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Evening star., 1936-10-25
This Game VIII ;.
Moe 'Em Dozen
Like C0rnSfaIks

IND you ever see farmer cutting
corn with his big corn knife?
When the knife touches the stalks
they go topping over. This game Is
built on the same idea.
One player is chosen to be farmer"
and is given a corn knife" which
is a long bamboo or willow pole. A
rope slightly weighted on one end may
be used instead of the pole.
All the other players are stalks Of
corn and form big circle about the
farmer. The farmer. taking his pole
in hand. begins to revolve it slowly
about him while the stalks OF corn
leap in the air as the pole approaches
their feet, to avoid being cut down
by the farmer. Any player who Is
touched by the pole is cut and must
get out of the circle until the game
starts anew.
After the farmer has brought his
pole around once or twice, he stops
ana calls, Shift" At this signal all
the players still in the ring get down
on all fours and the farmer tries
to cut them down from this position,
while they, in turn, try to jump as
the pole comes to them. A third
position, more difficult than the sec
ond, is assumed at the next command.
SHIFT" In this third position the
players still in the circle stand on
the left foot and touch the ground
with their right hand and try to jump
from this position.
Increasing the speed with which the
pole is revolved will do lot to cut
down the number of players in the
circle, but the pole must never be
more than eight inches from the
ground as it reaches each player.
The last player cut down is the farm
er for the next game.
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NHIS is a good game to play in
doors. 1t is an adaptation of
ping pong, but the points are

doors. 1t is an adaptation OF
ping pong, but the points are
Il scored by blowing toy balloon
over a center line on a large table.
The teams. two players on each
side, stand at the ends of the table
and blow the balloon back and forth
over the center line until the balloon
falls to the floor. When this happens,
5 points are scored against the side
failing to keep the balloon in the air.
Lots of fun may be had with this
game, and plenty of hard blowing
by the two teams will be required to
keep the balloon from falling on their
side of the line.
Another good stunt with balloon
is to use it as a hand punching bag.
The bag is made by tying a short
length of rubber band to toy balloon,
then tying the other end of the rub
Der to the middle finger of your right
hand. From then on you will have a
lively contest fighting balloon" ="
You slap the balloon away from you,
the rubber band stretches, and pulls
the balloon back toward you. The
idea is to keep the balloon going back
and forth as if 1t were real punch
ing bag. You may use both hands
for hitting and count the game over
and won by the balloon-if it dodges
Evening star., 1936-10-25
By Margaretfa Harmon.

Y YHEN your friends receive an
~ invitation like the one IL
" " lustrated here, they may be
a bit puzzled, but they're
certain to be interested. If they are
clever they will simply hold it before
a mirror and read it as easily as an
ordinary invitation. Or they might
hold it so it faces a bright light and
read it through the paper. However
they figure out its meaning. you may
be sure a very curious and excited
crowd of friends will ring your bell
promptly at the appointed hour with
hats, coats, neckties and even dresses
on backward.
The invitations are quite as easy
for you to write as they are to read
if you know how. Simply lay piece
of hard carbon paper typewriter car
bon is best because 1t isn't smeary)
face upward on a table or desk.
Lay your note paper face downward
on the carbon, and over this lay a
sheet of tissue paper. Write with a
hard, sharp pencil on the tissue, then
remove the tissue and you have your
invitation in reverse English" on the
note paper, ready for the mail.
The other preparations are quite as
simple. Meet your guests at the front
door and send them around to come
in the back entrance. Be sure they
walk in backward, then have each
guest sit at a table and register" by
writing his name in your autograph
book without looking at his hand,
watching only his reflection in a
hand mirror.
A JOLLY ice-breaker Gf any "ice"
has survived this hilarious intro
ductionl is "On the Spot" a back
ward version of the old favorite,
Marching to Jerusalem" Arrange
three or four small rugs on the floor
in such positions that the players,
when marching in a large circle in
time to music, must walk over them.
When the radio is suddenly turned
of or the piano stops playing, those
caught standing on rug must drop
out. The last boy and girl ION the
spot" learn after the game is over
that they must pay forfeit at the
end of the party.
Next seat the guests In circle with
their backs to the center, for back
ward version of the popular "jumbled
letters" game. Hand each player
pencil and a folded copy of the fol-
lowing list of 20 scrambled names
(without the answers) Explain that
the syllables of each name have been
arranged in reverse order, then the
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AT a given signal, let the players
4 unfold their lists and fill IN their
answers in the space after each
jumbled name AS each finishes his
list he steps inside the circle Of chairs.
After the last list is completed the
players learn that the boy and girl
who completed theirs first must pay
forfeits later.
No end Of fun can be had by requir-
ing each guest in turn to pin the tail
on the donkey's picture by backing up
to the wall and reaching over his
shoulder while watching his move
ments in a mirror be holds in his
hand. Forfeits might be charged
against the boy and girl who pin the
tail closest to the donkey's eye.
If time permits, vary suitcase race
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PoserS

THERE are certain terms that are
common to each trade and pro-
fession. We have listed 10 such words
In the left column and in the right
are the trades and professions with
which they are connected, but in a
jumbled order. Can you connect each
word with the type of man who
uses it?
/. Joist Farmer
2. Hawser Newspaperman
3. Furrow Physician
I. Galley Merchant
5. Deadline Aviator
6. Crown Sailor
Z. Bank Dentist
8. Fever Lawyer
8. Overhead Carpenter
10. Appeal Printer
ANSWERS.
Joist with carpenter, hawser with
sailor. furrow with farmer, galley with
printer. deadline with newspaperman
crown with dentist, bank with aviator,
fever with physician, overhead with
merchant and appeal with lawyer.
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JNSTALLMENT III.

later, Larry was removing MS toss
when Coach Curtis approached
L him. The other players, who un-
derstood at least a little OF what had
taken place that afternoon, paused
in their jubilant chatter over the
victory, and watched to see what was
going to happen.
There may have been a trace OF
defiance in Larry's attitude as ne
faced the coach. He felt that Ills
disobedience of orders had been more
than justified by the results. He mad
followed the coach's directions, and
the game had been lost; he had FOL
lowed his own judgment, and tne
game had been saved. In the face
of those facts he did not feel like
taking" anything from the coach.
Coach Curtis halted his huge bulk
in front of Larry, towering over him
by many inches. For second ne re-
garded the boy steadily.
Mice work, North" he said then.
"You pulled the game out of the fire
in good shape"
Larry barely stif1ed gasp Of sur
prise. The locker room was COM
pletely silent for a moment, then
burst into noisy confusion once more
as Coach Curtis turned on his heel.
Larry did not see the hard gleam
in his eye as he moved away.
Well" Larry murmured to himself.
"I was expecting a bawling out, and
instead I get a pat on the back!
Looks like that puts me one up on
the coach"
LIE RELATED the whole incident
to his father that night. Con-
cluding, he said, 80 ! guess the coach
realizes that he was wrong and I was
right. He practically admitted it in
front of the fellows after the game, "
Mr.. North noted the jubilation in
Larry's voice, and shook his head
doubtfully.
Don't crow too soon, son." he cau-
toned. And whatever you do. don't
90 getting a swelled head. Coach
curtis hasn't changed any. He's prob
ably still as strong for iron discipline
as ever. and the fact that you showed
him up isn't going to make him feel
any more kindly toward you. But
he was in a spot. He knew he'd been
violating the rules by coaching Ed
Jasper on his choice Of plays from
the bench. I suppose he doesn't think
that's a serious violation, because it's
done pretty often. Nevertheless. he
wasn't in any position to jump on
you, and he knew it."
"Sure, he knew i'll" Larry cried.
"And he won't Jump on me any more,
either"
During the following week, it looked
as though Larry was right. He was
back at quarterback on the first team
every night in practice. Moreover,
Coach Curtis modified the new for
ward pass play so that Larry could
shoot the ball to any eligible man who
was clear.
This, of course, was tacit admis-
sion that Larry had been right about
that play all along, and the develop
ment was not lost on the other mem
bers of the team. Very little was said.
but on several occasions significant
grins came Larry's way from various
players. They knew their coach was
a severe master, and it rather pleased
them to know that one of their num-
ber, at least, had defied him and got
away with it"
ON THE following Saturday, Hart
ley Travelled to the nearby city Of
Jefferson to play Central High School
there. Central was reputed to have
one Of the strongest teams in the
State, and Hartley hardly hoped for a
victory.
But Larry, riding the crest of his
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The definitions:

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
/. Place (abbr).
8. Bind.
5. Not on.
Z. A wise bird.
9. Nothing.
10. Before the Christian era (abbr)
IL. Body of troops in fort.
Is. Noise Of COW.
Is. The Fall of the year.
II. Thursday (abbrD.
VERTICAL.
I. Mathematical quantity.
2. Thin, fat part of plant.
g. Also.
4. Small branch Of tree.
6. Plural of focus.
Z. Upon.
8. South American animal.
10. Thin meat soup.
II. Hotel
10. To defeat and put to fight.
IA. Result of addition.
,
Below are several different kinds of
trees with the letters all mixed up.
See if you can straighten them out.
l. ROPPAL.
2 CREAD.
g. AAAICC.
4. LAMP.
s. MACYSEOR.
3
In the sentence below, two trees are
hidden. Look sharp and you'll see
them!
The incorrect map led the colonel
many miles out of his way.
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whole word spelled backward. For
example, the syllables of the word
backward" would be turned around
into ward back" then this would be
spelled "kcabdraw"
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Blowing Toy Balloon Over Table
Produces Mirth.PrOvOking Game

through your guard and smacks you
in the face! But even if it does, it
won't hurt you, and the exercise will
teach you how to use your hands when
sparring with your chum.
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s.
Behead q word for saturate with
water and get kind Of tree.
Behead q kind Of tree and get q
country road.
s.
Remove the middle letter from
something farmers raise, and get what
they do when the crops are fine.
Remove the middle letter from what
farmers do to crops, and get what
they do early in the morning.
ANSWERS.
!. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
FUN DEFINED

"UN Is anything that gives people pleasure. and
- the thing that gives the most pleasure to the
/ greatest number of people Is the most fun.
That's pretty obvious, isn't It? Just simple
arithmetic.
But examine that definition again. Can any
thing really be fun If it causes some people pain or
trouble rather than pleasure? You may think you
enjoy doing something and feel that doing 1t pro-
vides you with lot of fun. But II you're the right
kind of boy girl, If you're a good sport you'll no
longer feel happy II you learn that what seemed
Evening star., 1936-10-25

fun to you actually injured somebody else
That's good thought Halloween that ira
dona night pranks and have all OF that
things do others
unhappness isn't really fun at all
nre other people or damage tne
property the idea that having lot OF FUN
Evening star., 1936-10-25

w YHEN your friends receive an
M invitation like the one IL
Wv lustrated here, they may be
a bit puzzled, but they're
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
Judicial Reforms F0IIOW Budget in
 Filipino Program

MANILA, Sept. IT. - President Manuel L. Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth has taken another step in his reorganization program by naming budget commission.
 The next step is expected to in- volve the judiciary setup. A new court Of appeals has already been organized and the President, it is expected, will next tackle the ques- ton of justice of the peace courts.
 President Quezon has two plans under consideration. One would change the justice courts to circuit courts with jurisdiction over two or three municipalities. The oth CT would eliminate the justice courts entirely and create district courts.
 Under the latter plan violations of local ordinances would be handled by municipal police courts,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
TEACHERS ARE SPECIAL GUESTS
 OF JUNEAU C. C.
Rob ertson Stressed h. structors Are Pick of Be-
 tween 5000 and $500

Twelve members of the faculty of the Juneau High School and Lieut.. Comdr N G. Ricketts, new com manding officer of the Tallapoosa, were guests of the Juneau Cham Der of Commerce at it's weekly luncheon this noon in the Terminal Cafe. The educators were intro duced by Alex Dunh a m, High School Principal, and included MT. Dunhan, Kathryn Long, Ruth Coffin, Fora M Brown, Marjorie Tillotson, Pauline Monroe, Edna 9arpole, Myrtle Moe, Helen Gray, Everett Erickson, Henry Harmon and Byron Miller.
 Miss Long and Miss Tillotson are returning to the Juneau system this year after a year in Newport News, Va. where they taught last winter under exchange agreement. Both expressed great pleasure at being back in Juneau Miss Brown and Miss Monroe are new on the high school staff this year
 R. E. Robertson, President of the School Board, paid high compli- ment to the teachers when he pointed out that they are the pick of between 5000 and $500 teachers from the States who have applied for positions in the Juneau system.
 Last week I told you all your teachers were first grade, and today can tell you that they are also high grade,' said MT. Robertson. They are the pick of some 5000 to $500 teachers. and I think Mir Phillips, the Superintendent, has chosen well'
 The Board President pointed out that it's costs $96.77 per pupil to maintain the present system, and that with the added enrolment the facilities are rapidly becoming in- adequate. He pointed out that many of the classes are now over crowded.
 Calling attention to Constitution Day today, the 149th anniversary of the adoption of that document, the speaker stressed the importance of teaching sound Americanism in the schools and pointed put that with the high grade teachers en- ployed in the Juneau system the schools were turning out first class American citizens.
 Lieut. Comdr Ricketts expressed pleasure at meeting with the Cham Der and declared himself impressed with Alaska.
 Delegate Anthony J. Dimond met with the Chamber today alfd he and several other successful can didates were introduced, namely, Attorney James s. Truitt Auditor Frank A. Boyle and Representative Elect J. P. Anderson, Ed Corn, a member of the advertising staff of } The Empire, also was introduced
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
Turks in Feud Take 15 Lives

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Sept. IT, A bloody vendetta, arising over a land dispute, has already taken a toll of fifteen lives, including sev- en children, at the village of Ak sum in Kurdistan.
 A peasant and his nephew car- ried out the wholesale slaughter before they themselves were hunt ed down and killed by enraged vil- lagers.
 Six victims, including three chil- dren, fell in the first attack dur ing a night of wedding festivities.
 On the funeral day, the murder CTS returned to shoot two more vil- lagers and a child, and again they escaped The next day they reap peared, wiping out whole family.
 Fears that the feud may spread, plunging the whole area into bit ter internecine strife, have led many of the more peaceful villagers to leave Aksum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
Japanese May
 Try to Climb
 Mount Everest

CALCUTTA, India, Sept IT. = A new assault on the unconquered heights of Mt. Everest, recently the scene of still another British failure to scale the 2e.O02-foot peak, may be launched by a Japanese expedi- tion which has reached here.
 The 24-year-ol le ader of the Japanese party, Kaguo Yamagata, said that the first goal will be the Nanda Kot peaks in the Himalayas.
 If we are successful,g he added "an attempt will be made to lead the expedition to the higher peaks of the Himalayas, including Mt. Everest
 Most of the members of the Jap snese party are graduates of Rik- kyo University, at Tokyo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
BALDWIN MAY BE OUSTED AS
 BRITISH HEAD
Old Friction with King May Cause Premier to Lose
 His Position
Bg DEWITT MACKENZIE

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Europe's next political sensation is likely to be the compulsory retirement of Britain's conservative premier, Stan ley Baldwin, if young progressives in his own ranks are successful in the fierce attacks they have been directing against him.
 The summer recess of Parliament has provided a breathing spell in the warfare to unseat Baldwin, but the insurgents are bent on purging the party of what they call the re- actionary old Tory guird. in which they accord Mir Baldwin high place.
 An important aspect of the sit- uation is the statement circulated in high quarters iii England that young King Edward does not regard Mir. Baldwin with high favor. A ruler is not supposed to mlx in pcM- ties in democratic Britain. but his private views have 9 strcng inllu- ence
 Report No Slirprse
 Those who have watched the re- iationship between Edward and his portly Premier over a long pariod are not surprised to hear the E ng lacks any deep affection for Farm CT" Baldwin, who is said to have set himself up long ago as mentor of the then Prince of Wales. i MT. Baldwin is credited with hay ing compelled the Prince to aban- don his favorite pastime of riding to hounds in 1929, on the grounds that the heir to the throne was en- dangering his life. The Premier also is said to have been one of those who tried to induce the Prince to marry against his >ill.
 Debt Settlement Criticized
 Young Conservatives long have tcharged that Baldwin is non-pro- gressive and lacking in ideas anc initiative. The handling of tho Italio- Ethiopian problem all but brought his political house dowr about his neck. But there have beer many other things. dating iron the World War debt settlement which Baldwin effected in Wash. ington in 1923 as Chancellor of tn, Exchequer Britons have said hG allowed the Yankees then to taki him for ride.
 | Apropos of the charge of lack Q initiative, Baldwin once remarked to me that secrets were safe in hi! keeping, and added:
 When people try to quiz me put on a stolid expression. I'm result is that some of them get thu idea I am stupid. but I had rathe be considered stupid than have t, give away secrets
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
Lack of Funds Hold Up
 Homestead Acquisitions

WASHINGTON, Sept. IT. = The site of the country's first home stead can't become a national monument until funt5 are found for it's acquisition, the National Park Service reports.
 Congress. in an act approved last March, authorized establishing the national monument in Gage Coun- ty, Nebraska, and authorized an appropriation of not more than SPA. .O00 but did not subsequently, actually provide the funds.
 The area, the first homestead en- tered upon under the general home
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
WRIGHT AND STOCK GET SITKA ROAD
 GRADING CONTRACT

Wright and Stock, contracting firm. has been awarded the con- tract for grading and surfacins four miles of road near Sitka, it is announced by the Bureau of Public Roads, and the work is ex- pected to start in the near future. The firm bid $63,384 The work includes grading and surfacing from near Swan Lake to Halibut Point, a distance of about four miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
Syrup Flo,vs EFs Street

CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. IT, Charlottes Trade Street flowed with corn syrup when 10 barrels of the commodity rolled from a large truck to crack up against the pavement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
SIXTY WOMEN
 CHANGE MINDS

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. IT. = Wo- mans prerogative is to change her mind. Sixty exercised it when they failed to appear for prosecution of divorce suits they had entered in Superior Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
stead act of May 20, 1882, by Dan- iel Freeman, when acquired is to be known as "The Homestead Ma tional Monument Of America.
GOES EAST

Miss Jean Wander Leest, Juneau High School graduate in 1855, IS aboard the Princess Louise enroute to Minneapolis, Minnesota. where she will attend Miss Woods Kim dergarten School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
White Army Horses
 No Longer Danger

BERLIN, Sept. 1g.-After having been banned for fifty years, white horses are again to be used by the German army
 The ban has been lifted, accord ing to a semi-official announce ment, because it is not expected that in future war horses will be used near the front lines. The visibility of white horses, which was the reason for the ban origi- nally, will therefore no longer be a handicap.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
OFF TO COLLEGE

John Finnegan, son of A. L. Fin negan, Acting Chief Engineer of the Tallapoosa, left on the Prin- cess Louise enroute to Seattle to attend the fall semester at the University of California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
AGED MAN DIES

L. A. Thurston, 84, a resident Of Anchorage since the early construc- tion days, died there recently
 Thurston was one of the first men to file a coal claim in the Katalla coal fields, according to reports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
uH.rHER CONCEPTIONS AT s A. M

Ketchikan mising temperature 5l; cloudy Stka Radovle foggy 7 Soapone Point missing Yakutat Chtina Portage sprinkng Fairbanks cloudy Nenana, partly cloudy Springs Tanana raining AZ; Ruby, cloudy raining A. Kaltag, Unaake Crooked Creek cloudy partly cloudy, 46.
 SXNOPSiS
 low this greater Alaska the lowest reported being a St. pressure pre-
  general pres attended regions Entrance of prevailed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17

Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17
WINS TOURNAMENT

Mrs. William Mellish won the A. J, Loussac cup for Anchorage women golfers in an 18-hole tour nament recently in which five wom- en participated. This was the third consecutive win for Mrs. Mellish, entitling her to keep the cup.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17

Refineries within Texas convert 6'l per cent of the states crude oil into manufactured products.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17

Mexico officials are attempting to have farmers raise soy beans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17

Abiathar was a Hebrew high priest in the time of David.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-17

Today's News Today-Empire.
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Umpire classifieds pay.