Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 197, 19 August 1922 — Page 16

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, AUGUST. 19, 1922

CAN YOU WORK THE GREAT TANGRAM?

The great Tangram puzile can you work It? '.'.. Moro than four thousand year3 ago, Tan, a very brilliant Chinaman,,' invented a puenlc that today la junt as he made It. It is called the Tangrara , Puzzle. Books say that Napoleon, -while In exile at St, Helena, spent hours

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make an inhabitant of

North Mr. Polar Bear. And ho wa9 shown how to put together Mr. Dooley, fat and Jolly. " But If we were to tell you how to make more figures, Tan's puzzle wouldn't ba a puzzle at all. The fun . comes in making up figures

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o get hU Rothes off. He ;had de'aypd oft purpose, for he! paw a fchatice to tease Ben, and 1 Rannie

th6 ' fan never could resist playing, practi

cal jokes on ome one. i So, when. Ben was not paying any attention, he proceeded to turn all Ben's clothes inside out and tie them- up In knots. Ben would have a time, all right, when he tried to dress. "What're you so slow about?" called Ben. "Come in. It's fine." "Sure, I'm coming," said Rannie. "Watch me dive in." But in his eagerness to get Into tho water before Ben noticed what -he was doing, he failed to pick out a good spot from which to make a dive, and went off at one of the few shallow places. The next thing Ben knew, Rannio had been knocked unconscious, and there , was a big cut on his head where he had hit a rock. It I

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and hours over old Tan's Invention. Tangrams have long been a favorite pastime. Tan's puzzle Is easy to make. Cut a square of stiff cardboard Into seven pieces. First, mark off with pencil the lines on which to cut. For convenience our Illustration shows the four corners of the cardboard, numbered 1. 2, 3, 4. Draw a straight line from 2 to 3. Hah way between 2 and 4, place a dot. This is A. Half way between 3 and 4, place another dot, B. Connect the two with a straight line. Find tho center of the line 2-3. Place a dot, point C, at this center,

and connect it with 1. Continue this line from C to the center of tho line A-B, at point D. From E, the

center of the line 3-C, draw a line to B. And another line is drawn from F, the center of the line 2-C, to This divides the square into severi part3. After cutting the square into pieces with scissors or a sharp knife, following closely the pencil lines, you are ready to work tho great Tangram. The problem is to put all seven pieces together, no piece overlapping another, to make figures of people, animals and object?. Our illustration shows an old, ptooprd man taking his morning stroll. The small outline figure in front of the old man shows how the seven pieces are fitted together.

for yourself. There are hundreds to be made. A Tangram party is fun. Give each of your guests a puzzle. Make up a list of objects to be formed with, the pieces. Allow three minutes for each object. The one who is most clever in arranging his Tangrams receives the prize. Boys and Girls Newspaper.

THE BOOMERANG

EN and RANNIE had been working in Rannnie's tomato patch. It was a blistering hot day, and by the time tbey were through their facer:

were streakrd-

with dirt and sweat.

"Let's run down to the creek and take a swim," suggested Ben. "That sounds great," agreed Rannie, and the two boys trotted down to the creek, which flowed at the foot of the hill back of the Granger place. It was a fast moving little stream, not very wide but pretty deep, and shaded b? many overhanging trees. "This is living!" cried Ben, and in a minute he was in the cool stream. Rannie took more time

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was a wonder he had not broken

his neck.

When Rannie feebly opened his

eyes again, Ben and good old Doc

tor Sawyer were bending over

him. "You hit a rock and had a

mighty clone call, my boy," -said Dr. Sawyer. "You were nearly dwrowned before I got to you," added Ben, "but you're all right now. The doctor says he got here just in time. He was almost too late." Ben's face was very serious. "You see, I was kept back in getting him. I had to untie my clothes." (Copyright 1922 Associated Editors) MARK TWAIN HAS MEASLES James Jones had the black measles, and all the other boys and girls in the neighborhood were jeolous They wanted the measles too. Samuel Clemens, better known as

Mark Twain, decided that he would

have some of the glory. One after

noon when no one was looking, he slipped into Jim's house and up to

Syed All traveled 8,000 miles to take care of this giant elephant at the London Zoo, who was suffering from a peculiar case of nervousness. The elephant is almost cured and Syed All's treatment baa instilled confidence in the beast, shown here making the animal salute or salaam.

Jim's room and right into bod with him. Sure enough Sam got the measles! He was a very sick boy and the doctor said he could not live. The family gathered tearfully around his bed to watch him die. Sam afterward confessed that he would have died peacefully after seeing the family's sorrow. But he fooled them. In a short time he was up and looking for more mischief. Mark Twain (1S35-1910) has been

called "The Man who Made the World Laugh" because he wrote

6tories about boys and their

pranks. His two most popular

books are "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckelberry Finn." Boys' and Girls' Newspaper.

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UNIQUE MEET HELD (Continued From Fage One.) Gwendolyn Brittenham, Beulah Brown, second. Quarter yard dash ( a toothpick is used to push quarters to the goal. First one there wins. First, nl.irn. Catherine Halrd: sec-

I onSilace, Helen Kenny.

Endurance Test 1 (two face each other and taTk, the one talking the longer winning. First Catherine Baird; second, Helen Kenny. Endurance test 2 (each team tries to make their opponents laugh; one that keeps soberest face the longest wins. First place, Merle I Ionian; . second, Ina May Laham. Shot put (throwing blow-up paper sacks over a net.) First, Ruth Cook. Pig root (pushing ball with

nose to the goal). First place, Ellen Tully. Foot balance (two people balance on one foot and try to knock each other's other foot down. One having two feet on ground first loses.) First place, Gwendolyn Brittenham, Pauline Turner, second, and Catherine Baird, third. Saliva capacity (each person be

gins to eat some crackers at the same time. One who finishes first and succeeds in whistling wins.) First place, Ina May Laham, Earl Laham, second; and Merlo Homan, third. Water drinking contest (one who drinks a glass of water first wins.) First place, Gennett Thom

as; Helen Kenny, second.

THE JUDGE ERRY PARKS

and me lant week We cracked a windowpane. He got away, but I got hauled Back Into jail, again. I been there once before,

you know They caught me swipin' lead. I hated bein' caged like that, You feel like you was dead; But all the fellows in our gang Had been to jail, you see, And used to boast about it, too, A-lookin' down on me. This time a kind of funny thingCop took me in a room, A sort of nice and su:iny place, And quiet as a tomb. A desk was 'cross one end of it, At which there sat a guy With grayish hair and funny smile, And twinkle in his eye. The cop says, "Judge, I brought the kid," And them ho beat it quick, While I was left alone In there, A-watchin' for a trick. This guy he tells me how he'll help Mo get a chance once more;

HAVE YOU READ IT? The story of "Tho Last Days of

Pompeii" is a made up" story about a real event. The Italian seaport town of Pompeii, a little

smaller in population than Richmond is now, was the resort where

wealthy people of Rome spent their

leisure time. It was the base of the

mountain Vesuvius. On the 24th of August, 79 A. D. this town and

the neighboring town of Herculan-

eum were entirely covered up by a great flow of lava from the volcano, Vesuvius. It was not until 1748 when a peasant was digging a well that tho first of the well preserved buildings of Pompeii was discovered.

One Way to Tell One girl scout wrote about the

regulations for flying the flag.

"When the flag is at half mast it

is morning, and when it is pulled

to the top it is afternoon." The

American Girl.

He didn't think they ought to treat

Me like they did before. He talked so sort of friendly-like. And kind of took my part, And when I thought of what I done I didn't feel half so smart. Then when he'd talked a while like that, He smiles, so sort of queer,

And reaches in his desk and says, "Say, Sonny, just look here." He hold3 a funny sling-shot thing. All kind of old and worn; "I've kept this thing," he says to me, "Sinco long 'fore you were born. I hit a window, just like you A kid, and a kind of wild They took me off to jail for it, Like they did you", he smiled. He told me all 'bout what a time He had to get a start, And you could see that ho wa3 just A boy himself at heart; And well, I've chucked the gang for good; I'm back in school again, And we're such friends, and gee! Why, I'm M6st glad I cracked that pane. (Copyright, 1922, Associated Kditors) ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE. 1. Lynx, Panther, Stag.

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