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QUERY CORNER; fl Tho 4luh will try to answer qUjBtS7.5 readers of tho Junior submit to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. The questions will be answered In rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed In the same week In which you seiid It In. Dear Aunt Polly What does the word "Cxar" mean? P. K. Dear P. K. The "word "Csar" means emperor in Russia, It is mora . correctly speller, "tsar", or izar . as many uewBiHvc uu magazines bdU it nowadays. ' It Is supposed to- come from the old Latin word for emperor "Caesar." The word "kaiser" also Comes from that word. The first time the word was used in Russia was in 1547, when Ivan the Terrible decided he would like the title. AuntPolly. Dear Aunt Polly What is the word "a'lnt a contraction of? L. H. Dear L. II. The so-called word "alnt" . doesn't really belong anywhere. It is a sort of homely little Topsy that "Just grew" in the ' English language. Languages that are used every day are always changing really, they slide. Folks when talking usually get so inter csted in Baying something that ihey slide their words and Bome of he letters are not sounded and niter while we find the word changed. This is what happened o the word Caesar; it slid into Kaiser and into Tsar. That is a natural slide. Now we know that n wintertime some slides are great iport and some end in a bump and x stumble. The word "alnt" Is .vhat is left of the words "am not" ifter those words started sliding. From the looks and the sound of rue word,' we think Its slide ended n a bump and a stumble. Aunt .'oily. ' ; l-loo Ann Prill V. Were do i livet Vela Junior iMadium and Aunt Polley, tool -C. C. Dear C. C.t You live in a yellow house with i blue flower basket out in front, lose by a certain big, black tank, me-half square from Main street, ni one square from the beautiful, cw cement, eometime-to-be-fin-jhed pride of Richmond. Thanks, eaps. for the fine toast you gave our humble servants, the Junior , .aid me but, oh, 0. C. the spellng! I'm afraid no rrenenman r Englishman could read it-! Not De ng either I reaa u, cujuj ;l Aunt Folly. TVoor Aunt PflllV! Who gave Richmond its name? Did you know that the very first ame or our pretty little city was imithville? Mr. Smith was the pro- ' rietor of the store here when me own was Just a group of a few louses. Then in 1800 along came v group of people who came from Carolina and belonged to the Solety of Friends (or Quakers), who lecided to settle here in this place hat they called "The Promised Land." The name "Smithville" did aot please most of the people, so hree men were chosen to think up v new one. One of the men, nomas ivouei lb. bukkcbicu ord; James Pegg thought of PlainMeld, and David Hoover proposed .llchmond. MoBt of the people livng here at that time thought Richmond the beat and so, that was he name chosen. Aren't you glad ve're not living in Smithville? Aunt Polly, MRS. GENE STRATTON PORTER, BIRD-LOVER .v,. n I , t vf.a nJM

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Boy Scouts May Name Him Their Official Sculptor

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Alfred Lowenthal and Some of His Work Alfred Lowenthal, of Thousand Oaks, Berkeley, Calif., may be named official sculptor of the national Council of Boy Scouts. He made the official monogram for the "Cub" Scouts of America. He is fourteen and a member of the Berkeley Boy Scouts. Oar Revenge Marcus Schelder, or Skinney, as ho was known to us boyB, waslhe longest, skinniest fellow .1 ever saw. One night he came over to my house to see if I could go to the show with him. After a good deal of persuasion and coaxing I secured the consent of my father. We left with, "Be home before nine o'clock, or you will have to stay home after this," ringing in our ears. After we had reached the walk Skinney said: "Do you remember what a dirty trick Robison and his gang., played us last summer" "I should say I do," I replied, remembering that I had to do without my dinner on that particu lar occasion. "Now, instead of going to the show, we are going to get even with them," he said, hitting mo on the spinal cord in his enthusiasm. "Ask mo no questions, but chase up an old bucket and follow me," he said, in a commanding air which I did not like. I bate to be commanded. After stirring around In the wood shed I found an old bucket which suited hlra. We then went up the alley back of our house until wo came to an old shed back of Roblson's house. This old shed wasthe meeting place of Robison and his gang every Wednesday night Skinney took the bucket, and slipping up to Robison's back step, filled it with water from a hydrant. He then came hack to where I was standing and carefully fastened it over the door, so that when Robison and his scoundrels came out of the shed, they would get the full contents of the bucket. We then hid behind a nearby wood pile to watch tho coming excite ment . We had not waited long when we saw old man Robison himself, coming up the path, leading to tre pulled open the door, and down the bucket did not come! For some bucket had failed to unfastened. We certainly ...... K..f i11l w uumuuumrcu, mil oui. Biaia Denma our waceiuuieiii, Having a vague hope "th at something would happen. He called his son and as soon as he came oat of the shed he began giving him "Hail Columbia" about his gang making too much noise. He finally ended up by telling him that, he could not hold his "Infernal" meetings in he wood shed any more. At this point in the scent the bucket came loose and fell upside down over the old man's head. He certainly was a, 11.

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damp spectacle, and we could not help from smiling. "This is your work," he finally managed to yell after ho had recovered from the shock and surprise this (accident?) caused him. "I'll pay you for this right now," and suiting action to his words, he grabbed hi3 shaking son by tho collar and Jerked him into the shed. We were soon rewarded by a good deal of yelling and tje occasional crack of what I presume was a barrel stave, having had the same experience myself. Although our plan did not turn out as we expected, we went home fully satisfied with the result The end. H. M. W. OLD FATHER TIME Father Time sits in the same old place Where he's always sat on his throne in space. His hair is white and his back is bent, Over his book he leans, intent. "What does he do in his age old nook" , You ask, "as he bends o'er his great old book?" He is jotting down by every name Of every child and lord and dame, The number of days each has had, and years; How long you will live, and I, my dears. , And no one knows but this old, old man How long you can live, or anyone can. A good bookkeeper he needs must be And balance his books Just right, you see; For if ever he did his figuring wrong Some one of us might live too long; And that would result, as you may guess In a perfectly awful, terrible mess. So, careful and watchful he sits in his nook With his gray head bent o'er his big old book. The oldest living woman in the world, so far as known, lives in Posen. She is 134 years old and her birthday is substantiated by records. She has thus seen three centuries: the 18th, 19th and 20th. She was a young woman when Napoleon swept over Europe. At the time of her birth Frederick the Great was still alive, and the United States had been born about 8 years! Francis Holt-Wheeler Three years of life for one day of dancing ! When some stream flows slowly through a meadow, now towards the end of May, and especially on a day when the sun is bright, watch these aerial dancers, some blue, some green, some with their wings shining like mother-of-pearl. So lovely, but for one day! Even-i ing sees them wearied. The trout leap at them. A few raindrops beat them down. The. stream which has been their home for years while they lived as larvas, carries them away. One day of dancing, without stopping to rest for they have no mouths and can not eat and then the end. In some parts jof the world in Austria, for example, these ephemerides are so numerous that along the banks the piles of dead mayflies are carted away for manure, in China, such . swarms have been seen that the air was as

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RIDDLES State Puzzle. I am composed of seyen letters. My flret, second, third, fourth and fifth (a a mnntrv in Aula Mv fifth. ! sixth, and seventh Is the name of a ' girl. Allen David Hole, Jr., age 10, Grade 7B, Oarfield School. 2. What has every living person 6een aftid will never see again? 3. What is it that you can give to Bomeono elae and still keep yourself? : 4. When does a ship tell a falsehood? 5. Girls' Names mixed up: Lehen, Trhu, Be,theliz, Leluci, Enirai, Thaber, Theel. Ruth Moormann, grade 6A, Vaile school. ANSWERS TO RIDDLES IN LAST WEEK'S JUNIOR 1. About half an hour. Ruth Smith. 2. Stone (also "alone") 3. None. They are all carried. 4. Apple, peach, plum, banana, blackberry, cherry and pear. Betty Jane Holt. 5. Shoes. 6. Because their trunks. they have Ethel Cox. to carry ANSWERS TO RIDDLES OF MAY 8. 1. Ethel, Ray, Ellen, Claus, Maxine. Ethel May Cox. 2. Fifteen Twisted States: Indiana, Tennesee, Ohio, Kentuck; Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Misissippi, Nevada, Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Texas. Allen David Hole, Jr., age 10, grade 7B, Garfield School. 3. The four letters are: u, n, n, y. MUSICAL PROGRAM IN MISS KIFF'S ROOM Miss Kiff's assembly room No. 9, gave a musical program on Thursday, May 20, 1920. They invited the ohildren of Miss Larsh and Mia Wolfard's rooms. The following program was given: Song, Loise Eromett; piano solo. Helen Eickhorn; piano solo. Ruby Gibbs; violin solo, Elizabeth Estell; duet, Stella M. Frame, Ruth Fienning; sone. Virginia Gilland, Thelma Feltis. Elizabeth E3tell, Junior High school. Bubbles are round because the air which forms the inside of the bubble exerts an equal pressure in all directions. It presses equally against all sides of the bubble at the same time. Book of Wonders. a dense fog, and one could not see across the street. They are common in France, and N near Paris great swarms of them have choked the street lamps so that they could not. be lighted, and in the evening when their strength failed, these fragile insects fell uke the flakes of a snowstorm. Though among the most beautiful of the nature studies of spring, there is a great deal "about them which science as yet does not know. The boy or girl with a love for nature, and posessor of a pocket magnifying glass, can do a really valuable work for science by catching and carefully drawing with all the exactitude possible each species of may-fly found along a Certain stream. You might find a new species, and to any one with the naturalist's feeling, the discovery of a new species is as great a find as "striking it rich" is to 'a gold prospector, or locating a spring is to a thirsty man. i

Sports that Make Men

Athletics THE HEAD 8TAND "What new. trick will you teach us today?" asked Ralph. Beppo walked to the mat and bent forward till head and hands were on the mat; his legs straightened in the air, and motionless as a statue, he stood there on his head. "That's it," he Baid. "It's so dead easy that I am surprised every boy in the world doos not do it naturally. It is really mucn harder to stand on your feet than on your head; for when upside down, you have three points of supportyour head and your two hands. ' "Now watch me and remember all that I tell you kneel on the left knee with the right hand Just a few inches ahead of the kneeplace both hands on the floor with the fingers spread place your head on tho floor about a foot in front of your hands rest both knees on your elbows and lift your feet from the floor. See I am standing on my head, but my legs are not up in the air." Beppo made the boys do what he had shown them a number of times and, when they had demonstrated that they could hold the position easily, he continued his lesson. "Remember what you have Just learned," said the little clown, and the perfect 'head stand' will come with a little practice. From the position I have just taught you, raise the legs very gradually and don't let your neck wobble keep your feet well in front until you get 'the feel' of the balance. Boys usually fail in the 'head stand' because they are in too much of a hurry to get their feet up, and they fall over on their backs but if you go at it easily and slowly raise your legs, you can keep your balance, and before long you will wonder why you couldn't do it tho very first time you tried. "When you get home, place a soft pillow about a foot from the wall and try your head stand on that; if you over-balance, touch the wall with your foot and that will help you get 'the feel' of the head stand." Copyright, 1920, by J. H. Millar. A NEW "WEDDING JOURNEY1 There were three styles of aircraft on exhibit at the recent Aero show in New York City, held in the 71st Regiment armory, that were of special interest to the many visitors. One was a triple-engined freight plane which was designed to carry thousands of pounds of merchandise over all distances, even thousands of miles. Another one could carry 26 passengers in comfort. Wicker chairs, running water and all sorts of conveniences made the plane a comfortable vehicle in which to travel even a long distance. Perhaps the one attracting the most attention was the pure white one tied with white satin ribbon, bearing the title "Honeymoon Express." The tiny coupe was luxuriously upholstered In dark blue denim and two little windows were hung with taffeta In a Bhade to match. General John J. Pershing has accepted the position of honor offered him by the Girl Scouts of America when they invited him to serve on their National Council.

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