Radio mirror (May-Oct 1938)

RADIO MIRROR HOW are you progressing on your spelling? Here's another list supplied by Paul Wing, spelling master of NBC Spelling Bee. Only one spelling is the right one. Mark the spellings you think are correct. Then look at the answers on page 80. It's harder than the others but you should be ready for more difficult words by now. If you aren't already a Spelling Bee fan, listen in on Mr. Wing's broadcasts, Friday evening at 9:30 E.S.T., on the NBC-Blue network — and you will be. 1. Pirytes — pyrites — pyrytes. (noun). Any of several metallic looking sulphides. 2. Jagwar — jaguar — jagaur. (noun). A large, powerful cat, ranging the Americas from Texas to Paraguay. 3. Fisticuff — fistecuff — fistacuf. (noun). A fight with the fists. 4. Corporreally — corporealy — corporeally, (adverb). In a physical, material, bodily manner. 5. Newall — newel — neuall. (noun) . The principal post at the foot, or the secondary one at the landing of a staircase. 6. Tressel — tresle — trestle, (noun).' A braced framework of timbers, piles PUT THE BEE ON YOUR SPELLING or steelwork for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a depression. 7. Calsedony — chalcedony — calcedony. (noun). In mineralogy, a variety of quartz. 8. Peregrination — perigrination — perigrenation. (noun). A traveling or going about; a wandering. 9. Unguants — unguents — ungwants. (noun). Lubricants or salves for sores, burns, etc., ointments. 10. Opprobrium — oprobrium — opprobreum. (noun). Infamy; reproach mingled with contempt, abusive language. 11. Fanflair — fanflare — fanfare. (noun). A flourish of trumpets. 12. Scittish — skittish — skitish (adj.) Marked by levity or liveliness. 13. Boutonniere — boutoniere — boutonnier. (noun). A bouquet for the buttonhole. 14. Occular — ocular — occuler. (adj.). Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the eye. 15. Stirtorous — stertorous — stertor us. (adj.). Characterized by a deep snoring. 16. Solder— sodder — soder. (noun). A metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces. 17. Corall — corral — corrall. (noun). A pen or enclosure for confining or capturing animals. 18. Harridan — hariden — Harriden. (noun). A vixenish woman; a hag. 19. Inniquitous — iniquitous — iniquitous, (adj.). Characterized by wickedness; sin; crime. 20. Catchination chinnation. (noun), erate laughter. 21. Chieftaincy — cachination — ca Loud or immod chieftainsy — cheif taincy. (noun). The territory ruled by a tribal ruler. 22 Gasefy — gassify — gasify, (verb). To convert into gas or aeriform fluid, as by heat. 23. Maharanni — maharani — maharrani. (noun). A queen or sovei'eign princess of an Indian State. 24. Exodontia — exodoncia — exedoncia. (noun). The branch of dentistry dealing with the extraction of teeth. 25. Antipascal — antipaschal — antepaschal, (adj.). Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. HOW DO MOVIE STARS KEEP IN SHAPE? THEY FIGHT FATIGUE BY KEEPING WEIGHT DOWN AND ENERGY UP ^ foods fortify the body aj fatigue. Baby Ruth, the big, delicious candy bar, a concentrated energy food; it is rich in pure Dextrose, called "muscle" sugar by doctors. And pure Dextrose is utilized by the body as energy, when needed, rather than stored as fat. That's why Bcby Ruth is the preferred candy of movie stars, athletes, active people everywhere. It's chock-full of energizing goodness. CVffTKS CANOT CO., OTTO KMtBMC, tret. CHICAGO fUMOtt IT'S HOLLYWOOD'S FAVORITE CANDY 5Q