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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE. DELTA. UTAH aSKMG 7A quiz with answers 0ffer- 4. A species of hummiJ?' called Mellisuga Minima. Iff , two inches long. tt than 1200 of an ounce and ' of all feathers is no larger th K ordinary bumblebee. ' 1 5. Brahma. Hindus believ, has four heads. THE QUESTIONS 1. Where Is the geographic cen-ter of the United States? 2. By what name was Australia once known? 3. How many prescriptions do drug stores fiU each year? 4. What's the smallest bird? 5. Who is the supreme god of the Hindus ? THE ANSWERS 1. In Smith County, Kansas, lati-tude 39 degrees 50 minutes; longi-tude 98 degrees 35 minutes. - 2. New Holland. 3. All drugstores in the United States fill about 250 million pre-scriptions a year. . Tttf-- k " " .. - f?i rf I MERRY MERRY MERMAID fh " i I 3 B J j By MARY LOUISE CHEATHAM If')!'- - i CofHec I . rJJlb green, blue, silver or gray, accord-ing to the light The office, with its irritations, seemed far away. "Hello, thare!" It was Terry. She sensed his presence before he spoke. "Care for a swim?" She shook her head. "I've already been in," she said. "Well," he persisted, "You can go in again." "No," said Merry. "I like it here on the beach." "Okay," Terry shrugged. "Suit yourself, I'm going to fake a swim, then I've got to go to the village. Be gone all day. You ought to come along." "No," said Merry. "Thanks any-way." She was sorry to see him go, yet happy, too. He would be gone all day! As soon as he was completely out of sight she waded back into the water. Olga, Mrs. White's cook, came wading out but Merry didn't mind. Olga was plump and comfort-able and she was eating an apple. other, she managed to avoid Terry and keep on with her attempts to swim. "I don't know why I don't tell him," she thought. "He prob-ably would teach me himself but he might think I am awfully stupid, the' way I don't make any progress. Somehow, I am ashamed to let him know." She went on practicing strokes and kicks, swallowing water and floundering in despair and then, one day, one day of days, it hap-pened! She swam! Only a few feet at first, then farther and farther and farther with practice. Bobby, her teacher, jumped up and down and shrieked with joy, and they had a water-fig- ht to celebrate. After that, noth-ing could stop her. It was just an easy sidestroke but it was swim-ming! "Tell you what," said Bobby. "I'll take the rowboat and row along-side in case you need me, and I i Mai AM f'f- - I J 1 - ,j I ! TT was still early and the beach was I deserted except for a few lone I bathers far around the shoreline. f Merry finished her splashing in the chilly waters and climbed on a rock i by the lakeside, the only rock in s ' view anywhere on the sandy beach. a ' It made a nice spot to sit and dry as the morning sun grew warmer, s Spreading her beach robe over the a rock to protect her new green bath-s- i ing suit she rubbed her arms and ( legs briskly with a towel, then cast j it aside and rummaged in the can-- 1 vas beach bag for her, brush and I comb, and a hand mirror. She had i just finished shaking the water from sj her long, blonde hair and was J brushing it to a golden sheen when .nor H a masculine voice beside her told al direi her she was no longer alone. :nor's s "Ah, a mermaid!" said the voice, and there stood a bronzed young man in bathing trunks. He was tall hO and dark and and just the sort of young man a girl , dreamed of meeting on her vacation, Clcli only he had appeared much too soon. She blushed and groped for an an- - boring swer. She shivered and sneezed. :laime' "Well," commented the young frchest man -- j. don't know mermaid lang- - our uage but kerchoo, yourself." Without waiting to be asked, he 27 mu 0f y,e had seated himself on the sand be- - the Si side the rock and not knowing what rder th else to do Merry went on awkwardly ight be brushing her hair. ;he pu "What's your name?" he asked. ,nv Y1 "Mine's Terry Thornton. Staying itwfll with some cousins at 0134 cottaSe k statu down the line." j t t "Merry," she admitted unhappily, f the i "Not Mary; Merry, like in Merry i B. M Christmas. Only my last name's 5f Ut Day. My mother had original ideas." f Marc "Hmm." Terry mused. "Well, on TSEK you " turned out aU right' tt10" ,n whjc she took a chance. Supposing you t0 ho: were one of those grave, sober people who go around frowning all i for tl the time? But with those dimples being anj that smile it suits you." Dutside :f c' Merry blushed again. It was dis-- concerting to have a strange young .vaiMabl man studying her face so closely, i resid. j but it was funny, too. She laughed, id the "Merry," he repeated. "I like that. Merry and Terry. Makes a good ' new combination. Hey! Where you go- - nf6m mg? Don't jump back in the water, ykta,o' mermaid. I'll only swim right after ithei yu!" for o: "Breakfast," said Merry, gather-n- g the Ing up her belongings. "We haven't Maurice eaten yet. They're expecting me at f of I the cottage." nduct "Well," said Terry reluctantly. 'efabe " 'Bye then' for now" See y0U 2 at again." He walked over to the deep g gr end of the pier, waved, dived clean- - Jymphi ly and as Merry left the beach, she the p saw him swimming with long, sure ra, sai j strokes out to the raft. If only, she '"u" thought, he hadn't come along quite n yr- so soon! Now she would have to go ivhich to me keach even earlier. "Terry Thornton?" said Mrs. j, White, with whom Merry was board-- !' ing during her vacation. "Why, yes. He comes up here summers to visit )jr " relatives in one of those cottages y t down the row. One of the best swim- - jSfc mers around here. Regular fish." y v Merry's heart sank but she ate heartily of the blueberry muffins fjte and decided nothing was going to Y',Vj, spoil this vacation of hers. She fjff planned too long and worked 'VsJ too hard for it, and now she was going to enjoy every minute. Ml Ty . It was not much fun, going in the ' the ( water so terribly early, but she me of 1 splashed determinedly the next CiJ ft i; morning, then spread her beach robe on the sand and lay there on her Joay t. stomach, soaking up what sunshine tiring there was. Head cradled on elbow, that's she gazed dreamily at the lake. It loing-- ;; was always changing color, like the ins, so' stone in a ring she used to have She had just finished shaking the water from her long, blonde hair and was brushing it to. a golden sheen when a masculine voice beside ber told her she was no longer alone. think by now you can easily make it as far as the raft." "All right," Merry agreed brave-ly. "I'll do it." She lay on her side, taking slow, easy strokes, watching Bobby in the boat. The water felt wonderful she felt wonderful herself! Hardly out of breath at all, she reached the raft "Hurray!" shouted Bobby. "You made it!" "Hurray!" echoed another voice, "Three cheers for the merry mer-maid!" And there on the raft, outlined against the sun, was Terry. Eagerly, he pulled her out of the water. "I crown you queen of the mer-maids," he said, adorning her head with a dripping white waterlily he had brought from the lagoon. "So you learned to swim in less than two weeks!" Merry caught her breath. "How did you know?" she asked. "Well," said Terry, smiling deep-ly into her eyes. "That kid brother of mine is a pretty good teacher." "Can you swim, Olga?" called Merry. "No," answered Olga, "but I can float." She lay back, easily, on the surface of the water and continued eating her apple, gazing unconcern-edly up at the sky. "That's wonderful!" said Merry. She tried it but sank immediately, and sat up, gasping and blowing water out of her nose. A peal of laughter rang out and she looked into the face of a boy who was swimming about like a porpoise. "Here's the way," he said, and floated like Olga. "Gee!" he said. "Don't you know how to swim?" "No," Merry admitted, sadly. "I've never been around water, much. I've always lived in the city, and I just never did learn." "It's easy," said the boy. "Watch here." So the lessons began. Hopeful and bopeless by turn, Merry kicked and splashed. Her frecltle-face- d tutor was a hard taskmaster and a merciless critic. They kept at it most of the day but Merry still couldn't stay on top of the water. "Looks like I'll never learn!" she thought, but early the next morn-ing she was at it again. She man-aged to be lying on the beach when Terry dropped by. She turned down his invitation to go on an all-da- y boating trip with some friends. "An-other day," she thought hopefully. Her young instructor turned up again that afternoon, as enthusiastic as Merry was determined. Day after day, by some ruse or Variety of Salads Offers Inspiration For Meal Planning How much can a salad do for a meal? Well, you all know it adds precious vitamins and minerals to the meal, but have you thought about how much flavor and true texture contrast it brings, too? There are thousands of salads from which to draw for true meal in-spiration. There's a crisp, green tossed type for the really heavy meal; there's a cheese and vege-table combination for the meal to which you want to add more pro-tein, and then there's a tossed fruit or molded fruit when you want to j V s LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Baked Beans with Wieners Vegetable Salad Bowl Hard Rolls Fresh or Stewed Fruit Cookies Beverage Recipe given Cube the tongue. Add all other ingredients and moisten with may-onnaise. Serve in a bowl lined d greens. Asparagus Salad (Serves 6) 1 No. 2 can asparagus, drained Salad greens 6 slices boiled ham or salami 2 finely chopped hard-cooke- d eggs French dressing Arrange chilled asparagus tips on, salad greens. Sprinkle with eggs and pour dressing over all. Make cornucopias out of meat and place around the salad. Fruit Salad Bowl (Serves 8) 2 heads romaine 1 pineapple, pared, cored and sliced 2 grapefruit, peeled and sec tioned 1 red apple, sliced 12 pound grapes, seeded 1 orange peeled and sectioned Whipped cream mayonnaise Line salad bowl with romaine and lettuce. Divide bowl into four divi-sions with half slices of pineapple. Arrange alternate sections of grape-fruit and apple slices in one divi-sion, and place remaining fruits' in separate divisions. Fill center with mayonnaise. Whipped cream may-onnaise is made by adding half whipped cream to half mayonnaise. Molded Fruit Salad (Serves 6) 1 No. 2 can crushed pineapple 1 package fruit gelatin 18 teaspoon salt 6 ounces cream cheese 1 cup heavy cream 34 cup chopped nuts 1 cup seedless grapes or white cherries 34 eup diced marshmallows 12 cup diced celery 2 pimientos, diced Drain pineapple. Measure juice and add enough water to make one cup. Heat juice to boiling and add gelatin and salt. Stir until dis-solved. Cool, and when it begins to thicken, add cheese which has been softened and whipped with an eggbeater. Whip cream until stiff and fold into gelatin with remaining ingredients. Pour into individual or large molds and let chill until firm. Unmold on crisp lettuce. Diced apricots or peaches may be used in place of pineapple. Chef's Dressing (For Greens) Mix together 1 cup salad oil with 14 cup vinegar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, 12 teaspoon black pepper, 12 teaspoon paprika, 14 teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon grated onion. To make French Flavor artistry like this can be practiced by any cook to add new meal interest. Subtly flavored, delicately pink tmtcd shrimp and mellow green avocadoes are as happy a blending of flavors and colors as ever graced a salad plate. add toothsome interest to the meal or have the salad double for dessert. Don't neglect the plain lettuce salads when you lack inspiration for an idea. Tfou can vary the lettuce with several different dressings made beforehand or tossed quickly together the last minute. Vegetable Salad Bowl (Serves 6) 2 small tomatoes 12 Spanish onion 12 encumber scored 12 green pepper 12 bunch radishes 1 stalk endive 12 small head of lettuce 12 small head of escarole 12 small head of chicory French or Roquefort dressing Peel and chill tomatoes. Slice onion, cucumber, green pepper and tomatoes. Slice radishes half way through. Arrange on clean, crisp, chilled salad greens and place dress-ing in a small bowl in the center or toss through the salad just before serving. Tomato Cottage Cheese Mold (Serves 8) 2 tablespoons plain gelatin 14 Gup cold water 4 cups tomato juice 1 onion 12 cup celery 4 cloves ( I " HA 6 peppercorns 1 teaspoon sugar 12 teaspoon salt 14 cup lemon juice 1 pint cottage cheese Soak gelatin In cold water for five minutes. Cook tomato juice with ,onion, celery, cloves and pepper-corns for 10 minutes. Strain and :add to soaked gelatin, stirring until dissolved. Add sugar, salt and lemon juice. Pour into large mold or several small molds. Serve with seasoned mayonnaise. Health Salad (Serves 5) 1 cup raw, sliced cauliflower 1 cup raw, grated carrots 2 cups shredded lettuce 1 bunch sliced radishes 13 cup nuts. If desired Mayonnaise or boiled dressing Combine vegetables and lettuce. Chill. Add nuts and toss In dressing just before serving. Do you like main dish salads for lunch? You'll enjoy these Interest-ing types: Tongue Marcaronl Salad (Serves 4) 1 small can tongue 2 cups chilled cooked macaroni 14 cup sliced, stuffed olives 12 cup diced celery 2 tablespoons diced onion 12 teaspoon salt Mayonnaise Salad greens LYNN SATS: Interesting Facts Make Food Pleasing Are you crying again? Hold those onions under the cold water faucet while you peel them. Water keeps onion odor from penetrating the kitchen air, so save those tears for something worth while. A pretty beginning for a Sunday breakfast is grape juice mixed with grapefruit sections. Add to this pancakes with nicely browned sau-sages Tossed green salads are true harbingers of spring because they bring true colors of the gardens as well as freshness and crispness to the meal. Use tossed salads when the meal is heavy and when you require sharpness and crisp-ness for contrast. dressing, add 2 tablespoons of catsup to above. To make Roque-fort dressing, add 14 cup crumbled blue or Roquefort cheese to above, made with or without catsup. In serving salads, remember that they will be more tasty if all the ingredients are thoroughly chilled. It's also a good Idea to chill the plates or bowls in which salads are served. Lettuce should be washed and dried carefully to prevent bruis-ing the leaves. Shake the lettuce in a sugar bag for perfect drying. Released by WNU Feature An easy and satisfying lunch on days you've wakened too late for breakfast consists of broiled bacon and fried eggs served in toasted buttered buns. Keep your dried fruits in the re-frigerator so they'll hold their orig-inal bright color, flavor and vitamin C. This also keeps them safe from insect damage. Don't try to put fresh pineapple In gelatin and expect the latter to jell. Pineapple contains an enzyme which peptisizes the gelatin. Cook the fruit first. Trained Homemaker Shortage in America Maude Morlock, consultant . United States Childrens Heves this country is supplying homemakers serZ ! 5,amilie,s temporarily their mothers. U "In this country," Mis , , said, e have on beginning to develop trained k makers who can take over bw ties of a mother who is tem disabled or absent from her She rated the U. S. second, survey she conducted to all , lowing countries: England, land, New South Wales si. and Denmark. SHORT TRIP A missionary, newly arrived at the Cannibal islands, asked where his predecessor was. "Your predecessor," replied the cannibal chief, "has taken a trip to the interior." W: 'NOW WE CAN 1 rf HAVE COMPLETE I 1 r iM KEM-TOW- E V Sin COL0R t3 :'W ( momJ v A "li- - Wsl f,,-hxZ'j- i EVERY WOMAN who keeps a spotless home will we-lcome the lovely new Acme paints that match, harmonize ' or contrast with Kem-Ton- e colors. With these practical paints, you can extend your Kem-Ton- e color scheme into kitchen, nursery, bath or any room and easi7keep wall? and woodwork bright and clean. Remember with the patter of little feet go the smudges made by tiny hands. If you want pleasant, harmonious rooms that wash new again in a jiffy, see your Acme j dealer t Acme White Lead & Color Works, Detroit Hi V Michigan. THESE ARE THE PAINTS I WOODWORK tt FURNITUREi FLOORS i Acme Floor i Porcjj Acme Enamel-Kot- e Brilliant Enamel gives new life to or" finish, easy to keep bright and floors; resists water and wear, gleaming. NATURAL WOOD SURFACES' WALLS & CEILINGS in kitchen. Acme Varno-La- c tain bathroom, nursery: Acme Semi-- varnishes in one easy operatioo- - Gloss Finish smooth, washable. Makes old wood look like n with lasting luster. new wood like a million. ! Acme House Paint, too! . --JL Give, longer-las- t- IXp'i fjjL, ' (J Ji. dally made to flghf ' C2 I I octlon of wind, ' j J dus,,rolnondsnow- - j " V "! VJU or...rA..rf'' I I .V Or.alln.lMi'"'' ipfSP.HfS F.nd.dl l0 In"111 means ty paints, avtomobll. (InhhM end lara.il maker In manv Selds. a leader I" a"' - LET'S TALK ABOUT yoiL - ' BY CHARLES B. ROTH A Good Conversationalist That the man I have just spent a week with has mastered one at the most important of all human arts, there is no doubt. Wherever we went he charmed those we met, charmed them by ' his personality, his graciousness, his poise, but prin-cipally by his conversation. For he seemed to know exactly what to say to everyone to whom we talked. I mentioned it to him. "Oh, it's simple," he replied, "all I do is talk to them in terms cf interests their interests their SPE-CIAL INTERESTS." Every human being, as you know, has certain subjects in which he is especially interested his business, his hobby, his family, some outside accomplishment, politics, something that especially interests. Anything that appeals to a per-son's special interests, identifies you with him, will get and hold his attention and if you get and hold anyone's attention he will find you an engaging, personality. If you want your personality to ap-peal to others, all you have to do is follow the few simple rules which my friend explained to me. "The first thing you have to do is to find out what your person's in-terests are," he began. "And that is not hard. Listen to anyone talk. We all talk most about what inter-ests us most. You can also ask others about the interests of the person you are going to meet. It isn't hard to get information." "Then," he continued, "acquire knowledge on the subject." None of us likes to talk to an ignoramus but you can read up on any subject and get a passable knowledge of it. "Then and this is the last rule-- all jou have to do is show him you are interested in the subject, too. Then in bis eyes you become irre-sistibly interesting. See how easy it Is'" 1 This Srave w World 10 Grace Noll Crowell ; nlp1' M TpvEWY-EYE- and shining- - faced the morning 2CmJ I l'',,.. t; 'li;'. it Is starting on ite journey of toda, WAW 'iuf'pi IB old wounds healed and seemingly j! lW04 forgotten, f; m'''' '0,'y Its old scar, wiped away, l' --JJ.. 4itJ?'' Thb brave new world! How staunchly 'I tf.''V 4,f it arises V"jj W.ffr From out the darkened covers of the r fzfy How vaiiently h girds itself to enter - ' " Tl: sPlend'd "y3 of lienti j, t ljf So would I shake the darkness from my '' ..' I' li'i' , rh eyelids' m fs 'I , ' So would I don my garments with the H f nh' tkwi'' 7:' i ' Si ' ll ' l '','s The old wounds healed, the old scars fjiih M'lWWiPh "nremcmbered, W WS'"' $?? Int0 vting ways of light and V. FT K sP'"dor, YJSVaS' A M My heart's bright banner lifted and 0-- rC V, S Thar ' imy be a vaEaiit marching iif. ' gjj Vr J'i f V if comrade Sjf I fS. '' fiJ To tha, the brave new world. f |