Show OVS and 8 PAGE RLS 7ut STORIES PUZZLES The Pinch BY L R HEGEL T ' i m ANALD DANA glared at his older sister Dot who was carefully dusting the mantel above the fireplace "Honesty is the best policy my hat!" he said "No one was more honest than Gra'mps And what happened? The crookedest man in Stonington is taking Gramps' cottage away tor a boat bill that we know was Dot blond and prim smiled wo i I mm BY JULIA W forest A ranger and she found herself from living in a lonely region far like lessons and concerts and the But she had her piano plenty of leisure and a keen desire to keep up her music while her parents place lived in this as her Nevertheless it was with like a with many boys and girls in situation: the work seemed to deteriorate for lack of stimulus There were no teachers to point out mistakes no1 pals to spur her to friendly competition Rhythm was her weak point She missed the ensemble playing which had strengthened her sense of time She had a metronome but playing to the ticktack of that old thing was dull work! Although she was somewhat doubtful of the results Anne ordered by mail several new records for her record player Some of k "But gAVAGELjif Ray seized the ham- mer in his strong sixteen-year-o- ld fist He moved menacingly over to the couch "That Tutfwinkjle" he sputtered Think of pad sick in bed at home Thinlfc what it would mean for Dad to come jto a cottage like this next spring right near the Water and all He'd build his health up fast That's what Gramps wanted —K "Shhhhh Ray" cautioned Dot peering out of the window "Here comes Mr Tuttwinkle now" Feeling thjat he must give vent to his emotibns somehow Ranald seized the hammer and dealt xie bulging spring in the sofa a blow There was ja squishing noise and Ranald saw his blow had merely transferred the spring from the top pf the sofa to the bot- torn where it burst through the lining and hung swinging and trembling under the fringe of the couch cover pelow Ray looked) up quickly to see if Dot had observed the accident No— she was letting Mr Tuttwinkle in the door Gingerly Ranald kicked the spring under the yellow fringes of! the couch cover "Good afternoon my dear children" said Mr "tuttwinkle piously as he entered the living room He rubbed bis hands at sight of the crackling fipe in the grate Mr Tuttwinkle was thin long of neck and re minded Ranald of a disgruntled 1 Well-aim- ed bald-head- ed old turkey "Did you find your Grandfather's receipts?" he asked anxiously "No Mr Tuttwinkle" said Dot sighing "I guess you'll have to take Gramps! cottage for the unpaid debt Tl rat's what the lawyer advised and !3ad said we were to do whatever Mr Thompson told us" "Too bad— too bad" Mr Tutt- winkle wagged his bald head abjectly "I dislike the idea of assuming owner ship under these circumstances Your grandfather was a good friend of mine Ranald grunted savagely Dot said quickly: "Take a seat on the sofa IV r Tuttwinkle Ray's just finished repairing it" "Ah that's a good boy said Mr Tuttwinkle sinking down in the middle of the horsehair sofa "Fine piece of furniture this Very solid— "Everything hj this cottage is solid and honest like Gramps" Ranald spoke up ft JR TUTTINfSLE eyed the tall 16-year- -ld jboy appraisingly You thought a lot of your dd grandfather didn't you my boy? Too bad he's gonk" "Gone!" Ranald repeated "I don't feel as if Gramps is gone at all To me he's still moving around every jroojtn in this cottage Why only this morning while I lay in his bed with my bare foot hanging out under the cover I felt as if Gramps passed by and tweaked my heel You know how he used to do that Gramps could S waS out-of-the-- pa- we can't find tiently Gramps' 'receipts: from Erdman Tuttwinkle and jpou know that Ever since Gramps died — " Gramps never did business like other people" Ranald snapped "He just paid cash and never asked for a receipt' That's neither here nor there Ray" Dot continued dusting calmly "Alhthat matters is: Mr Tuttwinkle is coming to take over ownership of Gramps house this afternoon Instead of standing there storming you might fix up that old horsehair couch with the spring poking up in the middle" "Fix itr What! for?" "Ray don't argue please We'll hand Gramps' house over in the best condition we can That's the right thing to do The hammer is on the table there" father IsnVTRVK it' Colorful Costumes of Cowboys Are Result Of Practical Needs on Cattle Ranges Great Masters A Ghost That Wasn't a Ghost Playing Duets en ll i 6 A h m M WOLFE 1 GAMES BY ROBERT SCHICK The cowboy is the most colorful igure in America with his broad- brimmed hat bright neckerchief and short leather chaps and hjgh- heeled boots But few people real- y know just why the cowboy of the West wears these things and HI- - 9 r - mas- Mr Tuttwinkle started and his face turned a peculiar shade of greenish-whit- e never see a foot without tweaking the best policy then telling me to fix that couch Yes sir Dot it "A nasty habit" said Mr Tutt- - you gave me rattling good advice winkle emphatically "I was fish- - and I'm glad I followed it" ing on the pier one day and your grandfather was in a boat underneath I didn't know of his presence below me and there I sat with my bare feet swinging above the water Your grandfather with BY E ANN BRUSH that perverted sense of humor that for girls is for This hobby-ide- a he had paddled slyly over in his will make the which boat reached up and pinched my wall plates heel I was so startled I fell into nice little gifts: All you heed is a package of the water" "party" paper plates such as you Ranald laughed heartily Dot looked shocked "Oh Mr buy at the dime stores some black for Tuttwinkle — I hope Gramps res- lacquer a bit of liquid-gol- d amount a small and the trimming J cued you?" "Of course he did" the old gen- of light shellac A colorful design tleman growled "But I was wet can be found in almost any magavery wet I can tell you Your zine You need not stick to the black grandfather had extremely muscular fingers and when he lacquer idea For instance we made two pale green and two pale pinched — " Mr Tu twinkle in addition to two black paused His face turned a peculiar pink plates For each plate we used shade of greenish-whit- e Laboriously he rose GIFT WALL-PLAT"Mr Tuttwinkle" Dot asked "is 30UD TRIMMIMO UACQUSR anything the matter?" Wall Plates Are Easily Made m ES old gentleman pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and began wiping his perspiring forehead I just recalled something! It was July the Fourth that your grandfather paid me for the launch I sold him IH send you a receipt in full in the morning I trust you will be happy in this cottage of his And now I must jget out quickly — and' home Looking bewildered Dot escorted the trembling Mr Tuttwinkle to the door and Ranald trying hard to control an irrepressible urge to laugh saw the old gentleman's sock had a huge tear on the heel while beneath the fringe of the old couch cover the steel coil of the broken spring trembled Springs could Ranald reflected feel like a pair of muscular fingers I pinching Dot shut the door and turned to her brother her bewildered expression giving way to one of "It's a miracle! Graiftps' is ours again! Ray what cottage on earth are you grinning so slyly 1 iabout?" was "I just thinking wha a swell sister you are" Ranald sidd "Reminding me that honesty is pHE f ra-dia- nce announcement was made by Robert Grasson head fencing coach at Yale: "Consider the bobby-soxe- rs and hpw they droop They trip over rugs and door steps waddle and scrape their feet when they walk drop their change in the bus or lbse their mittens at the movies They blunder through life too shyj to value the big things when they might be discovering new worlds every day Already they are old women The cure Coach Grasson says is fencing That is why this famous instructor is organizing fencing teams at Skidmore Vassar Bryn Mawr Mt Holyoike Swarthmore and Albertus Magnus According to him confidence poise and lightness of movement are achieved through fencing Reach for those foils bobby-soxer- s! A turtle hobby starts by a pair of turtles from par-chasi- ng the five and dime store Then HIS SOMBRERO PROTECTS HlAl FROM THE HOT SUM HIS HIGH HEELS GIVE HIM A OOOO HOLD tU THE W nMPNw JX : T ' m0 H& HEATHER CHAPS PROTECT MC HIM FROAA ©RUSH AMD BARBEP WIRE When Boy Meets Girl What Is Prop er in Introductions? BY HENRY H GRAHAM You're walking down the street with your dad when you meet Miss Barr one of your teachers She stops to say something to you and when she has finished you know it is proper for Dad to meet her He has never seen her before So you say "Dadl shake hands with Miss Barr my English teacher' e Was this the right way the introduction? No it cer- tohan-dl- MAPV THisN IS JOE HELLO) - VMARV- bert-Lisz- When you have started making these wall plates you'll see that there is no end to the different color and design combinations Each one becomes your particular masterpiece Here's how ybu do it First paint the plate with quick-dryipaint or Jacquer Let it dry completely if the edges should curl place a weight on the plate and let it stand for a time While the paint is drying you pick out the design you wish to use paste this in the middle of the plate smoothing it out well Now shellac the design Again let it dry Then gild the edges of the plate and around the design We painted the backs of these plates with a bright color to give them a finished look ng YOUNG IDEAS pHIS startling these records were by great ters Immediately the dull hours of practice became lively with interest First Anne used records of which she already had the music or for which she had ordered the music Next she played each record over and over to get a general con ception of the piece in respect to tempo rhythm and expression Then she practiced at the piano until she was reasonably sure she knew the music Finally she placed the phonograph close beside her piano and attuned them Then she began to accompany the phono graph first with the right hand alone and then wth the left and then with both harids In this way the passages that required more work were quickly discovered By using fibre needles which do not need be changed so often as steel ones she could go over the pas sages again and again by inter rupting the record and putting the needle back to the place for future study The speed with which she learned the new piece was so noticeable as to excijte comment from other members Of her family Usually in attacking new music the student finds certain parts hard to master because they seem less interesting than others But with Chopin Scharwenke Pade rewski and many others giving a of the clear mental sound-pictueffect to strive for there are no dull spots It may be said that this system might lead to imitation But to avoid it get two different records of a piece For example there is "Hark Hark the Lark" (Schu t) played by Paderewski and mother record as played by Godowsky It is best if possible to hear a record before you buy it for even records by one pianist vary somewhat in quality Some are better reproductions than others Anne has had so much benefit from the use of a phonograph that even when regular piano lessons under aacher are possible again she will continue what she humorously calls "Playing duets with the great masters" re a different design By June May the hobbyist gets interested in otter species mod spotted snapping musk—every variety up to the heavy fellows Plenty of pails tanks and cellar space are needed if you're going in for quantity Boys like the hobby because turtles so they say are clean pets not expensive and can be kept at a low cost The sampler to be seen on the hems shoulders and even the backs of wool dresses is a whiz idea Embroidering is done in a contrasting color or in several colors and gives even a plain dress swish Sort of nice is that hairdo with the locks parted in the middle spread and pinned smoothly in the rear over two round hair rolls that look like two large doughnuts and are worn slightly to the side and low on the neck Front hair is curled banged or braided depending oa your features cross-stitchi- ng one-col- or QUICKWINK RIDDLERt 9 GARRET 6EERUN6S CAUGHT FLATFOOTED what should you do to trap a thief in a circular building? You should call the cop Do the puzzle and find the miss ing word 1 2 3 4 5 6 L L L L L L Read down: — Good fortune 2— Observe 3 — Entice 4 — Without company 5— Falsehoods 6— A bird Now read across the third row of letters for the missing word The answer is on this page POSER ANSWERS The same four letters in "Emily's Problem" poem are E I L and V They are used to form the words "Vile" "Live "Evil "Veil" and "Levi" in that order L L L L L U O O U O N I A R K c K R K E E E S tainly wasn't In the first place women are not presented to men In the second place men don't shake hands with a woman unless the woman extends her hand In the third place the phraseology was wrong How should the introduction have been handled? Here's the proper way: "Miss Barr may I present my father?" or "Miss Barr this is my father" It is also correct to say "I'd like you to meet" but "May I present?" while extremely for mal is always proper and in good taste The ability to make introductions smoothly and correctly is a mark of culture Through life you will have to make a lot of them and it is well to grow up with the knowledge of how to do the job If you want a boy to meet a girl he is always presented to her For example you say: "Madge may I present Jim Brown?" Then turning to Jim ybu add "Jim this is Madge Smith" You can put in a little note of informality by remarking something like "Madge has the lead in the school play" and "Jim plays No 1 on the school tennis team" When you are introducing two boys it doesn't matter who is presented to whom unless one is far more famous than the other If one of them is a well-knoscreen star or athlete of national prominence you would say "Bill this is (or may I present?) Steve Little Known?" Then to Steve "This is Bill Renowned the movie star (or the famous golfer) of whom you've often read about in the paper" The same rule applies to girls meeting girls Girls and women are always presented to ministers priests and rabbis Thus "The Reverend Mr wn QUICK WINK ANSWERS 1 2 3 4 3 6 L pencil then sharpen your wits with this variety set of puz- piRST sharpen your how they came about Because phia to be exact But of course the cowboy is Public Hero No 1 one seldom sees a broad-brimm- ed to young folks of city and country sombrero worn in the East except zles: alike it should be interesting to by a visiting rancher These cow CROSSWORD PUZZLE check over his "gear boy hats were designed for condiin the tions cattle country and fol Curiously his great hat is most 5 k a lowed set long ago in pattern likely to be made by a famous 10 concern in the East —in Philadel- - ancient Spain Cattle raisers in old Spain faced II 12 same the much conditions which A COWBOY S COSTUME 15 14- confront the cattlemen of the IT IS COLORFU' American West One similarity ALSO PRACTICAL was the scorching rays of the sun BACH TEA1 S £ES5JED 21 22 20 flooding down on a largely treeless 18 f PURPOSE: land The womenfolk of the Span 2 24 ish grazing countcy early learned 27 to weave hats with extended brims 2C to protect their men from the hot 2£ 2T sun as they rode herd in old Castile ACROSS ( - PUZZLES J Jones may I present my mother (or my girl friend Alice Lake or mv Aunt Martha)?" This is the ONLY TIME when men are not presented to women The custom is in tribute to the high religious standing of the churchman Men and boys always shake hands with each other when in troduced Women and girls rarely do If a man is introduced to a woman and she offers her hand he must accept it Usually she doesn't offer her hand Single women are usually pre sented to married women unless the single girl is considerably older or more distinguished When introducing two women you would say "Mrs Jones may I present Miss Blank?" If both are single or both married you would put first the name of the one who was much older or more famous assuming they differed greatly in these respects If you are introducing two men however it makes no difference wbethey they are married or not Fame and age make the difference here Young girls are nearly always presented to older women and boys are presented to men For example "Mrs Smith may I present Mary Jones a classmate of mine?" and "Mr Jones this is my pal Jimmy Burns" Mr Jones will extend his hand for the customary greeting but Mrs Smith will probably not do so when she meets Mary If you are called upon to introduce a young chum Sam to a friend of your family how would you do it? This is proper: "Mr Eklund may I present my chum Sam Dallard?" In order to start the conversational ball rolling you can add "Mr Eklund is a lawyer in Smithville" and "Sam is our star debater in school" It is better to keep introductions on a dignified plane than to be flippant and informal Flippancy creates a feeling of insincerity When you introduce a boy to a girl be content with making Don't suggest the introduction better get that they acquainted They'll take care of the future themselves EMILY SOLVES PROBLEM The same four letters differ- ently arranged form the five words represented by a dash: Quoth Emily "The world is I do not care to stay alive! mid earth's Why should I alarms? Where — is I cannot thrive" renounced the She took the world on her smiled The Sons of And blessed her with uplifted hands well Saving "Thou'st— chosen I my child!" ' 9 Costumes of Spanish Origin When the Spaniards came to the New World they brought the cattle industry and its distinctive costume with them Today the Argentine gaucho wears a hat very much like the old Spanish type but in Mexico the brim was softened and made adjustable while the crown was made much taller This is the famous "sombrero" which is universally worn in the country districts of Mexico While the state of Texas once formed part of Mexican territory many of Mexico's cattlemen estab lished ranches there running great cattle tended herds of by cowboys called "vaqueros When Uncle Sam's boys drifted in and entered the ranching business they borrowed the Mexican cow boy's dress although this was modified to their own tastes One thing they kept was the great hat with the brim shortened somewhat but left soft Because Texas was the birthplace of the American ranching industry Texas cowboys set the style a! through the grazing frontier from the Rio Grande to Canada The hat is the crowning glory of the Westerner long-horn- "ten-gallo- ed n" 1 5 9 Notion Cease Gull-li- ed bird ke 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 Weary Hearing organ Commonplace Less quickly Symbol for niton Lease again Court (ab) 20 Helping 23 Papal cape 25 26 Expire Short barb 27 Rave 28 Oriental nurse 29 Malt beverages DOWN Followers Apportion as cards Mistake Any Looked fixedly 1 2 3 4 5 Important metal 6 7 Algerian seaport Animal fur Calumniate Riches Having tides Final musical passage English streetcar Number Obtains Brazilian macaw 27 Sun god 8 12 14 17 18 19 21 22 24 —2— "EAR" WORDS It is his trademark Neckerchief for Wind Protection The neckeschief is for protection against the whipping stinging winds that sweep the ranges and the smarting smoke from the branding fires In roundups it is worn on the nose and mouth to keep out the dust shirt has a The bright-colortoo In the mad practical meaning rush of cattle in stampede or In the ordinary "cutting out" process a single rider can get into dangerous spots Atop his plunging horse the cowboy in his bright shirt can more readily be located by another rider who can help head the cattle away from his endangered companion Anyone who has seen the thorny brush of southwest Texas or the spiny spiked cactus growth of the arid west will know why the cowboy wears "chaps" The leggings also protect against barbed wire In the Southwest leather is the usual material while on the colder northern ranges hair chaps are used Hair chaps often times are made from fur sheared from Newfoundland dogs This hair when laid the right way de fies rain and the cowboy despises rain while working in the saddle HH words end ing in "EAR can you lormT i How many tter FRUIT SQUARE Find the right starting point then read across down backward or forward (but never diagonally) and you will find the eight units of fruit hidden in our square They are all in rotation A H B W O si L O TP N A V" £ E A flesh-stabbi- ng Boots Aid in Branding Pens And finally we come to the faboots They mous hPin the waddies dig into the ground when they brace "themselves in roping in the branding pen or when catching their horses Then too the long heels can be hooked against the edge of the stirrups when riding preventing the feet from being caught if the horse "cuts up" Unlike the cowboy's hat his boots are usually manufactured fn the cattle country close to the sunolv of hides Many boot mak ers are famous in the cattle country You have probably heard how cattlemen dislike walking how he is said to prefer riding from the front oorch to the back porch rather than walking through the house It may be overdrawn but in walking is really quite a chore boot the However colorful the cowboy's costume may be there is a real reason back of everything he wears Remember that the next time you see Red Ryder at the movies or in the funny paper high-heel- high-heel- ed P R SCRAMBLER Scramble existence and have a rasp — 5— WORD DIAMOND DREAMER forms the center ol our word diamond The second word is a constellation the third is watchful the fifth is provided with weapons and the sixth to scatter D ed R E DREAMER M R 1 ANSWERS Crotsword puszle answer: i p e T B ft A L (s It o p R £ T I ¥L jo p&jKMjjj R e L SIT C TA To Kilo I E Ul 'eMj A UkLT P R T amah 1albs Q R I I Ear bear dear fear gear hear Lear near pear rear sear tear wear year t Apple Grapefruit Pear Cherry Apricot Peach Banana Lemon Life file I D ARA ALERT DREAM EP ARMED TED R |