B Emerson volThis book is the twenty-thirume in the Ruth Fielding series These books have many thrilling adventures between their covers and appeal to most girls If you read one Ruth Fielding book you want to read - them all - The main characters are Ruth and her two chums Helen and - -- s ' Cool Spot for Summer Time RUTH FIELDING AND HER GREAT SCENARIO — — LITTLE MEN (Louisa May Alcott) This is a later story of Jo March and the other “Little Women who are new grown Jo is married to the Herr Professor and runs a school far boys Some parts of It are very sad — Tl Gevenuaent Hsase in San Shadows Find OUR OWN BOOK CORNER INSECTS ‘ Insects are equipped to attack the er plants in many ways The and the cabbage worm have hard powerful teeth They chew eft and- - grind up the solid part of the plant Other Insects attack the plant Indirectly by carrying disease ' '1 to It grass--hopp- - -- A little neighbor boy came ever to my aunt's wearing shoes much too large for him She looked at them and said “You shouldn’t be wearing shoes like that you will get flat feet" He was pleased when she said that and replied “Oh goody! Then I — can be a ' - BETTY ANN STUMM Age 10 Salt Lake e e JUNGLE LAND IN AMERICA' SHIRLEY IRENE GIBBS r Salt Lake A little friend of mine came over and said' their dog had pupa We asked hint which they were male or female and he said “Gee how should 1 know what do you think I am a ventriloquist?" - - RICHARD GIBBS Salt Lake - In the national park of the Great Smoky mountains is a region which few persona have ever seen Only as the forest rangers have visited they make their rounds through the forest park Its streams have never been fished Its bears deers birds and other wild creatures live In peace it in that silent jungle Old spruce trees some more than 600 years old stand side by side' hemlocks the trunks of ( with giant which are often seven feet through Birch trees make a canopy beneath the hemlocks and the spruces The ' rhododendron which grows 25 feet-ta- ll is ao thick that one can not even crawl through it The few forest rangers whe have eeea this quiet spot tell about the ' heavy stillness which is only found far within real jungle lands This wild region is today just as nature made it and the government intends to keep it a real jungle land - Flag Day Has Special Thought On June 14 1777 the American flag was adopted by the Continental congress Because of this in 1891 June 14 was set aside as flag day Since t that time Flag day ia observed every year This la a day on which to show special honor to our flag and to the country for which it stands When we honor the flag we honor our country When we desecrate the Gag wa insult the nation it symbolizes Oa Flag day the Gag should be prominently displayed Children and foreigners should be taught to re-- i spect and honor (ha flag and to understand its full meaning Every-- ' Me should revere the Gag not only oa this one day but always It stands TRAVIS ANDERSON Central Idaho for our protection ' American Gag flies Wherever the we know we can find safety and protection of our this rights Surely symbol merits our ‘ respect ' DOROTHY E NEWTON Ago 13 Mona “My whole family ia ' cold" If you're a girt you must carry a muff You must wear mittens or be will nip your fingers and you must — wear heavy stockings or he’ll pinch your toes But when you are warm- ly dressed you’ll find Grandfather Winter full of sparkle and sunshine You’ll be sorry to see him go" To the North Foie Knarf asked: “Where does he go to after he leaves us?" "Oh" said Jack “he goes to' the North pole and to toe South pole—" Both at toe same tune?" Mij broke 1 s in- - Jack t nodded “Old Grandfather Winter doesn’t really go to both but it seems as though he did After he leaves here he really goes to the South pole But it is still so cold at the North pole that you would think he were there too" - “And do you stay with him toe?" ' “ asked Hanid “I’m always Invited" said Jack “But I often slip away long before ' he does Often in the autumn I slip away at night I blow on the grass and on the twigs and toe fallen leaves And they all turn frosty In the morning people see that I have paid them a visit and they say: ‘Ah we’ve had a frost last night!’ But - It’s only me!" ‘ t i MAX i n air t - (Copyright 1833 K F S Inc) Dublin Irish Free State la entertaining more tourists than In many years |
