Indians Had Nothing on This Family
Tilt; tamous tamily ot Hiawatha
could have tteen no more adept
with the bow and arrow than the
eight members of the family of Mr.
and .Mrs. Leonard Howe of Melrose,
Mass. Every one of them has won
prizes In nrehery and Mrs. Howe Is
the present women's state cham
pion. Frank, fourth from the left,
holds the Itmlor title.
“Little Stories I a
/or Bedtim
by Thorn
c/ Burgess
PETER FINDS HE IS
MISTAKEN
Butcher the shrike was
not the only newcomer In the
Old Orchard. There wn* another
stranger, and It did not take Peter
Rabbit long'to discover that he was
looked on with suspicion by nil the
other birds. The first time Peter
saw him he was walking on the
ground some distance off lie didn’t
hop, but walked, and at that dis
tance looked all black. The way
he carrlpd himself and Ids move
ments as he walked, made Peter
think of Creaker the Crackle. In
fact, Peter mistook him for Creaker.
That was because he didn’t really
look at him. If he hud he would
have seen at once that the stranger
was smaller than Creaker.
Presently the stranger flew up In
a tree, and at once Peter saw that
his tall was little more than half
as long ns that of Creaker. At once
It came over Peter that this was a
stranger to him. Of course Ids cu
riosity was aroused at once. Any
thing like that Is sure to arouse Pe
ter's curiosity. He didn't have any
doubt whatever that this was a
member of the Blackbird family, but
which one It could be he hadn't the
least Idea. "Jenny Wren will know,”
thought Peter, and scampered off to
hunt her up.
“Who Is that now member of the
Know
That a silver half-dollar,
spent at the Centennial ex
position in Philadelphia in
1876, has returned — after
fifty years of wandering—to
its former owner, H. B. Curl
of Jamestown, N. Y. He
says that he recognized the
coin because he marked it
H. B. C., Clarion, Pa.
by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNTT Service
Blackbird family who has come to
live in the Old Orchard?" I’eter
naked ns soon ns tie found Jenny
Wren.
Jenny’s sharp little eyes snapped
and she twitched her funny little
tail as only she can. "What's that?”
she cried.
“Who Is thnt new member of the
Blackbird family who hns come to
The First Time Peter Saw Him He
Was Walking on the Ground.
live In the Old Orchard?” repeated
l'eter.
"There Isn’t any new member of
the Blackbird family living In the
Old Orchard." retorted Jenny Wren
tartly.
"There Is. too," contradicted Pe
ter. "I saw him with m.v own eyes.
1 can see him now. lie’s sitting In
that tree over yonder this very min
ute. He's all black, so of course
he must he a member of the Black
bird family."
"Tut, tut, tut, tut. tut." scolded
Jenny Wren. "Tut, tut, tut. tut, tut,
tut! That fellow Isn't a member
of the blackbird family at all, and
what's more, he Isn’t black. Go over
there and take a good look at him
and then come back und tell me If
you still think he Is black.”
Jenny turned her back on Peter
and went on hunting worms. There
being nothing else to do, Peter
hopped over where lie could get a
good look at the stranger. The sun
wns shining full on him. and he
wasn't black at all. For the most
part he was very dark green. At
least, that was what Peter thought
at first glance. Then, as the stranger
moved, he seemed to be a rich pur
ple In places. In short, be changed
color. Ills feathers were like those
of Creaker the Grackle—Iridescent.
©, T. W Uurgiaa.—WNU Sorvlcs.
“T.rribU Lisard”
The word dinosaur means ,,ter
| rible lizard.”
A New Accessory
■A£THlN6 NEW.'
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>TAUlN6,dAMV
EF** THE MOTOR!
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Question Box
By ED WYNN
The Perfect Fool
Dour .Mr. Wynn:
I Just beard of a man who kept
company with a woman for sixty
years and at last he married her
when he was one hundred and nine
years old. Do you believe this? If
so, how do you account for a man
marrying at one hundred and nine
years of age, after going with a
woman for sixty years?
Sincerely,
B. W1LDERED.
Answer: He probably couldn’t
hold out any longer.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
My son, who is in Bridgeport,
Conn., has gotten Into some sort of
trouble and has been arrested. I
hnve been advised to get a crim
inal lawyer for him. Are there any
criminal Inwyers In Bridgeport?
Yours truly,
E. LIZABETH.
Answer: There probably are sev
eral, but you'll have a hard time
proving It.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 just visited the city of Wash
ington nnd went to the government
buildings. I was particularly Inter
ested In the senate chamber. 1 saw
n minister sitting nest to the vice
president of the United Stntes. Tell
me why Is the minister there? Does
he pray for the senators?
Sincerely.
A. SITESEER.
Answer: No! No! No! The min
ister does not pray for the senators.
The minister takes a look nt the
senators nnd then prays for the
counrry.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 met n young lady last week nnd
am very fond of her. We were dis
cussing “kissing" last night nnd she
said that kisses were like a bottle
of olives. Whnt did she mean by
that?
Sincerely,
OS. Q. LATION.
Answer: Very simple. She means
that after you get the first one, the
rest come easy,
Denr Mr. Wynn:
1 have traveled nil over the world.
Everything Is hustle and hustle
There seems to be no sentiment left
In the world. Is there one plnce In
the world I can find "happiness’’ and
•’contentment"?
Tours truly.
PHILOSOPHER.
Answer: There sure is. You can
find them both In the dictionary.
<65. th* AAHoclatud N*»w»nanera.
WNU Service
I PA PA KNOWS-1
••Pop, what it an operation?"
"Indoor eport."
A Bril Syndicate- W NU Servlr*
Many Primitive Musician*
Mure than 2.<»*i musical instru
mcnf* tniule by primitive tribes are
in n collection or the Smithsonian
i Institute. Washing on.
One* City of Rubber
Para, ltrar.ll, which has the most
wonderful museum on the western
hemisphere, at one time promised
to become the rubber center of the
world
MOTHER—THE
GOLFER
By ANNE CAMPBELL
oUE would be a bette. golfer
C5 If she had a keener eye
For the ball. Instead of gazing
At the woodland and the sky.
She ran never think It better
To keep looking at the ball,
Thau to watch the baby robins,
And to hear their mother call.
She would be a better golfer
If she could be taught to know
It’s the g.ame that Is Important,
Not where four-leaf clovers grow;
For she stops the most strategic
Play and lets a foursome pass.
Just to pick a four-leaf clover
That is hiding In the grass.
She would be a better golfer—
She might get a decent score—
If she kept her mind on golfing
And think manfully of “Fore!”
But a golf game means to mother
Nothing but ,a chance to laze
Through a green field that reminds
her
Of her happy rural days.
Convrlffht. — WNU Service
THROUGH A
W>mans Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
THE MATING SEASON
HAVE you ever beard of the
“Door of Hope" in Nanking,
China—and its “mating season”?
Last month the Door of Hope held
Us “mating season," which may
sound like something for birds, but
it is for girls; girls who want to
get married.
The “Door of Hope” Is an institu
tion in Nanking which shelters and
educates former slave girls. From
six months to a year, these girls
are kept there for domestic train
ing. And periodically the Institu
tion announces that Its “mating
season” is open. For n week then,
photographs of the graduates are
hung on the walls of a room where
the prospective bridegrooms may
look them over.
When a man decides to become
an applicant for a certain photo
graph, or for the young woman rep
resented by it, he in turn submits
to the management his photograph
with the answers to a question
naire which covers his age. occupa
tion, income, habits and references.
If he is found to be a satisfactory
applicant, he Is permitted to call
upon the young lady. And, given
her consent, the marriage is ar
ranged without loss of time.
During the last mating season
there were 151 applicants, from
whom 11) girls took their choice.
And while an open door mating sea
son of this kind hardly fits in with
our viewpoint of mating and mar
riage, who can say It doesn't have
Its advantages? One hundred and
fifty-one to nineteen, all qualifica
tions submitted before the girl con
sents to a meeting. Thar “has it”
WITTY KITTY
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM
The girl chum saya people who
live In glass houses never have bills
for aun-ray treatments.
WNU Service.
In some ways on the familiar spec
tacle of unattached young women
patiently waiting while they look
hopefully upon a supercilious stag
line of young men who sometimes
have nothing more to recommend
them than the law of supply and
demand.
A “Door of Hope” mating season
! for ns? No. Hut it would be nice
If the eastern and western Idea
couid be modified Into a combina
tion of the best elements of both.
©. Bell Syndicate.—VVNU Service.
Velvet and Fox
Worth of Paris is responsible for
this charming afternoon ensemble.
It is of brown velvet trimmed with
fox, and the hat is of brown felt.
PRESERVE SUGGESTIONS
HOW many of our housewives
know the deliciousness of
pickled and preserved watermelon
rind? Instead of throwing it away
try some of the good methods of
preparing It for winter.
Preserved Watermelon Rind.
Cut the red portion of the melon
from the rind, remove the green skin
and cut into neat uniform pieces.
Soak in lime water for three hours,
then rinse and stand in ice water
for an hour. Drain and cook in boil
ing water until tender. Make a sirup
of two pounds of sugar and four
quarts of water, drop the rind into
it with one lemon, sliced thin, with
a little ginger root, using two pounds
of prepared melon rind. Cook until
thick. Pack in jars and cover with
the sirup. Seal.
Preserved Pears.
Take one pound each of pears and
sugar, one pint of water and one
lemon. The fruit may be preserved
whole. In halves, or quartered. Boil
the sugar and water five minutes.
Cook the lemon in just water to
cover, slicing thin ; when tender and
transparent add water and all to
the pears and sirup and cook un
til the pears are clear and the sirup
is thick. If the hard ptars are used
cook them in the water until tender
and use the water for the sirup. A
few cloves and stick cinnamon may
be added If desired, and pineapple
Juice instead of water makes a most
delightful flavor.
<£). Western Newspaper Union.
Honor Town’* Heroine
Inhabitants of the French village
of Beauvais have a special holiday
each year to honor the memory of
the town's heroine. Jeanne Hach
ette, the local Joan of Arc. It was
Jeanne who saved the small city
centuries ago when It was be
sieged.
World War Veterans at Lourdes
UJ AH naireUa were forgotten ua World war veterans troin noth the
allied nations anil the central powers gathered together at the Ulalufl*
shrine at t.oiintes. b’ranee More than tRJ.utJO cisoldlers took part In the
huge pilgrimage at which mass was celebrated before the basilica by
t ardlnal Llenart o( Lille, hliuselt a veteran.
BRISBANE
1^3 WEEK
_
Mr. Van Loon Says
We Build Good Planes
Ford Sees Light
Why Pedro Jumped
Mr. Van l.-oon, able writer, who
Is "Dutch" and proud of it, doesn’t
want anybody to call him a Nether
lander, or anything but just a plain
"Dutchman”—wishes this fact made
clear.
The two Dutchmen that followed
so closely behind the British win
ners of the 11,000-mile air race were
really demonstrating serious flying.
They did not fly any made-to-order
racing machine. They piloted a
regular commercial plane and they
carried passengers, as airplanes
should do.
British aviators, interested in
makiug flying pay for itself, say that
the Dutch flyers’ American machine,
a Douglas air liner, with Wright
Cyclone motors, and the United
States Boeing transport plane in
which Itoscoe Turner and Clyde
Bangborn were trailing for third
place, are "straight stock commer
cial planes."
The British race winner is a dui
let-like racer.”
This doesn’t take away from the
credit of the plucky Englishmen, or
diminish in any way their marvel
ous performance In cutting the fly
ing time from London to Australia
by 100 hours. They made the flight
to Darwin in f>2 hours. But the
race does show that private enter
prise in the United States Is able
to build useful commercial planes.
Henry Ford, who even now pays
out hundreds of millions a year, di
rectly and Indirectly, for well paid
labor, sees ‘‘light in the darkness,”
and says our “Santa Claus meth
ods” of handing out money have
“made softies of many Americans.”
But, in President Roosevelt’s ap
parent determination to encourage
independence nnd allow business
men to run their own businesses,
Mr. Ford sees great hope. He
thinks we are crawling up over the
top.
%
Here is a suicide story, brand
new. Pedro Ciroelto, fisherman of
the island of Cerralvo, found a
pearl weighing 100 karats, thought
it was worth $100,000. When, at l>a
Paz, Lower California, dealers
would give him only $1,000 for his
pearl, Pedro hurled his pearl into
the ocean, jumped in after it, was
torn to pieces by sharks.
Moralists would have convinced
him that $100,000, if he had got the
money, would have done him no
good, lie did not wait.
President Roosevelt possesses,
among other agreeable and unusual
qualities, that of giving full credit
to others.
Receiving an honorary degree of
doctor of laws, and speaking at Wil
liam and Mary college, where
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry.
John Marshall, James Monroe nnd
John Tyler were students in the
old Virginia days, the President
gave full and generous credit to
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for his
patriotic work in restoring to its
colonial condition Virginia's an
cient city, Williamsburg, “the cradle
of American liberty."
Wherever there is trouble in the
human body there is, not far away,
some remedy for that trouble. Sur
geons have always dreaded per
itonitis, a widespread, dangerous in
flammation that sometimes accom
panies surgical operations.
Now science has discovered that
a certain “amniotic fluid,” always
present in the child-bearing period
in human beings and animals, sup
plies a vaccine that prevents per
itonitis.
Doctors extract the nmniotie
fluid from cows, use it on their pa
tients, and have reduced from 50
per cent to 2 per cent the mortal
ity caused by peritonitis following
operations on the bowels. This dis
covery will prevent many deaths
from intestinal gunshot wounds and
other typical American injuries.
Patrick Mulligan, of New York,
unemployed chauffeur, penniless,
learned Just before midnight that
his wife, Cecelia, aged twenty-five,
had given birth to three boys and
one girl In the Lincoln* hospital,
first quadruplets born in that hos
pital in more than 50 years.
The four babies, total weight
only ten pounds, lived only four
hours. Perhaps that illustrates
the difference between the life
chance of babies born in the city
and babies born In the country air,
as were the still living Dionne
Canadian quintuplets.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
back from Germany, where he saw
llltler and Schachf. says that dis
crimination ngainst the Jews Is
diminishing In Germany, the atti
tude of the Vn*l being considerably
modified.
The really surprising news, which
[ might he IlstPd under "Irony of
1 Kate." is that Germany's export
business is seriously crippled tn all
e rections, except In <>ne country,
ind that eonufrv -vmi would not
Kuans It—la Palestine.
Ok kins ¥■ n . las.
WSU s»rvlca.
Makes Impression
PATTERN 9040
This frock has been designed upon
the principle that one should always
leave a good Impression behind one.
Look at the little sketch of the lady
walking away. Hasn't she saved 'a
the prettiest part of her frock to F
show us last? See how clearly the
ends of the combination sleeves and
yoke knot at the neck! And don’t
you like the bow at the waistline? It
is a divine little frock in plaid or
flowered fabric, but the woman who
never wears a fancy fabric can make
■fir9040v;
It up in a plain one and be delighted
with it. And the making is surpris
ingly easy.
Pattern 9040 may be ordered only
in sizes 14. 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 40
and 42. Size 16 requires yards
36-inch fabric.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins or
stamps (coins preferred) for this
pattern. Be sure to write plainly
your NAME, ADDRESS, the STYLE
NUMBER and SIZE.
Complete, diagrammed sew chart
Included.
Send your order to Sewing Circle
Pattern Department, 232 West Eight
eenth street, New York.
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FLUID INVESTMENT
Brown—1 see Smith’s got a motor
car. ,
Greene—Yes; rich uncle give it to
him.
Brown—Why, he told me he put
all the money he had into It.
Greene—So he did. He bought four
gallons of petrol.—Grand Forks Sun.
Be Fair!
“I am going to publish a volume
of my poems and do it under the
name of John Smith.”
“Well, that wouldn't be quite fair."
“Why not?”
"Just think of the thousands of In
nocent men who will be suspected."
Comparative Peace
Husband (testifying in court)—
Garrulous? Wiry, I have to go to
football matches every Saturday to
get a quiet afternoon.—Boston Tran
script.
Almost Filled Bill
Horse Dealer—Did that horse I
sold you do for you, sir?
Customer — Nearly!—London An
swers.
