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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1938
Page
10
A crossword style puzzle lists clues for a famous painting and related theme. The grid includes horizontal and vertical entries such as objects, colors, actions, and names tied to art history with Leo nardo da Vinci among the authors.
The narrator sails north along China's coast from Hong Kong amid hundreds of junks and sampans. He describes junk ships as cargo vessels with large sails and possibly home-stays for families. A sampan with a small crew shares a cabin roof. gifts are exchanged with a passing family while sea conditions worsen.
A mixed snippet titled Lessons in English by W L Gordon offers word notes and misused terms. The travel portion describes shipboard seasickness with a humorous anecdote about Lake Michigan and a prompt for a free illustrated leaflet on Marvels of the Sky.
A Good Food Grocery Store accepted a $20 forged Henry Fure check from Ronald Smythe to cover a $5.24 purchase of pumpkins oysters and other edibles. The bank paid $20, then canceled the check when forged found. Smythe fled. the bank sued the store to recover $20.
A column answer set describes making a lino leum varnish by melting glue in water and applying to a clean dry surface at night. It also explains washing silk or fabric gloves with soap flakes and shaping fingers by dripping dry. A tip for sausages uses cold water to boil before frying to keep shape.
A column offering etiquette guidance. It says never address a wedding invitation to a couple with family in one line, urges separate invitations for each family member who qualifies, suggests recalling a prior meeting as "I think I met Mr Green last week," and recommends the hostess always offering her hand to callers.
A quiz item lists questions and answers: derivation of alphabet from alpha and beta, Nellie T. Ross as first woman governor, origin of wallpaper credited to the Chinese, about one million currency units to make a ton, and Boston, Massachusetts as chief New England city.
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