Show QBOYS GIRLS PAOB cmJs PUZZLES HOBBIES of This World Traveling Out the OCIENCE not only admits possibility of a trip to the moon by rocket ship but technicians say that not a single new invention is needed for the job A little perfecting of those we have perhaps but that is all But there are a few things holdTo week-en- d ing up the take-o- ff on the moon you'd need plenty of warm clothing a tank of condensed oxygen and possibly some dehydrated water — oops! Beg pardon there is no such thing But carrying along enough water would be a big problem because water is heavy and there's none on the moon But without heat air and water you wouldn't enjoy your trip or live to see much of the moon The heavy clothing would have to keep you warm at a temperature of hundreds of degrees below zero at night And it should also be made of asbestos because in the daytime the temperatures would go above the boiling point of big-brain- By Lcc Priestley JUftT HOW LOWS BBPORe WE ed WILL BE- MAkihi& &CHEOUL&D TRIPS TO TWfe MOON R£UIM& TO BE &e&M— OUR EXPERTS - SAY WE- - NEED OklLY TO PERFECT THE lklVEWTlOM& WE ALREADY HAVE - £ A A A4AH OA f V) A4E tWLL &£ LlktH A CJZ£ATUX£- WHOG& 7tf£ AOOA t I 4U£ 7H4TS - APPtrAXAACE HLr CAAf OULY 5Less Am WHEN THEEARTH MAM - PIRST REACHES THE MOON HE WILL REQUIRE CLOTH I W6 AMD v - v vlsmh mr BREATHING EQUIPMENT KIECE&SARV - ATMOSPHERIC K CONDITIONS THAT ABE DIFFEREN- T- water The man on the moon if there Is one (which is unlikely) would felbe a very nightmarish-lookin- g low He would have no lungs but instead he would have a very big stomach- - He'd have to get his oxygen or something to take the place of oxygen by eating oxides or other minerals in large quantities "DECAUSE gravity on the moon is low he wouldn't need sturdy legs — but he might have under- pinning like insects and still leap many times his own height Because there's no air there would be no sound and so he wouldn't But he might be need ears powequipped with extra-sensoers Maybe he has eyes and can read your thoughts or he might have some sort of radar or radio to talk and to signal with If your rocket should go beyond the moon and land on Mars your problems would be different There is air on Mars possibly a little water but it gets so cold there that it is frosty at the JomsJda - - dlobsud Jg VERYONE young and old alike called him Robert Wollers Not Bob or Rob or even Bobbie Just plain Robert the way his mother named him Nearly everyone gets some sort of a nickname before he is high school age Some little kink in his personality seeps through and shows up in a nickname Everybody knows this—I don't have to be real smart on the subject of names to know it myself The fact that Robert had no nickname sub-basem- ent to speak up to the girl Right?" "OH no!" Robert protested "I'm hot afraid of her No! No! She is so sweet and so nearly divine that I: can only do as she wishes" In psychology class we'd studied about this sort of thing I knew that the poor egg was as we psychologists say! trying to justify his own craven actions So I shot a fast ohe from the shoulder ) ay keeping alive they might appear to be unfriendly But it's simply because they have no time to have good manners They'd be suspicious of any stranger for fear he might eat up a lot of good oxides that they need themselves But if they were smart they'd sign a trade agreement and swap gold silver and even uranium for terrestrial oxides and water wait on beyond Mars to Jupiter you'd find the temperature 120 degrees below zero in the daytime and you'd have to pack a "Zero suit" such as the Navy has developed You couldn't breathe on Jupiter because the air contains poisonous gases Back Yard Game BACK YARD CATCH USB TBAHS BALL 4 f She looked as if she were seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time showed what sort of a fellow he was Here's a pastime that you can use to entertain yourself when time hangs heavy on your hands Use a tennis ball and a porridge pan Bounce the ball against the garage wall — taking care to play on a side where there are no windows —and catch the ball in the pan II you play against score as in tennis Wouldn't ask me to help didn't have faith in my methods would you?" I asked After he nodded glumly I went on: "Okay then Get this and no back talk Take this girl Russaline out and somewhere along the line slap her down She'll give you plenty of opportunity because to her you're only something to wipe shoes on" "Slap her?" Robert's eyes were big "ph I couldn't!" "Not with your hand you dope but with words Tell her off Shout stomp( Shefll find out you're not a worth which she thinks you are Love will brighten her eyes as she realizes that she had it earning Brother you're a man—or if yoi You've heard of people who are as comfortable as an old shoe? Well Robert was like being barefoot He never caused any commotion or gave out any headaches so no one had ever bothered to give him a nickname As anonymous (I've bought myself a dictionary) as Robert Dorsey's other trombone player that's Robert Maybe he lacked personality or maybe he had some but it didn't show Up to the point where we begin our story no one knew I was sitting at the counter at Steve's with a dime hamburger in my fist wtyen the quiet Robert came in and nearly knocked me off my perch with the quiet news that he was in Love— with a king-siz- e capital L It was this way: Several times recently he had been allowed to tag along as a book carrier for a gem of American girlhood named Russaline Now he was yearning to walk beside her instead of two steps behind "How?" he asked in as many words as it would take to fill book I sized up the situation The poor goop was too nice and easygoing to get up on his hind feet and holler so Russaline him something awful Robert didn't even get upset He felt lucky to be seen with her when she wasn't dated by one of the Pjlpipowered high school athletes Honest how far can the other cheek be turned? door-matt- ill years 'J'HE Soap cham-pion- DO-I- T half-starv- ed j : "But Robert— rBOb that is — I thought she saw the light?" Bob stared into his malted milk a long time counting the bubbles j before he answered? "If there's one thing I can't stand it's a sniveling female" 1 ry — 3 Tea CORD - AcbobaY BACK Y PAPS-- TABS HOLD MAGver aao JSTAA& BY WALTER KING themselves without any effort at If you can stand on your head all 00 seconds you have the When you use a white string makings of an acrobat although you will very likely ask for a floor on which tp rest your head Here are some paper acrobats who can stand on their noses on a tight rope Some stunt! First you make a stage of a large cardboard suit box If you Wish a more fancy and elaborate acrobatic booth make the theater qut of plywood and paint it The diagram shows you the size of the stage and the best position for the "tight rope" which is actually a strong piece of string The acrobatic figures are cut from stiff paper and colored appropriately J If you present your show in a darkened room using a flashlight as a spotlight to play upon the stage the effect will be startling When you place the paper figures on the tight rope they balance I id-a- About Hawaii Coded Message Man has substituted a secret code for the correct letters in his sentence As a hint the first word is "ONLY" Now you have four letters and you know that two letters in the second word The-Puzz- le rmssyrgrw Puzzle Answers hIaIwJa a r Ma p o 1 d':e- nIBe - I i n O E : Industries Rebus M Careful study of the words and pictures will reveal the names of four Hawaiian industries: N AjrtpT I G HAU I DIAMOND: P ffitiirooqh the holes PAR PACES PACDJIC REFER SIR ACROSS 1 6 7 8 ID 11 13 IS 18 20 21 2 3 4 5 9 12 13 14 Our subject Army reserve (ab) Bustle c"i Lion's home Half an em Whirlwind Mother To equip Social insect Registered nurse (ab) One of the Hawaiian islands tJOWN Possessed Exist Rough lava Fish Electrified particle Negative reply Comparative suffix Male Blackbird" of the cuckoo family Man's name African antelqpe Palm lily Mountainous and Honolulu is capital INDUSTRIES REBUS: Truck gardens Fishing Sugar Pineapples CODED MESSAGE: Only nine Of the twenty islands in the Hawaiian group are inhabited j Next week will be variety time la the Puzzle Patch MIX-VP- S: Volcanic Diamond out ! 2 Decorate w'th orWUNTS Fold into a cone and fasten wrtn ML MIL dsmm Laala CmaC ADHESIVE TAPE H'13 ile A 41 NEXT WEEK you"!! need heavy paper large cardboard spool some plain paper eight dried beans a pencil paste and crayon PACIFIC P I C Mix-Up- s Rearrange the letters in the follines to form lowing mixed-u- p two facts about Hawaii: NOVA NOUN CAM COLD TA1 oo "' fifeiu mntn-- USCuIl OHIO PUT IN ALAS WAW i A tuc oau ru mZ ac TO CAM STEt VJiTH tB-r- w H6 IHSTftUMENT- S- i pair of attractive book ends that cost absolutely nothing are easy to make from wooden cigar boxes and colored illustrations ripped from old magazines Fill the two boxes with sand or small pebbles in order to give them the necessary "hefMness" Seal them shut With cellulose tape Now cut hyour pictures into diagonal w: fie strips Past ttierii to the) boxes Place one strip close to the next very carefully until all the surfaces are completely covered When this "wallpaper Is thor one-inc- ougbJ£r dry waterproof it with transparent shellac If c "re handy with a saw and a paintbrush and there happens to be atj old discarded set of kitchen furniture in your attic you can make yourself some ready cash Just convert the chairs and table into nursery furniture Remove bout four inches from the legs of each 'chair Lower the table to match Paint the wood a bright color Add nursery rhyme decals According to one boy who earns pin money in this way a good Job is worth $20 After you've sold the transformation buy another old set with only half the profits or even less from one of the second hand shops in town and begin again e You can always have a dry towel when you shower if you fiat a wire coat hanger pulled lengthwise as far --as it will go Place the hook end en the outside of the shower curtain rod and slip your towel through the loop end at the bottom You'll find that it will bo just where you want it when you want it yet absolutely dry s I Hawaii is known as "the cross roads of the PACIFIC" ilrhich fact forms a centei for this word dia- mond The second word is "a golf term" the third "steps" the fifth "to attribute" and the sixth is courtesy title Draw and cut circle haif 7 inches a mat of 1 think about by asking "How many names can you think of that end with the same letter that they begin with?" Examples are David Evangeline Greg and Anna Let youij companions take tlus stick-erfrosn here A I Ritter I QIVE your friends something to CROSSWORD: Lmob mrmv la gsv gdvmzb rhozmwh rm gsv Szdzrrzm tilfk Stunts & Stuff By Bess I are "N" 7i v good conjuring should have a triple "3 hind it which are the answers to the questions Is it easy to prepare? Is it easy to do? Is it hard to guess the secret? Here is a trick based on a scientific experiment that can qualify 'with a triple' "yes" un ine magician s table are: (1) an inkwell with a large opening (2) a tall bottle preferably on used to refill small ink containers (3) a plate (4) two rolls of white paper tied or pasted to prevent them from unrolling The trick is this You dip the first paper roll in the inkwell and rirauj it nut chninir nna nrl Klaoir with ink To replace the ink soaked up by the paper you pour more ink into the inkwell from the large bottle Then you dip the second roll of white paper into the inkwell and — tricksie scienko magi-c- us performus — the second roll comes out white as ever The secret? The large bottle really contains no ink at all but a small quantity of powdered colophony This is a dark resin which may be purchased for a few cents The trick you see really hinges on a scientific experiment which you may easily perform any time paint the back scenery a dark color so that the string can be seen if the back piece is black and the strirtg black you can create another startling illusion by showing your acrobatic figures apparently floating in! mid-a- ir The trick is done1 as you will see from the drawing by means of a hidden horseshoe magnet held above and inside the stage with gummed paper Thin needles are fastened to the paper figures with a good rubber cement When you place the figures on the string the miagnet catches them by the tail an4 dangles them TUB WHO LB BAG in na ir Let the! "smarties" in the audience have asi many guesses as they wish on how the figures perform They are not likely to if you dash some powdered colohit on the secret 6f the hidden phony on the surface of some ink magnet unless you tell them about in a bottle and then dip a piece of paper in it The resinous substance clings to the paper and prevent- - it from becoming all inked up PATCH Tricky Puzzles IU w J — : 18 17 19 4 Stami--r- of Acrobats FVERYBa9 of Tricks w OF JCXOSim PUZZLE 1 ed malted I gave the problem deep thought And by the time I finished it— which at Steve's doesn't take long —I had the perfect solution "Robert" I said "you are without spine You think a library date is the peak of love You tell yourself that you Paper Side-Sho- JOKES I Things to Make With Materials at Hand By Dale Goss fHILE Robert ordered me a once-in-awh- '"THESE quiet types are real whopperdoos when they get cranked up and our Robert had the girl on the ropes with big salty tears messing her make-u- p when he left for home The last thing he remembered as he stomped off her front porch wds her expression She looked a if she were seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time "Geej Robert" I said "this is wonderful No doubf you and Russaline are full time he and she around town?" "The name is Bob" said Robert firmly "And we are not full time not even a part time he and she around town We ire no sort of him and her around town at all" ed by the American press and the Chevrolet Company is to be held Aug 13 Does that jolt your superstitions? Then get ready for still another jolt This is also tiie 13th annus 1 Soap Box race Most boys constructing soap box racers in their Dad's garage are too busy tc think about No 13 Yet it is a fad that no soap box has ever been given that number because it is believed an ingrained superstition cm work an actual handicap How many superstitious handicaps are you carrying right this minute? Do rou avoid walking under a ladder dread breaking a mirror or haviig a black cat cross your path? Every superstition is rooted ia fear A superstitious person isn't sure jof himself That is why1 he is always afraid — afraid he wont beat the other fellow afraid he won't get his share of glory or fun or whatever it ia that he wants Lick your fear and you lick your superstition When you have licked superstition you'll walk freer lighter happier A group ofj campers found a black cat supposed to foretell bad lufck according to su perstition Thf counselor permitted the boys to take the animal in and feed it "jrhat cat became a camp pet When Tom strolled across anyone's path as he did a dozen times a day there was only a pat on the head or a handout One of the boys snapped a picture of the cat and won a $25 prize in a photography contest On a midsummer night the cat won a bout of claws with i fox and chased old reynard up a tree That was the biggest excitement the camp ever had and the bota still talk about it Fun money thrills — this black cat provided all three It was a good thing the boys weren't super stitious When he got heri home he recited my script telling her how sick he was of being walked all Crossword over by her If she wanted to go shouldn't It take you long to do out with him any more he shouted this little crossword puzzle about he'd haye to be treated like a man Hawaii: because he was going to start — I shaving 4 w— j is ng BECAUSE Martians would have to spend so much energy just ish say passed before I got a report from Robert fie met me at Steve's again a new swagger in his walk and he looked at least two inches taller His eyes sparkled and he told his story with a ring in his voice He'd taken my advjee He in Russaline a'date with squeezed on a rare dateless Saturday when all the track men were off to some meet and he'd ' taken her t'1' movie At first he'd a ted as usual being a perfect gentleman until she insisted on taking a taxi home instead of a bus He pushed her on a bus pushed her but into traffic ahead of hinj and acted in general as if they'd been married 90 equator Life can exist on Mars and possibly It does in the form of plants But scientists aren't going out on a limb and saying there are intelligent creatures there But supposing there are and crowds of Martians are hanging around the airport to watch the 7:15 rocket from Earth larrive They'd be funny-lookipeople Because air is scarce they'd probably have to eat a lot of their oxygen so they'd have big stomachs too but not as large as the moon people who would have to eat all their oxygen But they'd also have large chests because they'd need giant lungs to get any oxygen at all out of the air L j QhUCk JJUVL&i&n are a gentleman and being noble will be when you sfart to shave — of go forth and conquer" whileideep in the your mind you are deathly afraid Roughly a fortnight as the Brit- ry X-r- jL dSjU wJ3 CRAFTS If you tote your lunch to school every day don't muss up your briefcase with the food Store those sandwiches in a large plastic vegetable bag—the kind that closes with a zipper Now you'll be able to place them right next to the most precious book Your nose will never know the difference! i ! 1 4 |