| Show First Reader and t Eclectic Primer s k Edited by H. H I. I PHILLIPS FOi once FORt 1 pI QU ZI w i I 6 0 0 THE STORY OF JENNIE AND WILBUR 1 1 Jennie Jennie and Wilbur were poor but honest hon t. t 2 2 Their folks were short on money monel b but t long king on principles 3 They 8 They tried to guide their children children chil dren aright and always emphasized courage 4 4 Be 4 Be e brave and resolute as all you go through life the father used to tell them Never compromise B Fear ti Fear their mother told them ever er so 10 often Is pagan and has no place In the character of a real man mau manor mauor or woman There 6 0 There wa was hardly a day that Jennie and Wilbur were not lectured lectured lec lee on courage and Its Importance In to life 7 often otten Often their parents would put them to some test teat calculated to strengthen their backbone and rid them of Inhibitions 8 Wilbur Wllbur Wilbur a as a little boy was waa often otten sent lent on long trips at night through the dark and Jennie was made to sleep In a dingy attic room away awal from the others otherl in the household house house- hold so eo she would shake off ott all nervousness and fright 9 9 Their Their parents once rented a haunted house for the summer summer just to show the kiddies It was all super super- 10 Everything 10 Everything o possible was waa done to make them resolute bold and unafraid un un- afraid 11 They 11 They let Jennie go on a lion ilon hunt with an African expedition when she the wa was only sixteen and during a summer lummer vacation Wilbur got a job driving one of those powder pow der labeled wagons Dangerous High Explosives 12 12 Uy By the time the they had hod reached the age of twenty Jennie and Wilbur Wil bur were pretty bard hard They weren't afraid of anything Timidity TimidIty Timid Timidity ity was foreign to their natures 13 And 13 And It all aU profited them greatly 14 For 14 For they became public links golfers 15 And 15 And what Is III more they played Saturdays and Sundays without without with with- out steel helmets leather vests or on guards You MORAL Ton cant can't overemphasize size any auy quality In character building build build- ing PSALMS OF LIFE Be De neat In all the things of life Be e ruled b by tidiness Let order guide you day by day And Aud bring you happiness Help keep the house quite neat neat neat- Dont Don't litter up a room When others other have to tidy up It Oils fills them full rull of or gloom Put everything where it belongs When you on return from school The shiftless careless little girl But apes the senseless fool tool Put lut all your clothes where clothes where they belong belong be be- long When you yon undress at night Hang all your garments BO so they can canDe Be De found next morn mom all right rightA A scrubbing give yourself a ii amorn morn mornAnd mornAnd mornAnd And then throughout the dayDe day Be De careful not to tear or soil soli Your Tour garments In rough pIa play Be De neat In all the things you yon do And when youve you've grown we think You will not be a wife wIre who leaves leates TUB TIlE DISHES IN TilE THE SINK S Who Is this This Is Gerald Ger aid ald Who Vho Is Gerald Ger 1 aid ald el Gerald In a alife alire alife life lire guard l What Is a life lite lifeguard lifeguard guard A life lite guard guardIs Is a college student stu stu- student dent or graduate graduate ate who cant can't croon or play the saxophone or sell bonds bonda What does the life Ute guard guar do lIe He spends all aU summer lummer In a bathIng bath bath- Ing suit at atthe the beach and end gets paid for It What Is the life guard doing In Inthe Inthe inthe the picture lIe He Is peering out oct Int into the breakers Why Is he be peering out into the breakers 1 He tie has just heard beard a feminine scream What will he do dot It all depends It all aU depends on what On whether after locating the cry of distress he finds that It comes from a young good looker or some gome old dame who Is no bargain Suppose the scream comes from tram a I good looker Then Gerald will leap Into action tear through the crowd and go for forthe forthe forthe the distressed party In a big way Suppose the bather crying for aid aidIs I Is Js s Is fat tat torte forty f and Impossible Then Gerald will w be out to lunch until the crisis Is over Then what Is a middle middle aged wom woman an to do when she goes In to swim swim- swimming suing ming Anything but expect aId old from the young and handsome life guard JUMBLED LETTERS CONT CONTEST ST Rearrange the following letters so GO they spell the names of great admirals and generals McClellan S wall tone Jorett Ele If It the wind Is S right 7 hours should be sufficient time In which to accomplish the above test RIGHT MEANING OF WORDS TEST Checks the words which properly complete the following sentences sentence s Mandrake Is a duck an herb herba a Japanese title a a farming utensil A fetlock lellock Is Is something used to seal doors a distance of ground gro nautically speaking an old-fashioned old gun gUD used In the colonial coto colo nial wars part of a horse A modicum Is a college degree de de- de gree a small house on the deck of a boat a bird a small quantity A sampan Is a Chinese boat boata a a type of cloth dotha clotha a character character char char- acter In ID nursery stories viz the Japanese sampan a cooking utensil A Is a man who has bas lost his bis wife a a person who whole Is le always complaining or whining s someone meone who winnows Coeur de II Lion LUm n was an an animal traIner name of a beat best selle seller sell lIell- er erthe the oldest lI lion Ilan o In the Hagenback Hagen Hagen- back Zoo Zooa a great English king A Chippendale breed of or dog a flimsy lace lace garment a type of race horse a piece of furniture S a GENERAL INFORMATION TEST Check eck the correct word or words In the following statements 1 A 1 A curfew Is a a kind of bird a a native of Corfu a a cooking utensil an arrangement ar ar- of the hair 2 To Z-To To show acu acumen men is to tobe to be very conscientious be sharp of mind be romantic and sentimental be good at at figures 3 A 3 A man Is III said ld to be affluent when he too muc much gives of his money generously Is overweight stutters terl Is Is unable to concen tra te 4 An 4 An anecdote Is Is some something thing given to offset poison polson an animal with two horns an antique piece of furniture kind of drawing a story 5 An 5 An easel Is a small animal like a ferret a a legal term a a musical Instrument a a mean man t 1 t something used by artists 0 A ti A sarcophagus Is a vegetable rich In la Iodine a a kind of ot harp a vehicle i a a Greek public building I a coffin a man who 1 Is la sarcastic I 7 Stoics 7 Stoics are long long birds binds hermits 1 I people who cant can't see well I quiet philosophers 8 Centaur 8 Centaurs 8 are plants that live lire years em of a government ml mint mint t. t I polo players playe legendary crea I tures people who leaf leal loots loose lives Ures I I |
