Show Page Ten THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE This Volume Has Stories Of Old Greece JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 7 1937 Little Ducks SOLVE THIS PUZZLE I Like to Hear About- Hero February Is known as the natal month of Washington and Lincoln but there were other distinguished Americans who first saw the light of day during the second month of the year One of these had his birthday on the eleventh Though neither a soldier nor a statesman he inestimable service not to his fellow countrymen only but to all the world Can you make out his name in this puzzle of word fractions? The eight pictures illustrate fo5r -- letter words Take a half of each of them and these halves will spell out the name of the famous’ man described The shaded portion of the pictures shows the part of the word to be deleted Members of the Knighthood of Youth interested as they are In the tales of knights and heroes and all who love the legends of ancient Greece will be happy to hear of a splendid volume of tales Collected by that famous teller of classic tales Andrew Lang the stories are beautifully done and the volume should be a part of every child’s library The Illustrations are by H J Ford and the book Is published by Longmans Green Sc Co New York The book begins with the story of Ulysses Ills boyhood his ad- ren-""der- venture with the boar and his young manhood It tells of the wooing ofHelenand her ''marriage of the stealing of Helen and the Trojan war that resulted from this All the famous battles irf EnjoysSurprise”" Party on Birthday Laura May was sitting in an old rocking chair looking into space Suddenly she raised her - One cold morning Teddy and Dicky woke up It was snowing hard so they stayed In bed Mother Duck got up and made the fire and Nancy Duck helped her get breakfast After the house was warm and breakfast was ready the two lit- tie ducks got up Later in the day Mother Duck read them a story about Abraham Lincoln and what a great man he was and how he became president of the United States The twins were so glad to hear ed the story “Let’s tell Johnny Rabbit the story when we see him tomorrow” suggested Teddy Dicky thought that would be a great idea "I’m glad you liked the story" said Mother Duck “and I’m sure Johnny will like it too when he hears'lt” Equipped With Suction Tires I think you will admttrthat the GLORIA MILLER Hobby Club Tarzier is about the strangest looking creature imaginable (Continued From Page Three) Joyce Broyles Price 300 Jean Miles Price 300 Jean Gunderson Price 300 Vevedeen Wool-se- y Salt Lake City 250 Helen Keeley Salt Lake City 150 Marguerite Lauriente Salt Lake City 100 Barbara Wright Salt Lake City 300 Louise Eager Mam- “Why can’t I have a party mother?” she asked "You know I’ve always wanted a party on my birthday and I am 10 today" “I’m afraid you can’t dear" answered her mother “You know your father hasn’t steady work Run over to grandmother’s and get the new dress she made for - of that war the slaying of zons the battle with the Ama- the death of Achilles the slaying' of Paris the making of the wooden horse and the final triumph of the Greek forces — all this is told delightfully and clearly so that each step seems a logical result of the preceding step and there Is no confusion of people or events Then come the wanderings of Ulysses and the strange adventures he encountered And after this come the story of Meleager one of Perseus and of Theseus and of Jason and the golden fleece So vivid and so clear is every tale that these old heroes seem to be living breathing men and those who read of them forget the world of today and live again in a world peopled by gods and goddesses heroes nymphs dragons and monsters To get the real spirit of Knighthood club members should start away back with these old heroes and then read on about later and later ones until they come naturally to the heroes of today -- Winter The ground is a beautiful white And everything freezes at night The air Is so cold but so clean' And nothing but snow can be ' ' seen jack Frost is here we are told And we know that’s what Is making us cold ELLA JOANNETTE FERRELL Age 13 Salt Lake ’ Conserve and preserve everything you learn moth 300 Beth Griffin Escahi lante 300 Thays E Stanley Ne-p- 300 150 me” Laura May didn’t feel very good about it She wanted to have a party By the' time she - reached her grandmother’s she was pouting in earnest "Mother sent me to get her new dress grandmother” she said sullenly “What’s the- - matter Laura May?” asked her grandmother “Oh nothing grandmother I just don’t seem to get anything I want any more” When Laura May reached home she heard laughter and shouting She hurried into the house and saw her friends al- ready there “Surprise! Surprise!” they all shouted at once She was so surprised and happy she hardly knew what to do “Well dear I knew you had been wanting a party for such a long time I thought I would try and give It to you to make you happy” KNIGHT CAROL EVANS Salt Lake City Age 10 - This peculiar little animal Is a native of the East Indies and is classed as a nocturnal quadruped It gets its name from the fact that it has suction cups on its toes Tl?e tarsus under its toes is extremely long I should like to ha'tffe learned more about this little animal but could not find more in any reference books I saw a picture of one in the Los Angeles Herald which my sent me and Grandfather thought it would be interesting to send on Answers to Riddles 1— Because a tall can’t "wag a dog 2- — Because he shrinks from washing 3- — Put the fire out ' 4- — A river 5- — Because it has nails 6- — The ash Sophie Reed Ogden Ralph Barraclough Salt Lake City 100 Patricia Horton McGill Nev 50 Edward Brown Salt Lake City 100 Francelle Leigh Cedar City 50 Virginia Miller Tremonton 10(H Marjorie Miller Tremonton 300 Gloria Miller Tremonton 300 Evelyn Glezos Salt Lake City 300 Friendly Philosophy Well the wise old Prof (I don’t expect you to believe that) is pulling up his stool and is ready to dish out philosophy Just stand by for it is a “free for all” SLANG “Slang words” are some at the SHIRLEY ANNE SYRETT Cedar City Utah School Enjoys Ice Carnival r Laura May grabbed her mother about the wat and gave her a big hug and squeeze “You are the grandest mother in the world” she said happily 10 Tremonton head Pa-troc- uls - - On January 21 our school had Melba a winter sport carnival Glade had a talk with Alf Engen and it was suggested that we go up Big Cottonwood canyon and shQw us how to he could then ski It was great sport watching Alf Engen demonstrate skiing He fs a marvelous skier and we all enjoyed it very much KNIGHT DOROTHY DITTMAN Age 10 Salt Lake City ' When thou has profited so much that thou respectest thy elf thou mayest let go thy tutor can produce They come usually when very angry or show some other signs of emotion It is hard to make them never appear One of the words most commonly used is '‘darn" GoodJEnglish is one of the finest examples of an honest and delightful person KNIGHT BANNERET BARBARA WRIGHT Age 12 Salt Lake City ' |