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Show : ASt( CIS ' Atwmsn - ' The Questions 1. Where is the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes? states name means "red people? 2. What 3. What is the for gold? information on various subjects ? ? flicting pain? 5. What opera was based on the assassination of King Gustave III of Sweden? 6- - The separation of complex light into different colored rays is called what? ? - How long did federal prohibition last in the United States? 8. What is the approximate civilian population of Alaska? 7. chemical symbol 4. What name is given to a person who derives pleasure from in- Gems of Thought A quiz with answers offering The Answers The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is in Alaska. 2. Oklahoma. 3. The chemical symbol for gold is Au. 4. Sadist. 5. The Masked Ball. 6. Dispersion of light. 7. Thirteen years. 8. Approximately 72,000. 1. Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind as harrowing and planting those of the earth. Marga- ret Fuller. Simplicity is an exact medium between too little, and too much. Sir Joshua Reynolds. Faith, mighty faith the promise sees And rests on that alone; Laughs at impossibilities. And says it shall be done. -C- HARLES WESLEY. What greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. Emerson. He is a hard man who is only just, and he is a sad man who is only wise. Voltaire. Watering a garden in the evening means less evaporation and more moisture left in the ground. A leaky water bucket can be by paraffin inside. stopped-u- To protect the ends of hemp rope and to prevent them from fraying, wrap well with light but strong twine and then dip the bound ends in shellac. melted putting p Instead of spreading newspapers on the inside of bureau drawers to keep them clean, try finishing them with a coat of white enamel. Hooks, eyes, and snaps are most satisfactory when sewed on with the buttonhole stitch. 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When you consent to argue with a fool he is certain to be doing the ALONG WITH OTHER same. Tact is being able to disagree without being disagreeable. PtOVed . . . choose Clabber Funny what ten years will do. At ten a youngster knows all the questions, and at twenty he knows all the answers. i jS Good Housekeeping MICOM O. ( war-tim- e ' recipe . . . Guard against waste and be sure of results with the been the baking day favorite In millions of homes for years and years . . Guojonfeedbifwff l . Ask Mother, She Knows: Clabber Girl goes with the best of everything , for baking. nwnri aHwauNvaeiNi id ww: jtu-ut- T If you cant make light of your troubles keep them dark. Address es part of that Pwder that ha When you get experience you are usually looking for something else. Experience is a great teacher, but none ever had a more stupid group of pupils. Girl INGREDIENTS Good Buy for You! UNITED STATES WAR BOFjS Good By for Japs! One' Better British Sailor Battleships? Why the flagship of our navy is so big the captain goes around the deck in an auto. Yankee Sailor Thats nothing. The galley in our flagship is so big the cook has to go through the Irish stew in a submarine to see if the potatoes are done. 540 r0 IT yourself is a patriotic motto this wartime year. your own Thriftily furniture with these clear, step-- Coffee Most Adulterated Of Foods Generation Ago Up to a generation ago, coffee was subjected to more adulteration than almost any other article of food, says Colliers. Among the spurious substances used were the roasted and ground roots of the dandelion, carrot, parsnip and beet; grains of wheat and rice; seeds of lupine, the broom, fenugreek and iris; and chicory, acorns and soybeans. There was even a molding machine that made coffee beans from a mixture of flour and molasses. . Bee-swar- m Curious Orchid orchids, whose odd name came from their peculiar markings, are strange flowers which take lodging on tropical tree trunks instead of in the soil and live with their roots exposed to the air. The plants, found in Mexico and Latin America, live on air, sunshine, and rain. Looking at a tall tree, a traveler may see one of these plants clinging to the trunk at a point 20 or 30 feet high. The scores of roots are in plain view. Qualifying Himself When did the robbery occur? the cross examining lawyer asked the wit ness. " he began. 7 think We dont care what you think; we want to know what you know rentarked the lawyer. Well, I may as well get off the stand then said the witness, I cant talk without thinking. Im no lawyer . BIT OF BOTH I never see your husband ing at another woman. No, George is devoted to hes so short-sighte- Besides, look- - me. d. Taking No Chance Dentist (to patient opening his purse) No, dont bother to pay me in advance. Patient Im not. I was only counting my money before you gave me gas. A Knockout Husband (endeavoring to clinch his argument) Well, seeing is believing! see you Wife Inaccurate as usual-r- -I every day! Well, Aint It? An oral geography test was in progress. Johnny, asked the teacher, what is a bay? A bay, answered farmer Johnny promptly, is a brown horse. Boys Are Boys Small Niece Boys is awful coarse, isnt they? Aunty Why do you think so? Small Niece Bobby calls his new coat a sweater stead of a f 03'uGB they say: SIOB MEAT for anything very good "EAOLE DAyforP,y 000 POCKET Car tightwad CAMEL for the favorite cigarette with men in the Army perspirationer. Why Bother About Cat When Meat Is at Hand? Mrs. Bronson was perturbed to find that the three pounds of meat she had bought had disappeared. Her husband, helping in the search, noticed what he took to be a guilty look on the family cats face, and pointed to her and said, Theres your meat. Why, no, objected Mrs. Bronson, that little thing couldnt get away with all that meat. Well, lets weigh her and see, suggested the husband. They did so. The scales registered exactly three pounds. Yes, admitted Mrs. Bronson, theres the meat all right, but wheres the cat? i Bananas Launch Ships Greasing the ways of shipyards to permit thousands of tons of steel to slide smoothly into the water at launchings of battleships requires about 45 tons of a special grease. Once, when a surplus of overripe bananas was a disposal problem in one port, they were used to grease the ways for launching. r 0 i t'fllll'MNliH Adverttaement. |
