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Evening star., 1936-08-09

months! Perhaps you bought more
fish, and they died, too, and then you
gave up in disgust. But when you
know how to take care of them they
will live for very long time.
One of the worst places in which
to keep goldfish is a glass globe. They
may look very pretty inside the round
glass receptacle, but you don't enjoy
them half so much in such a tank,
and the fish are not very happy where
all they can do is swim round and
round, with the curved glass drawing
heat and getting the water so hot that
the air in it is driven of When that
happens the fish die. OF course, you
can change the water every day, but
that is bad, too.
The right way to keep fish Is to
have a real tank-a square one. They
come in all sorts Of sizes at all sorts Of
prices, from a couple Of dollars up TO
nine or ten dollars for a tank heavier
than you can lift with an aluminium
frame, a slate bottom and plate glass
sides. OF course glass draws the suns
heat to certain extent, but fiat
glass does it much less than a glass
globe. With round aquariums the glass
acts just like a magnifying glass in
the sun. And fish cannot live in hot
water.
I have never found a pet store yet
where the people weren't eager to tell
you everything you want to know
about the kind of pets they SELL
Sometimes the information they give
you is not exactly correct, but If the
store is a really good one, you ought
to be able to depend on their direc-
tions And ! mean pet store where
all the salesmen know pets and like
them, not the place where fish or ca
naries are sold as sideline, and where
these are purchased in large lots jusJ
for the money there is In them.
Naturally, the size Of your tank viii
determine the number Of fish which
you may safely keep in 1t. Remembe.'
that "one inch Of fish to q gallon OF
water" is the best rule to follow ThiF
does not count the tail-just tt,
length of the body Of the fish.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Snapshots VII Be
Easiest Exposures
For You to Make
By Joseph Raymore.

MAKING an exposure with cam
era is the act of pressing the
shutter lever to take picture. ANA
teurs will find that snapshots are the
easiest exposures for their cameras.
If you are using box camera, the
lens opening is set at the medium or
center opening for pictures being taken
in very bright sunlight. On dull. OF
cloudy days. the opening is set at the
largest opening to allow as much light
as possible to enter the lens. If the
pictures are being snapped at the
beach or in the snow on sunny day,
the opening must be set at the small
est opening; becase water and snow
reflect the sunlight, which to q cam
era lens is almost twice as bright
as if the same sunlight were shining
on green grass or gray earth.
The correct time for snapshot is
1-25 of a second. Box-camera shutters
operate at about this speed. On most
folding cameras, the speed can be
regulated at 1-25, $50 and 1-100 of a
second by simply moving a small
pointer on the lens board
So in making a snapshot, if you
will follow this table, which indicates
the different lens openings for the
various views an amateur usually
Evening star., 1936-08-09

unbelieving eyes, unable to speak.
You know what this means, don't
you?" Big Pete went on. Probably
everybody around here who's been
holding job just because he played
base ball will get fired. I'm not wor-
ried. myself, because I've been here
long time, But most of the other
boys will be out. And I suppose you'll
get canned, along with the rest-not
to mention your dad. And after you
passed up shot at major league ball
Just to stick with this OUTFIT
Buddy felt weak. He sank down
on the crate, stared up at Big Pete
and Slowly shook his head.
GOSH" he breathed This is
going to be tough on Dad. Who
bought the company?".
This man from Chicago, whose
name is Trumbull, and Gates, Hem
stead's chief engineer. That's what
all these conferences have been about
No wonder the Old Man wasn't at
the game last night"
BUDDY stared at the floor for what
seemed many minutes, complete
ly crushed by the news that his sacri-
flee had now turned out to be useless.
Then SUDDENLY he started. He jumped
Evening star., 1936-08-09

to his feet and grabbed Big Pete by
the arm.
Look here, Pete" he cried, "do
you suppose there's any chance that
Colesburg would still take me? could
leave right away now. Maybe they
haven't got a shortstop yet, or maybe
the one they got won't be satisfactory.
Would 1t do any good to get in touch
with your friend Graham?
Big Pete's eyes lit up. "Say!" he
cried. That's an ideal" For a mo-
ment he thought rapidly. "I'l send
him telegram right away. It's worth
the chance, at any rate"
Great" said Buddy. but come
on up to the main Office first I want
to talk it over with Dad, and see il
it's all right with him. But I know
it will be. He'll be glad for me to
have the chance. now that my job
here is gone"
In another moment Buddy had
spoken to Mike Patrick, and he and
Peter were on their way to the main
Office at trot Employees were
standing about the halls in little
groups, talking excitedly, as they hur-
ried up to the second floor, where the
engineering department was located
(To Be Concluded Next Sunday)
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ATTEMPTED Sacrifice s,w: soves Mo,so"

Buddy Long is given Job in the ship
pins department CT the HemStead Machine
Co. so that he can play base ball with the
Hemstead Hawks. the team sponsored by P.
]. Hemstead. owner of the company. Mr..
Hemstead rewards his brilliant play by CIV
the enisS sp 6adey bMa Mo[ one
a sensitive man. resents these favors be-
cause he has not won them on his own
a couple of the engineers are to be dis
charged, but every one believes that Mr..
Long will be kept because of Buddy. Then
through Big Pete. an ex-big Lacquer now
pitching for the Hawks word of Buddy's
ability gets to Sam Graham, scout for the
burg Of the Central League Graham comes
to see Buddy and offers him an immediate
chance to play with Colesburg. and later
Buddy realizes that it is marvellous op-
portunity. but he knows that If he quits his
Iob and the Hawks without notice; Mr..
will probably lose his lob as a result
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Here Are Three
More Stunts for
Young Szyimmer,

THIS week we have three more
stunts for young swimmers to try.
Here they are:
/. Banana Eating-One Of the best
and easiest of water stunts is banana
eating. Many vaudeville entertainers
have used it on the stage. All that
is necessary is that the water be clear
enough so that spectators can see
what is going on beneath the surface.
The performer takes a small or medi-
um sized banana, inhales a big
breath, dives to the bottom of the
pool, and stars peeling and eating
the banana, exhaling gradually as
he does so.
1t is simple to do, but to specta-
tors 1t seems hard just because 1t Is
done under water.
2. Porpoise Race-There can be any
number of entries in the porpoiSe
race, and it may be for any convenient
distance up to so yards. The one
requirement Is that all must swim
like porpoiSeS. In order to do this
a swimmer takes two ordinary strokes,
then dives under the surface by
throwing his head and arms down and
his feet into the air. When he comes
up, he takes two more strokes and
dives again.
3. Trick Swimming-For any one
who is a fairly skillful swimmer here
is q good stunt: Turn over on the
back, arms stretched straight out
behind you. The trick is to swim feet
first in this position without moving
the hands. It Is done by swiftly
bending your legs alternately at the
knees. When the foreleg is entirely
bent, let it 60 back slowly to the
straight position. This motion pro-
pes the body feet foremost without
aid from the hands.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Betty Packs Fine
Lunch for Church
Boz Supper Part.

TIN GOING to a partyi I'm going
= to a party!" cried Betty joyfully,
as she danced around the kitchen with
Dinah Rugged tightly in her arms.
"Where?" Dinah asked in a smoth
cred voice.
"At church. They are having an
fashioned box supper. Each one
prepares a lunch and packs it in
box and then all the boxes are mixed
up and you grab one. OF course, you
don't know whose you'll get. I hope
I get Mrs. Browns; I know she'll have
brownies and just love them. But
what shall / make for my lunch2'
Think of something nice, Dinah, so
whoever gets mine will not be disap-
pointed" .
BETTY'S LUNCH BOX.
slice meat loaf.
Individual paper cup Of potato salad.
2 olive and cream cheese sandwiches.
2 nut bread sandwiches.
slice sponge cake.
/ paper plate.
fork.
SPONGE CAKE.
8 eggs.
l cup sugar.
l tablespoon hot water.
! cup flour.
III teaspoon baking powder.
"a teaspoon salt.
2 tablespoons vinegar.
teaspoon vanilla.
Separate eggs, beat yolks until thick
and lemon n-colored. Add sugar gradu-
ally and beat until fluffy. Add water
and vanilla Sift flour, measure and
resift with salt and baking powder
and add to sugar mixture, combining
thoroughly. Beat egg whites with
vinegar until stiff and fold into batter.
Pour into a creased and Toured cake
pan, bake IS minutes in a moderate
oven, $50 degrees. Sprinkle with pow
dered sugar.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

snaps, your camera should produce
good, clear negatives.
Box camera-Stop SNAP
tsmallest opening
Folding camera double lens) f92-1- -25
Pictures OF Houses. People.
Under Open Sky.
Box camera-Stop 2-Snap
tmiddle opening
Folding camera double lensl f16-125
Nearby Pictures Of Houses. People.
No Sky.
Box camera-Stop Snap
(largest opening
Folding camera double lens) f11-1-2
Pictures Under Trees. Porches or
Shady Landscape
Box camera-Stop al second
Folding camera double lensD fs-1-25
Be sure to hold the carema steady
when pressing the lever. If it is
jerked or moved just a tiny bit, a
blurred negative will be the result
Do not attempt to make a time ex-
posure (even one second) when hold
ing the camera in your hands, as the
negative will be blurred. For all time
exposures, place the camera on some
thing solid, to be certain it will not
move during the exposure.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
A Memory Test

EROSH-I guess you've gone out
with worse-looking fellows than
I am, haven't you?
mo answer)
Frosh-I say, ] guess you've gone
out with worse-looking fellows than
I am, haven't you?
Co-ed-I heard you the first time.
I was only trying to think.
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Bv FL COmanckO.

DD EI L LOmHnCHO.
OMETIMES when my camp fire
is just a red bed of hot Goals,
with a thread Of blue smoke
- twisting up toward the stars, I
get to thinking back over the long,
winding trail I've Travelled during the
past 10 years, and ! wonder that I'm
alive!
I've made 1913 round trips across
the United States from ocean to
ocean. I've walked, ridden horseback,
driven an OK team, ridden in a wagon,
used a canoe or rowboat, travelled long
distances on the Ohio and Missouri
Rivers by steamboat, travelled with
Indians, buffalo hunters, cowboys,
old-time trappers and freighters,
driven my own car. ridden on trains
and flown in airplanes.
That's quite a variety Of ways Of
travel, and I've had a lot of adven-
lures, some of them funny, some Sc
rious, and occasionally one that was
toss-up as to whether I'd pull
through or not.
remember, just now, one Of these
little adventures that happened about
SIS years ago along the Blue River in
Southeastern Nebraska. I was then
about IS years old, but had man
aged gun ever since I was big enough
to hold it to my shoulder, as many q
frontier boy did in those days. SO I
was a good shot and quite hunter
for youngster.
One day in early Spring I started
out to shoot some ducks. The snow
had been melting pretty fast for some
days, and the resulting water had run
into the river, breaking up the heavy
ice in midstream and opening chan
mel so feet wide through the middle.
But 18-inch ice was still frozen solid
to the banks on both sides.
THE wild ducks and geese had al
ready come north on their Spring
migration and we're plentiful all along
Evening star., 1936-08-09

! NOOD1 SPOKE SCdTCely NOTQ
* during dinner. He knew that
1 if he explained the situation to
his father, Mr.. Long would be
greatly distressed to think that Buddy
must sacrifice his chance at career
in major league base bail because of
him. No, Buddy couldn't speak about
this to either of his parents. He had
to decide it for himself.
And he knew. before he went to sleep
| that night, what the decision would be.
He was almost sick with disappoint-
ment to think that he must refuse Mr..
Graham's offer, but anything was bet
ter than the feeling that would come
if he permitted his own ambitions to
deprive his father of the job on which
he depended
Buddy sought out Big Pete as soon
as he reached the plant on the follow
ing morning, and announced that he
was declining Mr.. Graham's offer. The
pitchers eyes opened wide with in
credulity.
mot going to take it," he repeated
why. you're crazy, Buddy What's
| the idea?"
Swearing Big Pete to secrecy, Buddy
briefly explained his reasons. The
pitcher shook his head slowly.
so that's it," he said We'll, I see
how you feel. But it's tough, kid
awfully tough. Want me to call Sam
for you, and break the news?"
Gee, that would be nice of you,
Pete" said Buddy gratefully
"Okay. Ill phone him right now"
Big Pete started to turn away. but he
paused for moment, and his arm
gripped Buddy's shoulder. Keep your
chin up, Buddy" he said. Maybe an
other chance will come along a little
later"
RUDDY had little enthusiasm for his
work that morning. But after a
day or two the sharp edge of his disap-
pointment was dulled somewhat, and
by the time the Hawks played their
| next game, late Tuesday afternoon. he
was feeling almost normal again. The
Hawks won an easy victory in this con-
test. which was remarkable only for
the fact that Mr.. Hemstead was not in
the stands to watch his team play.
This is the first time the Old Man
has ever missed game" Big Pete
| marveled as he sat on the bench
| awaiting his turn at bat. Wonder
what's the matter?" -
"Oh, they're still having heavy con-
| ferences up in the main Office" one
of the other players announced. "Mr.
| Hemstead, and Gates, the chief en-
gineer, and this man from Chicago.
Guess they're sharpening the AK to
chop off a few heads around here,
but nobody knows when or where
the blows will fall"
Buddy listened with little interest.
No matter what happened, he told
himself, his fathers job was safe.
That was one consolation-and it
helped him to forget that today, in
stead Of being with the Hemstead
Hawks, he might have been in a
Colesburg uniform and on his way up
to the major leagues.
THEN on the following morning the
bombshell broke Buddy was wres-
ting heavy crate on the shipping
floor when Big Pete burst into the
room. He hurried up and planted
himself directly in front of Buddy.
boy, are you Sap!" he exclaimed.
what do you think has happened?
Old Man Hemstead has just sold the
company, lock, stock and barrel, and
after this week there won't be any
base ball team. just came from the
main Office. where the announcement
has just been made. Everybody up
there is running around like chicken
with its head Off"
Buddy stared at the pitcher with
Evening star., 1936-08-09
By Ray J. Marian.

YOUR dining room table will make
a splendid nine-hole golf course, il
you make the tees and holes from
small pieces Of cardboard, use BIB
shot for balls, and hit them with
clubs whitfield from soft wood.
The tee is made from a 3-inch
square piece Of cardboard. The holes
are made from a piece Of cardboard
inches wide by inches long, with
3. Inch square notch cut in one end.
The balls are hit in this notch. These
holes should be numbered, by using q
matchstick for an upright holding a
tiny disk of thin cardboard as
sketched. Nine tees and nine holes
will be required.
The holes and the tees are spaced
on a cloth-covered table. A card table
may be used, but a dining room table
being larger, is preferred. The cloth
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Jasmine a Puzzle.

Jasmine. the flower which produces
the perfume believed to be most allur-
ing, has so far foiled naturalists who
have sought to trace its native country.
No records can be discovered to indi-
cate its place Of origin. The plant Is
generally grown all over Europe and
Asia, attaining, in some instances, q
height Of s feet.
A great abundance of wonderfully
fragrant flowers are produced on the
bushes and from these Is extracted the
perfume 20 greatly desired.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

retards the balls from rolling too
much.
The layout sketched is an easy nine
hole course to play. If you wish haz-
ards on your course, wrinkle the cloth
for bunkers and make small sand pits
with salt.
To play. place BIB shot on the first
tee and hit 1t toward the hole Of the
same number. Count one point for
each stroke. the last stroke coming
when you knock the ball into the cut
out notch. The player taking the
fewest strokes wins the game.
An outdoor edition of this game
may be made for your back yard by
arranging a course similar to the once
popular midget golf courses, and using
real golf balls and putters for hitting.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

On each line below is the name of
IN English poet with the letters
tumbled up. Straighten them out.
/. HE YELIS.
2. NET SONNY.
3. HE RAKES PEAS.
4. PIG KILN.
3
Remove the middle letter from de-
fraud and get to talk lightly.
Remove the middle letter from
damp and get the majority.
Here's a word square started for
you with the name of a State. 1t also
contains the name of another State,
q semi-precious stone and a circular
band of metal. Can you form it?
o H o
H
o
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Riddles

A UGUST is supposed to be the
= month when dogs go mad most
easily. That's really Just an idea, but
the Riddle Man wouldn't blame the
dogs very much If they had to guess
some of the riddles he has for you
this week. Now go to work on them,
but watch for any signs Of frothing
at the mouth!
/. What white fence is always wet,
although it never gets rained on?-
Mary Ellen Moore
2. Why did the Ethiopians want
Mussolini's picture on their stamps?-
Bob Lewis.
8. Where should the American eagle
sit in a theater?-Mary Lena Hall
4. How could you remove A from
the alphabet?-Clair Westphal.
s. What is a leaf to a mouse?-
Mary E. Copsey.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

the article in the left hand, extend
this hand, and grip the left wrist with
the right hand.
Now, by extending the index finger
of the right hand, you can hold the
object. Then the fingers of the left
hand may be stretched and wriggled,
and to the spectators 1t will appear
that the object is being held to your
hand by magnetism or some other
mysterious force.
The audience will not notice that
only four Of your fingers are gripping
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Reader Tells How to
COPY Comic Pictures

ID ICHARD H. ROBERTS. one Of our
IN readers, sent in this idea, which
should appeal to lot of you boys and
rirls. Thanks, Richard. Your letter,
which accompanied the article, was
also very interesting.
Boys and girls can have some fun
making pictures new way. AL you
need is a sheet of white paper and
some paraffin.
Rub the paraffin on one side of the
paper until the paper is glazed. Then
put this side of the paper on your ia
yorite comic picture in the newspaper,
and rub the unglazed side with the
edge Of a spoon. =
Presto! You take the paper Oh, ;,
and there on, the glazed side you will
find the comic picture.
This plan will work only on news
napers.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
For Safefv's Sake

IT HAVE always wondered why a
high mountain-top should be con-
sidered the ideal place for yodelins."
remarks q writer. Apparently he has
never heard any yodeling.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
"Magnehsm" Holds Cane TO Hand
In This Decebtiye Bit of Maeic

your left wrist, and from their posi-
ton, it appears impossible that your
index finger would be long enough to
hold the object.
Try this and see if it doesn't work
perfectly!
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Good humor and disposition much like the oil in
automobile They won't themselves you living
smoothly pleasantly plenty
that grouchy dcontented
with
operate
al
Evening star., 1936-08-09
And Then Some

ERIEND-Edmund, how are you
getting along at school?
Edmond-Great! I am halfback on
the foot ball team. and all the way
back in my studies.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
DON'T RUN OUT OF OIL!

- ASOLINE makes automobile go, and
if you run out of gasoline your car stops.
Y L However. If you put more gasoline in the
~ tank 1t runs again, and the motor is not
injured
But suppose you run out Of OIL which doesn't in
itself make the car go, but which makes the
motor operate smoothly and quietly. Then the
motor becomes overheated, the bearings burn out
and the car will not run at all until you spend
lot of money on repair bills
Evening star., 1936-08-09

r VERE is simple little parlor
trick that will battle your
friends. 1t requires nothing
Il Il but a cane, a table knife, a
pencil or some article of similar shape.
Stand with your left side toward
the audience. Pick up the article and
stroke it lengthwise, explaining that
you are magnetizing it. Then grip
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Puzzles

Paste this puzzle to cardboard to
stiffen it. Then cut out the pieces
and try to arrange them so that they
form a triangle having all its sides
Of equal length.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Tank for Goldfish
Should Be Square
Instead of Round

I'LL bet that many Of you have had
goldfish at one time or another
and that the fish died after a few
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Boyhood Hunting Trip
Was Great Adventure

the river. I hunted along the bank,
jumping" flock of ducks here and
there, but had poor luck and killed
only pair of teal, which are small
ducks. hardly the size of pigeon.
About noon sat down to eat lunch
where O thicket Of willows broke the
chilly wind. Just as I finished, q
huge flock Of mallards came flying
along and lit on the ice just across
the channel from where I sat, con-
cealed by the willows. There must
have been q hundred ducks in the
flock and they were all punched up
within easy range.
Boylike, I thought, Gee, here's my
chancei" and I cut loose with both
barrels of my muzzle-loading shotgun.
Wham bang! I got IL big, fat mall
lards and I can tell you that was
one excited kid.
loaded up and then I began to
wonder how I was going to get to
those IL dead ducks, lying on the ice
across SO feet of swirling, icy food
water that ran like a millracel There
was no bridge within miles and no
boat-just so feet of wicked water
between banks Of ice. What should
I do?
| 7 THOUGHT It all over. I Just had
to have those ducksi Finally,
stripped naked in the sunny nook in
the shelter of the willows, took long
piece of fish line out of my pocket
and dived head first into that icy
flood. swan across to the ducks,
climbed out and ran a quarter of a
mile up and down on the ice to get
warm.
Then I tied all my ducks on that
string, dragged them to the edge of
the ice, plunged in and swan back.
was nearly frozen when I got to my
clothes-but I had my ducks.
II you offered me a thousand dol
lars TO do that little job again today,
I'd refuse. Once was plenty!
Evening star., 1936-08-09
ANSWERS.

ANSWERS.
!. Your teeth. 2. Because that was
the only way they could lick him. 3.
In the bald-headed row. 4. B-head
it. 5. An umbrella.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
l. Toward.
3. Noah's home.
5. Postscript (abbr).
z. Pertaining to the mouth.
9. To prepare copy for printing.
IL. Join.
13. Female deer.
Is. Summit.
H. Make ready.
49, Hawaiian wreath.
10. Portion of circle.
a. Children's ailment.
"a. Small bottle.
&C.. To strike ones toe.
28 Proposition of place.
29 Faint, indistinct.
80 Protestant Episcopal (abbr).
VERTICAL.
2. Word used with either"
3. Beverage.
4. Small barrel.
5. 3.1416.
6. Halt.
8. The New World.
10. To take credit from.
~. Repulse, reject.
IA. Open (poetic).
16 Over.
l8. Volcanic rock.
20. Solid having six identical faces.
20. Ancient.
23 Doctrine.
as Neuter pronoun.
a. Toward the top.
ANSWERS.
]. Triangle puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

3. Shelley, Tennyson, Shakespeare
and KipIng.
3. Ch(e)at. MoGOst.
4. The square is Ohio, hoop, Iowa
and opal. ....
Evening star., 1936-08-09
INSTALLMENT Nv.

UDDY spoke scarcely word
* during dinner He knew that
/ if he explained the situation to
~ his father. MI. Long would be