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THANKS TO
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skill showed his uncanny
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Social security THE ARC
Ban on the me of Charles Kingsley for political anasens shows how sorlous this mat-
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out that hla even been pointed private life was not above reproach tate of affairs which is acutely painful in this era of rigid Christian morality. But I have just been reading a review of a book which evidently explains all this. Dickens suffered from manic-depressive in- mnity, and was a psychotic Hence those regietable novela which the unenlightened contmue to enjoy.
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GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Jack Scarecrow Gives A Party
"I
-It Was Lots of Fun, But a Little Sad, Too- By MAX TRELL WENT to a wonderful party night," Christopher Cricket said. "It was wonder- Iful, and it was sort of sud too. It was a party for Jack Scare- crow who has been standing all in the middle of the summer
say goodbye to all those friends of his and so he decided to give & farewell party.
last
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names to whom Christopher was
speaking, looking puzzled.
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down with six beetles stall on his back."
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"Perylene is more like wool tan nylon.. o perfect for men'a sulidngs because it always retains its shape."
A small supply of SHIRTS AND UNDERWEAR is already
trickling into the shops. In about
a year men's socks will be in the shops.
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under the machine needle.
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leave his friends at all. Maybe he's still in the corn fleid, still two lines about two. feet, apart. dancing merrily around in the Fin one side of each article to a lot of sunshine."
one line, the other side to the
"31 was," said Christopher, "but then it became time for every- one to go home and everyone gathered around Jack Scarecrow to say how much they had en- joyed his being in the corn fuld and how "The mice agreed to carry the
sorry they would be invitations to
Jack's to see him go. Even the crows, all of
be- friends," Christopher Cricket who were Jack's enemies went on. "The invitations were tause all spring and summer teratched on the large leaves of he had kept them from eating the button ball free that grew in com. even they came over to the corner of the corn field. Each say they had no hard feelings of the mice they were field mice
against him any more,
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The bidding is the same 29 the previous question. You, South. hold Spades 3-2. Hearts 8-7-4. Dio- mands Q-7-4. Chuun A-K-10-9-4. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
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By F. BECK
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"And why was Jack Scare-
crow giving a party anyway?" asked Kourt.
Christopher Cricket
ex-
Scarecrow
Crows and Scarecrows
"We know, the crows told
duty
if we had been scare-
stood. The
large Jack, that you only did your and the caterpillars spun a silken tablecloth which they crows instead of just hungry stretched spread out over the ground. The crows, we would have done
rabbits
and the moles brought the same." Axumn stappens to be a caror himself out comfortably on the fruits and frogs. The bees, the hear
Jack was glad ege of the rug in front of the tornets and the wasps all came dislike him any more. Yes,
that the crows did not he he see, testace. You
honey. bad
with
feld mice ended s "summer
cald to them, I only did what Scholars plained,
themselves, after delivering the the farmer and
asked me to do. 1 and autumn was ending winter was coming on, and Jack invitations returned with bits of don't hate you at alll I don't!
and crumbs of cake. hate anybody. I love everybody Scarecrow knew that the next cheese
enough for every in the whole world." day the farmer was coming to There was lake him back into the barn. He one," hd made many friends during
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Knowledge
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INTELLIGENCE TEST
DUST WIG
By T. O. HARE "Proud the prude, and
prim the prig: Eriggery in't mit
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THESE lines are part of an invention to the White Knight. One of them le an
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White Knight's creator.
Can you say which fins?
(Solution on:Page 10),
BARBS
BY HAL COCHRAN
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"And what happened at the Christopher?" Knart been standing in the com field, party, He wanted, before he left, to
All of Jack's friends shook his hand and said goodbye.
asked.
Cricket's Cuitar
"Finally" said Christopher, "all of Jack's friends shook bls And hand and said goodbye. then а very strange thing happened."
"What strange thing?" asked Knarf.
"I was delightful," said Chris- topher. "I came with my guitar
"Each time," said Christopher, and so did a dozen of my cousins "that one of Jack's friends took and uncles and aunts. The whip- his hand, a piece of straw from poorwills with their flutes came inside Jack's sleeve fell to the and played with us, and so did ground For
you know, the frogs with their big bass was stuffed
with straw. And by drums. It was quite a big the time the last of his friends orchestra. Then we played For had shaken his hand, the last Jack's a Jolly Good Fellow and bit of straw inside Jack had everyone joined in the chorus. dropped out. And this morning,
when the farmer cotze
to take "Then," continued Chris Jack back to the barn for the
winter, topher, "two butterfles did
all he took back were Jack dance around one of the last the empty clothes where black-eyed Susans that still had been. And the little pile of stood in the Beld. And a grass- straw went dancing round hopper did acrobatic tricks, and round the corn field in the sun- Old Turtle, who came to the shine. It was a wonderful party
too party late, showed how strong all right, and a sad one
was by walking up and but perhaps Jack really didn't
he
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