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Trees or Plants Retain
Life After Being Manned

speak, indivisible units. You dlVloe
them at peril of their lives.
But plants are whole communities,
in which buds and branches and leaves
and roots all live together and per-
form separate duties in behalf Of the
whole community. You may divide
them. and generally each win SegiA
life anew, and the plant does not
suffer.
The buds, as the famous naturalist
Henri Fabre described them, are the
babies of the family. They do little
more than grow. The young leaf-bear-
ing twigs are the workers. With the
help Of the foodstuffs taken from the
soil by the roots, they manufacture
nourishment for the buds. The trunk
and heavier, older branches represent
the pride of growth of the family.
They are the substance, the bulk, the
venerable support of the more active
young working branches, and the
promising young buds which will de-
velop into the future generations.
1t is the bud of the plant which Is
crucial The little warty knobs on the
side of any twig-these are the hope
Of the community, and one Of them
must be on every slip which is cut
from the parent, if the slip Is to grow
into an adult plant. A single bud is
enough.
Some plants, like the weeping willow
Of Babylon, are grown solely from
slips or cuttings, and never from
seed. All the weeping willows Of Eu-
rope are cuts from some other weeping
willows which have themselves been
cut from others, and so on-back To-
Babylon.
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wide by ~ inches long. Make the
wing struts and the motor struts from
matchsticks, cutting them and notch
ing the ends as indicated. The motor
is represented by a round piece OF
pine "a inch in diameter by 7s inch
long The propeller is whitfield from
1s-inch piece Of pine, 4 inch wide by
234 inches long.
The stabilizer and the rudder may
be shaped from 1/16-inch pine or from
cardboard or berry box material.
Shape these parts to the sizes indicated
in the sketch.
Sandpaper all wooden parts, then
start assembling by gluing the rudder
in the slot in the end of the hull and
the lower wings (Which must be cut
in two) in position. Assemble the
motor on three struts in the shape of
a tripod, gluing the ends of these
struts in tiny holes punched in the
roof of the cabin. Mark the locations
of the wing struts on the top wing,
then locate these same positions on
the lower wing. Punch tiny holes in
these positions on both wings, then
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lawn across the street, and eager hands
were taking Audrey from them and
lowering her to the grass. Somebody
began to pound Walt on the shoulder.
1t was Bill Mason.
Good boy, Walt" Bill cried. GOOD
boy!"
Feeling terribly tired, Walt sank
down on the grass. His shoulder
ached and his hands and face smarted
where they were scratched ana
skinned. Blood was clotted in the
plaster dust on his face and hands,
and his mouth felt as though it were
lined with sandpaper.
A FTER a moment he looked up.
"Hows Audrey?" he faltered.
"All right" said Bill Mason. They're
bringing her around. She was Just
knocked out by bump on the head"
What about the audience" Walt
had suddenly remembered that his
parents had been in that panic
stricken mob out front.
mo casualties there, either" said
Bill cheerfully. Except for some
trampled toes and bruised elbows"
Walt sank back on the grass to rest
his aching shoulders. Then suddenly
he realized that somebody had sat
down quietly beside him. 1t was Dave
Hogarth. He stared at Walt for
long moment, then grinned.
We'll, We did it," Dave said. "How
does it feel to be a hero. Jerry?"
Walt sat up. Don't call me Jerry!'
he retorted.
Phooey!" said Dave Hogarth. AFTER
tonight I'll call you anything I want
to, you big egg"
walt would have grinned If his
face hadn't hurt. He knew that Dave
was right. Dave could call him any
thing he wanted to now and Walt
wouldn't care.
THE END.
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By Marsaret Cole McCadden.
Director, Parlor Pappet Guild.

TINE selection of play for your
puppets to perform is very
important thing, You must
decide on story that will give
every one in your group something to
do. Choose wisely-a story that is not
too hard, one with great deal of ac-
ton and one with lines that are not
too long to learn easily.
A familiar fairy story is always a
good beginning. Perhaps you can
write your own "Red Riding Hood"
play from these suggestions:
Outside the cottage of Red Riding
Hood. The Mother is gathering roses
and singing. She calls Red Riding
Hood, who runs onto the stage. She
kisses her Mother, takes the basket
and leaves for her Grandmothers.
ACT III.
In the big black woods. The For
ester enters singing Round the Null
berry Bush" He discovers wolf tracks
and goes off to set a trap. The Wolf
appears from behind big rock. He
waits for Red Riding Hood, who soon
enters. The Wolf greets her and sug-
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Balloons Color Is
MagicaHy Changed
In PuSSling Trick
By Thomas the Magician.

EFFECT: The magician displays a
- BLUE balloon already blown up
He tells his audience Of its marvellous
color changing qualities. So saying,
the performer passes his hand over
the BLUE balloon and to the amaze
ment Of all in a PIFF-PAFF-POOF
the BLUE balloon changes to RED.
EXPLANATION: Naturally two
balloons are required, red one and a
blue one. The RED one is pushed in
side the BLUE one, and the RED one
is then inflated, the neck being closed
with rubber band.
Next q little air Is blown in BE-
TWEEN the two balloons, forming a
small air pocket between the BLUE
on the outside and the RED on the
inside. Another rubber band Is put
on the balloons; this time it's on the
outside blue one to keep the air in
the air pocket. Now the two look
just like one.
When the trick is performed the
necks Of the balloons are held out OF
sight Of the spectators. AS the hand
is passed over the balloon in a "mys-
tic motion" straight pin which is
concealed in this hand punctures it
and instantly explodes, sending the
BLUE rubber flying out Of sight in
back of the RED balloon. This takes
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Canadian Geese
Tell Betty That
Spring Is Here
Bv Bessie E. Earle.

"Dinah, come with me quickly"
Betty cried, as she ran out into the
kitchen and grabbed her dolly from
the little chair on the table.
Look! Look up there" she pointed
to a V-shaped flock of Canadian
geese That is sure sign of Spring,
Grandfather says. Hear them? 'Honk,
honk, honk,' they say. I guess they
mean Spring is on the way"
Sure enough, it is honey! Spring
is on the way, but it still is chilly"
Dinah shivered in the April sunshine.
Are you cold?" Betty asked, as
she tucked Oman under her thick red
sweater.
When they were back in the kitchen,
Dinah was glad to rest in her little
chair near the kitchen stove.
Now, Dinah," Betty laughed, think
of a springtime dessert for supper;
something light and fluffy"
Dinah wrinkled her black brow in
thought. "All right, honey. here Is
your recipe, as dainty and frothy as
the new buds on the trees" she an
swered as Betty reached for her
Treasure Chest notebook.
Betty's Springtime Dessert.
/ egg white
/ cup whipping cream
y cup sugar
"a teaspoon salt
y teaspoon vanilla
l cup shredded coconut
Toast coconut in oven until it is
delicate brown. Add egg white to
cream and beat until stiff. Add sugar
gradually while beating; add salt, va
nilla and toasted coconut. Pour into
individual glass dessert dishes and let
stand in cold place until firm.
Betty, the little artist she is, put a
speck of green coloring matter into
some extra whipped cream and placed
a dab of it on top of each dessert.
The, desserts, dainty as well as deli
cious, were as welcome as the Spring
to Betty's family.
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ready written, read It over carefully
in your group. Then assign the parts
Try to give each one the part which
interests him most. You will find that
the best manipulating of the puppet
will be by the person who is most in
terested in one particular character.
OF course, every part is important
and often the simplest part, well done,
becomes the most important. For in
stance, in RED Riding Hood" the boys
usually want to play the Wolf, but
sometimes girl can make a splendid
Wolf and boy can do the Grand
mothers part very well.
If there are not enough boys and
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IND ALlLhEN v.
w YHEN the second shock In
M quick succession put out
wv the lights, Walt was seized
by the unreasoning fear
that an earthquake inspires. Out in
the auditorium he could hear the
members of the audience fleeing wildly
toward the exits, and frantically he
Joined the other Masquers in their
dash for the street and safety.
The high school auditorium was on
the first floor, and there was an out
side door only a short distance down a
hall. Toward this the players made
their way, once they had extricated
themselves from the wreckage on the
stage. But the hall was in total dark
ness, and Uttered with plaster from
the ceiling and it was many seconds
before Walt finally emerged from the
haze Of plaster dust into the cool
night air.
Outside the members of the cast
were gathered in a frightened group.
Miss Spotsfield, trembling with excite
ment, began to check them over to see
that nobody was missing. Suddenly
she uttered a cry of alarm.
"Audreyl Where's Audrey Bayliss?"
The MaSQuers stared at each other.
Walt, still trembling from his fright in
the school, looked toward the building,
looming darkly a short distance away.
He took a step forward, then hesitated
Another shock might bring those walls
crashing down at any minute!
While he hesitated, tall boy pushed
him roughly aside.
Look out, Jerry!" Dave Hogarth
said tersely, I'm going in after Au-
drey."
They called after him to come back,
but Dave plunged into the building.
At that moment a man with fash
light came rushing up.
Back across the street," he COM
manded. Get away from those brick
walls!"
THE Masquers crowded across the
street. but Walt Enders stood mo-
tionless, his mind graSping only one
thought. Dave Hogarth had called
him Jerry! In this moment of peril
Dave had instinctively given him the
label of the weakling character he por-
trayed in the play!
The man with the flashlight grasped
his arm. Get back across the street
I tell you!" he warned frantically.
Walt suddenly leaped forward
grabbed the fiashlight from the mans
hand, and dashed for the door of the
high school. While he ran, he was
conscious that the ground was again
shaking beneath him, and in his ears
there was sudden roar. Then things
began to crash around him, and he
dived for the shelter of the door
frame.
For a moment he paused there
while all around him the binding dust
rose and the crash Of falling bricks
and plaster dinned in his ears. The
corridor ahead of him was choked
with debris, and the rays of the fash
Evening star., 1936-04-19

THIS model is copy of a Boeing
flying boat. 1t is whitfield from
soft white pine and when COM
Il pleted it will be a novel and
realistic addition to your fleet of model
planes.
The hull is whitfield from 1-inch
square block of pine 5 inches long.
Note the raised cabin and the step
in the bottom of the hull. In cutting
out the cabin be sure to cut Il Inch
ridge along the sides of the cabin, in
which the lower wings are glued. This
detail Is shown in the front view
sketch. Then shape the rest of the
hull to the outline and sizes as indi-
Gated, not overlooking the rudder slot.
This model is biplane, so two
wings are needed Both are cut from
l/16-inch- h-thick pine, made by hand
planning and sandpapering thin piece
of pine stock to this thickness. Card
board or berry box material may be
substituted for pine.
WHITTLE the pontoonS from a
Il inch piece of pine, ss-inch
Evening star., 1936-04-19
New-Type Sprinkler.

"A NEW method of handling the
problem of sprinkling extensive
paintings of market crops has been de-
veloped by F. E. Staebner of the United
States Bureau of Agricultural En-
gineering.
His ingenious device employs num-
Der OF small sleighs, a quantity Of gal
vanized wire and whatever length Of
galvanized 1-inch pipe is required.
The sleighs are fastened in line
spaced Is feet apart and connected on
either side by the wire. On top of the
sieighs is laid the pipe. secured to each
sleigh to hold it in position. The pipe
is drilled with holes feet apart in
which sprinklers are inserted.
The sprinkler train IS hauled into
position by horse or tractor and the
pipe connected to a feeder pipe
through which water is pumped.
Evening star., 1936-04-19
Riddles

COME time ago We gave you a few
- of the riddles which readers send
in again and again. This week we
are printing FIVE more Of these most
popular" riddles.
/. Round as biscuit, deep as cup.
and all the kings horses can't pull it
up.
2. What has teeth but can't bite? =
3. Round as biscuit, busy as bee,7
the prettiest thing you ever did see.
4. When the clock strikes l3, what
time is it?
5. What is black and white and red
all over?
ANSWERS.
]. A well. 2. A comb. 8. A watch.
4. Time to have the clock fixed. 5. A
newspaper.
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girls in your group for each one to
play only one part, several characters
can be played by one After the parts
are assigned, pretend that you are
really the character assigned to you.
call yourself by name and you will get
Into character" sooner that way.
When you begin to make your pup
pets, practice your lines as you work,
and you will be ready for the action
when your puppets and scenery are
completed. You will find that 1t is
fun to act out the parts yourselves,
even before the puppets are finished.
Then later you can teach your puppet
to initiate your actions.
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glue the wing struts in vertical posi-
tion on the lower wing and attach
the top wing to the top of the struts.
MOTE notches in the rudder, In
which the stabiliZer is fitted, so
as to raise it above the hull.
The pontoons are glued to the un-
derside of the lower wings in line
with the outer wing struts. The pro-
peller is attached to the motor with
pin.
Paint this model bright red, trim
ming the struts, motor and pontoons
in black. The propeller is painted
aluminium. The windows are painted
blue, then outlined with black lines.
Assembling and painting this model
requires patience. so do not expect to
whittle it out and complete it in an
hour or two. Allow all glue joints to
dry thoroughly before adding another
part. even if several days are required
to finish the model. Careful work.
manship will produce a model which
you will be proud to exhibit.
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light would not pierce the haze. He
CROPPED blindly forward toward the
door that led to the auditorium stage.
Halfway along the corridor, he
tripped and crashed headlong in the
wreckage, but he was up Immediately,
unconscious of his scratched and
bleeding hands. Then he came to the
door. 1t had swung shut, and when
he tried it, he found that the twisted
frame had jammed it fast.
LIE REITERATED a few steps and
plunged at the door. thudding
against it while a sharp pain shot
through his shoulder. 1t failed to
bulge He backed up and tried again,
smashing into the door with all his
force 1t swung inward and he
plunged through, just as the door
frame and the portion Of wall it sup
ported crashed down behind him.
Up short flight of stairs then,
almost choked with debris, and he
had reached the door that led to the
stage wings. 1t was quieter now and
the crashing and roaring had ceased.
How soon would another shock come?
The building would probably collapse,
finally and completely, at the next.
His light partially pierced the plas-
ter dust that hung over the stage 1t
was a turmoil of fallen scenery, but
on the other side Walt could see
dark form, working frantically among
the ruins.
Dave" he called hoarsely. Have
you found her?"
No! I hadn't any light. But she
must be here somewhere"
WALT flashed tie light desperately
w about the stage. It did not
seem possible that anybody could be
under this flattened scenery. Then
he uttered cry. He had caught sight
of a white hand at one corner of
the stage.
There she isl" he cried. rushing
toward the hand. A moment later
he was bending over Audrey BayliSs.
She had evidently tried to escape by
going down the stairs at the corner
of the stage into the auditorium, but
had tripped on the steps. Now she
lay, sprawled there, .white-faced and
still.
We'll have to carry herr" gasped
Walt as Dave came running up. And
we've got to move FAST"
Together they lifted the unconscious
girl and started back through the
wings. But the doorway that had
fallen behind Walt was choked and
impossible. They stumbled frantically
back across the stage and out into
the corridor on the other side.
There was less destruction here and
in a few seconds they had reached
the door by which they had entered.
But outside was pile of bricks, the
wreckage Of the chimney that had
crashed just behind Walt. They had
to move carefully to get Audrey over
the wreckage.
A CROSS the street, the crowd saw
them coming and a cheer went
up, but almost Immediately it broke
of in cries of terror as the earth
began to sway again. Desperately
Walt and Dave struggled ahead with
their burden, realizing that the walls
of the building were crashing down
Just behind them.
They felt the asphalt of the street
beneath them. Then they were on a
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Glass Dated 1900 BIC.

THE history of glass stretches back
into the dim days of antiquity.
The oldest specimens were found at
Tel Asram, a few miles northeast Of
Baghdad
An expedition from the Oriental
Institute of the University of Chicago
found glass beads at that point which,
it is believed, date back to $500 BIC. .
Evening star., 1936-04-19


Since we are on the subject Of
groceries and grocery stores, let's try
q couple of suitable word chains.
Change SELL to FOOD in five
moves.
Change BILL to PAID in four
moves.
)
Each OF the lines below contains the
name of a vegetable with the letters
mixed up. Can you guess what they
are?
l. SARAS A PUG.
2. TEE CULT.
8. TIP RUNS.
(. FACE OUR WILL.
Take four-letter word for a fruit,
add G, rearrange the letters and spell
another fruit.
Take a four-letter word for food
add S, rearrange the letters and form
what comes from the teakettle.
Evening star., 1936-04-19
Hunt Misbranded Alcohol.

THE Federal Food and Drug Ad-
l. ministration has been giving con-
siderable attention lately to the matter
of rubbing alcohols.
According to investigators, misbrand-
ing and adulteration of rubbing alco-
hols is fairly frequent. In particular,
they find isopropyl alcohol employed
in the compounds rather than grain
alcohol. .
Just what effect isopropyl alcohol
msy have in external applications Is
not determined. Internally it is found
to be dangerous.
Evening star., 1936-04-19
WHY CONTROL is IMPORTANT

~ THE base ball diamond. the difference
between a great pitcher and a dub who
can merely throw ball hard is largely
~ matter of control.
Fire, when under control, turns the wheels
of industry When out of control it is one of the
most destructive forces in the world.
brilliant scientist making revolutionary
discoveries in his laboratory, may be changed into
q helpless madman, simply by losing control over
his mind.
Evening star., 1936-04-19

matter OF control? And the
moe life Of each depends absolutely his ability
to control his machine.
But that isn't ALL Control toocontrol
your habits temper
ough II you have you'll be like the good base ball pitcher and
win lot OF games don't you'll be like the dub who only
never gets fe base but makes the team
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
I. Negative.
4. Provided that.
8. To come in contact with.
8. Native Of Arabia.
8. Stone.
10. Oriental autocrat.
IL. Toward the top.
IS. Within.
Is. Made easy.
19. To mend socks.
20. Moist.
81. Rocky.
%. Belonging to me.
%. Upon.
VERTICAL.
/. Tidy.
2. Kind of wolf
3. Pale brown color.
5. Falsify.
6. NEEDLES.
z. A day of freedom.
II. Infiammable vapor.
IA. The first man.
Is. Busy insects.
II. Girls name.
10. Not shut.
ANSWERS.
I. Clerk, customer, counter, cash
Ter, celery, cash register. cage, coffee
candy, carton, can, card, clothespins
child, corn, clock, cup, cap, coat, cal
cigar cane, collar, candle, comb, cheek
2. SELL - tell - toll - tool - foo
-FOOD.
BILL - ball - bail - pail - PAIr
3. Asparagus, lettuce, turnips ant
caulif1ower.
4. Pear, add G, form Grape, Meat
add s, form Steam.
S. Crossword puzzle solution.
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w YHEN the limb Of tree is
NA/ cut off, the tree lives on,
Wv often even little more
healthily for having been
manned. And it is common knowledge
that the branch of one tree will -four
ish when it has been Joined to an
Evening star., 1936-04-19
Puzzles

i
How many things beginning with
the letter C can you find in this pic
ture? There are at least Is of them.
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place with very little noise, and in
simultaneously.
A doctor friend Of mine contributed
this trick, so If you like it, drop me
line and tell me so. Just write me in
care of this paper.
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other. Indeed, fruit trees are seldom
valuable unless they have been
grated" with improved stock.
But If you cut of the leg of a dog,
the animal Is wretched, and may quite
possibly die. And If you chop OF his
head he will most certainly depart his
mortal life.
What, then, is the difference be-
tween plant and animal life?
Dogs and birds and fishes are, so to
Evening star., 1936-04-19
INSTALLMENT v.

INSTALLMENT v.
w YHEN the second shock In
M quick succession put out
" " the lights, Walt was seized
BY the unreasoning fear
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
THE DAY or RECKONING

Terrific blows are being struck at
the administration because of the
gross waste which it openly has en-
couraged in connection with relief
and once the people of the country
realize that It has been their money
which has been expended ;Once they
realized that they must pay the huge
debt which has been contracted in
the name Of the goVernment-then
the administration win wonder what
struck it.
Public opinion may form very
quickly, and even though the dis
position, in the presence of an emerg-
ency, may have been one of toler-
ance, there is bound to come realiza-
tion, sooner or later. that it wasn't
that there should be such
waste that it wasn't even excus-
able. One Of these days, when they
discover how little has been gotten
for the billions of dollars which the
New Dealers have scattered about
with wasteful hands. the people viii
have something to say about it, espe-
cially when they find that the New
borrowed the money in the
name OF the government. and that
the people will have 10 pay the debt
-Latrobe, Pa, Bulletin.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
Tuesday, March II, 1886
AT 2:00 O,CLoCK p. M.


At the Court House Door, in George
town, in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex
County and state Of Delaware, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
A certain building or structure and
upon the credit # a certain building.
near the town OF sitockley. County OF
Sussex and State Of Delaware. That the
said dwelling building or structure is
located near the town Of StOckley.
County Of Sussex and State Of Della
ware, situated near the DUPONT High
way leading from Georgetown to Sell
hyville. more particularly bounded and
described as follows, tO-wit; The said
structure Is a certain two story white
frame house. located on certain 81
acres Of land. owned by this defendant,
situated near the dupont Highway,
leading from Georgetown to Selbyville.
near the town Of Stockley. in DagsbOFO
Hundred. County Of Sussex and State
OF Delaware. Lying on the North side
OF the County Rosd leading from
Stockiey to Marvels Tan Yard. adjOin-
ing lands OF Norman Bunting on the
West. Bred Marvel on the North and
East and others.
TERMS:-2O per cent Of the purchase
money win be demanded on the day OF
sale. the balance to be paid on or be-
fails to comply with these terms the per
centum paid on day Of sale will he for
feited. The purchaser will be required
TO nay the cost OF the deed
Seized and taken in execution as the
property Of Joseph B. Marvel. Owner
or Reputed Owner. and will be sold by
ROBERT ]. CLENDANIEL, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office. Georgetown. Delaware,
February q, 1886. m6-2t