. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . elle, Jr., Washington, D. C. John Whopper Little Stories About Books ThatChildren Like BOYS and girls who have studied ge-ography will find that they will haveto stretch their imaginations to thelimit if they would keep from laughing atthe strange adventures of John , the story is very interesting, andI am sure that you wiU enjoy followingJohn on his perilous journeys. Althoughthe story is an old one, there are manj- ofus who have not read it. John Whopper is a Boston newsboy, whoaccidentally discovers an underground pas-sage to China. H
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . elle, Jr., Washington, D. C. John Whopper Little Stories About Books ThatChildren Like BOYS and girls who have studied ge-ography will find that they will haveto stretch their imaginations to thelimit if they would keep from laughing atthe strange adventures of John , the story is very interesting, andI am sure that you wiU enjoy followingJohn on his perilous journeys. Althoughthe story is an old one, there are manj- ofus who have not read it. John Whopper is a Boston newsboy, whoaccidentally discovers an underground pas-sage to China. He takes his newspapersthere and makes a fortune selling them torich American business men at the hotelsin Canton. On one of his famous journeys back home,he makes a mistake in entering the under-ground passage, and tumbles through thedarkness into the center of the earth, wherehe goes whizzing around until he finallyarrives at a state of perfect equilibrium inwhich he does not move at all but is sus-pended in midair. By waving his cap he. Leonard Lippy Whose Big Sister Dorothy is a MuUigraph Operator. Ml. Royal Station, Baltimore, Md. makes his way along until he comes to akind of honeycombed wall. Through thishe gains access to the very axis of the earth,coming at last to the surface just at theNorth Pole. Here he lands on an iceberg,from which he is later rescued and is takenback to his home in Boston. This book may be had from the Balti-more and Ohio Employes Free CirculatingLibrary. If you do not know about thislibrary, write to Mrs. E. P. Irving, librarian,Mt. Royal Station, Baltimore, Md. Shewill be glad to tell you how you may getthe books to read.
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