Show "f I j m PUZZLES J i lj — HOUSE ON j oirvi ! T — L -- 'V r 'i ii t How quickly does your mind re- spond to simple instructions? People who want to fill big positions in life must be able to interpret instructions and carry them out correctly and speedily Here is a test for your aptitude along these lineaj When making this test it is important that you time yourself Use an alarm clock or have sqme-on- e time you but take only 10 minutes for the test — no more no QOMKTHING strange was jkirjg on at the House on the Hill Something impor-tant- f Bob Link decided and the jnore he watched the mysterious! place the more he wanted to learn what Fjor many years the big gray house had stood vacant Buti with a housing shortage throughout the land it was not surprising that it was occupied now Yet the occu-panj- ts of the house were a mystery No one knew their names j They did not allow visitors The steel fence that surfoupded the property had be ii repaired and signs had beejn greeted warning away trespassers and telling visitors tijere was no admittance In addition there were big meh With broad shoulders who seemed to be watching the! gate and patrolling the fence like guards 0 less Before you start take a blank sheet of paper and write numbers down the left-haside from 1 to 10 allowing a good space between each number Follow the instructions given in the test by writing what you are told to write beside each number When the time is up check your score with the answers 1 Look at this series of numbers: 2 2 5 5 8 8 If 11 11 should follow write M beside No 1 on your blank sheet of paper If the sum of the numbers 2 2 5 5 8 8 is less than or equal to 30 write nd Commencing with A write the letters of the alphabet skipping first one letter then two then three and so on j 3 Look at the word QUANTITATIVELY Write the number of letters that come immediately before the letter T which form a The girl came abreast of the hiding place of the boys Bob raised his head "Hello" word with the letter T he called softly 4 If the two words in the pairs came along the fence just after ly pointing off to his left quired "Besides it's against the below mean the same write S the boys darted under cover ForA small figure was bobbing law to kill people" Rob shook his head If the meanings are different "Criminals and outlaws don't tunately the sentinel did not no- along the fence toward them It 'You're Americans!" the girl write D However if either of try to arouse suspicion" he said tice the tracks leading from the was a youngster heavily dressed exclaimed happily the two words contains both an S "Of course!" Bob said "What's and a D write D if they mean the Th£ people in the House on the stream to the bushes and he jumping from track to track of the Hill haven't done anything but passed on unsuspecting that two sentinel's footprint si Neither so unusual about that? Every- same and S if they are different act funny since they moved in" boys were hidden nearby doubted that this was the person body's American around here" asunder apart 5 Supposing pob tried watching the house Bob stuck his head out from they had seen coasting on the "Oh I'm so glad" the girl exyou live in a fronji the window of his room but the brush looking around care- sled although the sled apparently claimed "For a moment I was house which faces a street When the only people he saw at the fully for the youngster he had had been left behind j terribly afraid You see I'm not you leave for school in the mornHouse on the Hill were the seen on the sled But this was "A girl!" Hugh exclaifned in a supposed to go near the fence" ing walking towards the sun the men at the gate who the side of the hill farthest away whisper "Why?" Bob asked house is on your left Write the seemed ever on watch The house from the point where the coaster Before the girl could answer a direction the house faces The girl was about the same age itself was partly hidden by trees had been seen 6 How many as tne two watcners She was shout came from the right Runstamps in but smoke curled up from the in strides the toward ski-suning a rapid dozen? She wore a it and Hugh appraised the fence pretty chiftineys and Bob knew that 7 If 10 per cent of 60 is less she had heavy overshoes on her girl was one of the "I could climb it" he said others besides the big men lived men In his a he held hand 5 per cent of 100 write A than feet on was her stocking cap "No" Bob said "As long as there pistol! "YES" head Otherwise write the numThe hill was covered with snow were ouisiae tne fence no one Be (To Continued) of ber She looked around Her movethe next question and anyone on the grounds could can do anything to us But if we ments 8 If 21 plus 8 minus 9 is more were as cautious if she havie been seen by Bob and Hugh got inside we'd be trespassing" than 31 minus 9 plus 6 write an wished to avoid being seen by the as tjhey watched from Bob's place "We're not finding out anyX and if the sum of the two men who paBut there was little to see "Bething here" Hugh said answers is more than 50 write Y trolled the fence "Maybe we're snoopers" Bob sides I'm getting cold" 9 Horace has a brother Harry The fact that she was carefully saicj "It isn't right to stick our "Look!" Bob whispered hoarse who has a son Richard If Richthe made the using pathway by BY CHURCHILL FISHER noses into other people's affairs is Horace's uncle write the to ard in order avoid guards making But! I'm curious" The noises of the ocean are letter U otherwise write W of her own also indicated tracks "I'd sure like to know who our 10 If you were to draw a that she was doing something that more than the booming of waves neighbors are" Hugh replied had been forbidden But why against the shore the swish or the window with triangular top and "So would I!" would a girl be forbidden to play hiss of some square bottom how many lines darting would They watched the House on the on her own property? you draw? (Count only the Hill without further discoveries and water the the scrapthrough PEGGY As the girl came abreast of the bounding lines and begin a new for a few moments Then sudacross crabs of the at every angle) line pebbles ing of the Bob hiding place boys denly small figure came gliding COCOA AND MOLASSES Answers raised his head For creatures of the sea may out from the concealing trees Wanda Medsker who lives on "Hello!" he called softly 1— MN 2— ACFJOU 3—2 4— Two long lines appeared in the R R 1 West Union 111 speak! a sends The 5— South D 7—8 6 — 12 in dead 8— her girl stopped wake of the figure Fishes are not the voiceless written letter to Aunt Peg- tracks A look of agonizing fear neatly should be written 9—W creatures that people have thought Nothing "jWhy it's a kid on a sled!" Bob gy witl her "pet recipe" in it crossed her face 10—5 Her features exclaimed not Wanda who is 13 years old flushed with exercise a moment them to be Because sound is Now for your rating It deijhe boys were too far away to she loves to bake Here is says her before on your age For 16 or over a turned for pends actually pale make out the age of the person : recipe: moment Her score the is 10 right excellent mouth as if opened cm ithe sled but they knew that 2 eras were she a about to scream but no brilliant calculator nine right the big men with broad shoulders Vz cup came sound shortening very good much quicker than would be unlikely to spend their 1 cup molasses or "Don't be agerage Bob said afraid" sorghum eight right reasonably spare time coasting on a sled It 2 Va cups cake flour wide awake seven right an avermoving toward the fence must be someone younger cup cocoa the girl choked age thinker six right only fair "t's the first normal thing I've Vz teaspoon salt "I'm Bob Link" Bob introduced five ablout right weak Try the test that place" Bob deseep 2 teaspoons soda himself He turned and pointed a month from now In the again clared "Let's find out who the 1 cup hot water to was who from kid! is and get acquainted" meantime work as many crossHugh emerging Beat the eggs and add melted the brush "He's Hugh Lotting word puzzles as you can to on the boys put heavy clothing shortening and molasses What's After name?" your and overshoes and began trampsharpen your wits well sift the dry ingredi"You're not assassins?" the girl For ages 14 and 15 nine right ing! dom the road toward the mixing ents together and add alternately asked relieve the apparently or over is excellent eight very Hill pn They Spate with the water Bake in two "Assassins?" readily carried between water and good seven commendable the gate and a man six greased "You're not trying to kill me?" air scientists have overlooked cer- average five fair four layer cake pans at waved them on or less j 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until she asked tain facts that have recently come weak "Keep moving boys!" he said done "Why should we?" Bob in to light "No visitors are allowed here" For ages 12 and 13 right It was the submarine that made or over is brilliant andeight Bob sjunigged and led Hugh to not unless underthese discoveries about ft small stream farther down the your score is as low as three can HOW DO YOU WORK? water noises The delicate instru- you consider roafi 'jrees skirting the stream yourself much too JJO yen fuss and grumble when your parents ments for sound detection brought slow hidj them from the view of the sk you to do something? Do you get to the crews the information that man at the gate At this point If you are 12 and got through a job just well enough to get by and voices seven or more under have animals mm left the road and walked on as land just still hold your place? If you do right you are an you're miss-t- ar the! solid ice that covered the so have the dwellers of the sea a lot in life fast thinker for your outstandingly mam back around the base of Now scientists are studying in age And don't be Maybe you think running errands washing thehilL the New York Zoological Park to even though you scoreddiscouraged dishes delivering papers only two steno Junior being It wad a long walk but the exfind out more about this matter or three You have at the office or grease monkey at plenty of time the garage ercise k£pt them warm At the Water-proofmicrophones are to improve your is unimportant and It doesn't matter much how thinking ability reajr of 1jhe house Bob moved out you do it Don't kind Ymrift a placed in tanks with the fishes and to learn the important art of of trie trees glancing carefully up can let a building collapse— a bit of The sounds gathered and ampli- following out instructions to the dust can stop a huge maif gentle slope of the hill toward fied show that many fish make letter chine Your job is part of a big job and the success of the whole the summit None of the their own characteristic noises depends on each small part being done accurately You are remen was in sight Just as a dog barks a cow moos sponsible for YOUR part and for doing It to the best of YOUR QUICK WINK ANSWER "Come on!" Bob whispered and a hen cackles the fish has his aotitty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 starting up the hill And don't forget that your attitude toward of expressing himself aloud way your work M as is M M M M M M Ijhe boys moved rapidly for One East Indian fish found in y°Ur abUUy- - lts JU8t to get a thrill out of l3rilaKi! in the were now open A clearly E O I I E U they fresh water makes a short purIookm or the °°d Points and ITvnur visible to anyone who might be 5 11 y°U 8Urt Wh°le PiCtUre' You wont ring sound Another has a barking unlesTvonV watching from inside the fence note with which he shakes himS T H E K K S enooh to ? opportunities and do which ran around the hill halfthem to tail head from self way from the top 9Ch°°I WOrk J" as it does to a What is your favorite same or Likely we shall soon hear more You must A few bushes near the fence l Write a letter telling- about hobby? now to have them when you job of this interesting subject We the are ready ot&red the only concealment and Ue business world How you do sport it and telling shall want to know if big whales why you describingyour lessons is to Bob led the way toward these to apt Hobbies and it enjoy TOUr learn sun-fis- h or if or roar sharks if Games Mitis to growl Girls and tne Boys bushes Page care right They reached the just in of this A of $1 in these Before newspaper prize queslong sing time for one of the sentinels savings stamps is awarded for each tions will be answered letter used (Copyright 1946 NBA Service Inc— Printed in U 8 A) : broad-shoulder- ed broad-shoulder- ed Science Asks If Fish Can Talk ed n4 KITCHENETTE auntFl sea-dwel- ler jj "Y-y-yo- u!" hed 9-i- j ed ed ITli ? L ?" J'thS!0 oT Jm m " SETTLES m - £ CRAFTS K HOUISON Have you ever noticed queer looking marks in the snow or on a dusty road and wondered what they were? They were probably the footprint "autographs" of some bird or animal hunting for food or looking for a place to rest in safety for nature's children write their signatures with )their feet To a naturalist this footprint writing is as easy to read as his Others may train own name themselves to recognize the different forms just as one learns the BY KATHERINE alphabet letters and understand the queer signatures the different creatures write Don't get the idea that because you live in the city you can't have fun looking for these signatures There may be more big open fields in the country for the birds and animals to write on but city parks vacant lots the zoo and our own most easily-rea- d signatures of all with two oval-shap- ed prints in front and two small circular ones I I ft behind one circle slightly behind the other This is his autograph T EPS start out the New when he is loping along looking Year with a set of variety for food— frighten him and his leaps throw his footprints amaz- puzzles: — 1— ingly far apart The signature of the pheasant CROSSWORD PUZZLE looks like pictures of birds flying in the distance 14 I 5 6 7 p Z The p are carefully spaced for 15 being a 9 ground biird if walks instead of n if hopping as tree birds do Startle the bird however and you'll 14 115 JK 5 get a "scrawled" signature like yours when you are hurrying too much and it won't be easy to zl recognize -- I TtP it One of the many curious autographs is the one the muskrat writes especially in deep snow or heavy dust In addition to two large hand prints and two small ones the edge of its tail leaves a deep groove between them! These little animals love the water so these oddly-shaptracks will be found at the edges of ponds or streams and could never be mistaken for anything but the signature of the five-finger- AWIMAL AUTOGRAPHS ed : mm muskrat yards are full of interesting autographs Why not start with the signature of your own dog or cat and learn to recognize it? Chickens and ducks write their signatures in city parks as clearly as in country fields and birds have a clear autograph everywhere they go if you take time to see them and learn to read them Anyone can find the squirrel's signature which is! as different from all others as your name is different from yourj pal's name No two of nature's signatures are the same any more than any two human autographs are identical The squirrel's footprint is shaped something like a child's print but much smaller and there are four of them instead of two although they are written in sets of two Look at the illustration and you'll see that the front tracks are quite wide apart and point outward while the hind ones point straight ahead and are closer together In snow or on damp ground you'll be able to identify the pads on his Learn feet and the nail marks these points and you'll be able to read the squirreUs autograph wherever you find itU The rabbit writes one of the j j— r5 zS ACROSS Solicitude 5 War god 9 Algerian city 10 Castle ditch 11 Membranous bag 1 12 13 17 18 22 Written form of Mistress Scolds Girl's name When you trace the autographs Distorted of birds and animals you'll disCourtesy title 23 Immerse cover all sorts of interesting things 25 Again about them If you keep your eyes 27 Acid fruit see how the squirrel open you'll 28 Depression — his winter groceries in the got 29 Brain passage spot where he went burrowing under the snow to reach that cache DOWN of nuts he hid away last fall 1 Lettuce Beside the rabbit tracks you 2 Arabian may see the mark of a wing in the 3 Speed contest dust where a hawk almost caught 4 Half an em Mr Bunny off guard but the depth 5 Part of "to be" of his footprints and the space be6 Italian capital tween them and the next ones 7 Organs of hearing prove his strong legs and quick 8 Streets (ab) thinking saved his fur that time 14 King (French) The dainty tracks of mice are 15 Wild donkey everywhere as they continually 16 Make an edging hunt for food or dash madly off 18 Fork prong to escape the dangers Which con19 Bird tinually confront them The par20 Redact tridge will tunnel under the snow 21 Coin to get but of the cold leaving a 22 Sorrowful small depression to mark its rest24 Through ing place while in the summer it 26 Weight (ab) will "freeze" under a bush or in 27 Chinese measure tall grass so walk carefully as you — 2— follow this footprint writing SCRAMBLERS For those with eyes to see all Scramble pertaining to an age nature's creatures write a clear-c- ut autograph with their feet and have a Shakespearean king Scramble a gull-lik- e bird and They are actually more than autoto lease have a tell for and graphs story they — 3— an exciting one to those who take to to the trouble learn read it N If you want to keep a record of these autographs as you learn them get out your camera and PUZZLB6 snap the different footprints An py animal autograph album is far JSTART AT BAST USB XBA pTJ tvaY 6TH LfcTTER T more fun than collecting the names of f people even famous ones And if you can get a picture A SEtJT&JCt7 V£ FOR ABOUT of the bird or animal to go with XCK VJAwaMtfCx the autograph you'll have an album you'll be proud of all your tfe I life Just A Plebe QUICKWINK 5 zz ed four-finger- ed 1MV 3-c- ent broad-shoulder- V 2 broad-shoulder- j GAMES N also "AH j Autographs Animals Leave Are Interesting to Collectors You Follow BY WALTER KING INSTALLMENT I i I II Can Instructions? THE HI LL All pf this was strange in Welles Valley where a neighbor who failed to receive visitors or to feall on other neighbors was practically unheard of "it's downright suspicious" Bob told! his friend Hugh Lotting "Maybe they're criminals" suggested Hugh whose 13 years placed him one year younger than f i PAGE i " j )''- j" BOYS W i HOMONYMS Missing words in each of these sentences sound alike but are spelled differently: He didn't accept the from the lady The berrar said he —— cut some for a hand-o- ut This little story was published in 1849 in a country journal called "The Rambler'': GARRET 6EECLIN6S A traveler was about to cross to the What is the difference between the Potomac River He came the sun and a man who pays his ferry The ferryman saluted him — 5— gravely bowing low bills? The sun sets The man WORD DIAMOND Do the puzzle and find the miss"If the major will lead his hbrse Our word diamond ing word forward we will be ready to go" around COMMENT The centers second m 7 1 2 3 4 am not a major" replied the word is a mine shaft hut the third "I M M M M M M M a punctuation mark the fifth to traveler correct and the sixth also "All right colonel I'm sorry" C "But I am not a colonel either O Read down: 1— Bulk 2—To so don't call me that" M assemble 3— It eats cloth 4— said but The nothing ferryman COMMENT — Tiny 5— Puss loves it 8 Timid was mumbling to himself all the E 7 — Disorder N Now read across the third row way across the river When the T of letters for the missing word ferry was tied up he turned and AN8WER8 said The answer is on wis page s S 1 Crossword puzzle answer: "Well general you can lead c A jnjfc Is a your horse off now" "Don't call me general I am O RAN MOAT M R e S AC neither major colonel nor general In fact I have no title at all" I t C I v ' ' "What! No title? Now don't Try these riddles on the family on elsewhere e p i pay me one penny You're the first The answers appear them this page but try to guess passenger I've had in 20 years first woodman runnin' this ferry that was just 1 Why should the o nobody at all and to cel'brate you h "spare that tree"? crosses free" beI Krai Lear Tern rent 2 What is the difference I This In one of the coldest tween here and there? RIDDLE ANSWERS months of the yfjk a 3 What word could furnish 4 Fare fair: Would wood 1 — Because he's a good feller C 6 j dining room? 2— The 3 —Charitable T letter blush COB lobster the 4 Why did COMMA because it has a chair and table f at dinner? COMMENT with in it 4— Because he saw the salad 5 Why didn't the dog go EMEND dressing 5 — He had a bark of his AND Noah on the Ark? own I -- H R- - Manning RIDDURC — w- mmm X "X a re i t Rat bs JtJw st i mt gE |