Rat Shoots Self and Records Fatal Event
THIS is the "ltube tioldberg” contraption rigged up jy Ueorg IV. Kenner ot Syracuse, N. V., a photog
rapher, whereby a rat killed Itself as It took halt tliut llred a gun, at the same time photographing the
event. At one end of the novel trap the bnlt was suspended from a wire. Pulling the halt released a catch
which dropped a hammer operated by a spring. This tripped the trigger of the revolver. The shot not only
killed the rat hut cut n piece of string, releasing a spring, which set olT the flashlight. A watch close to
the revolver showed the time of the death of the rat and the taking of the picture.
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JENNY WREN TELLS WHO
THE STRANGER IS
THE longer I'eter llabblt stored
at the stranger In the Old Or
chard, the more he realized how
mistaken he had been In thinking
that he was dresed all In black. Now
that I'eter was so nenr he could see
that the stranger was speckled all
over with tiny light spots. Under
nenth he was dark brownish gray.
His wings and tall were the same
"He It Sprecklet the Starling and
He Itn't Really an American at |
All,"
color, with little touches of buff
Ilia rather large bill was yellow.
Peter hurried bock to Jenny
Wren, and. It must be confessed, he
looked sheepish. "You were right,
Jenny Wren, lie Isn’t blnck at all,’’
confessed Peter.
“Of course 1 was right. I usually
am," retorted Jenny. “He Isn’t
black, he Isn’t even relnted to the
Blackbird family, and he hasn’t nny
business In this country, anywny.
He’s n foreigner. That’s what he
Is. a foreigner.”
"Hut you haven't told me who he
Is,' protested I’eter.
"He Is Spreckles the Starling and
lie Isn’t really an American at all.”
replied Jenny. ‘‘He comes from
across the ocean the same as Bully
the English Sparrow. Thank good
ness he hasn’t such a quarrelsome
disposition as Bully. Just the same,
the rest of us would he hetter sat
isfied If he were not here. He has
taken possession of one of the old
houses of Yellow Wing the Flicker,
and that means one less house for
birds who really belong here If
his family Increases at the rate
Bully's family does, I’m afraid some
of us will he crowded out of the
Old Orchard. Did you notice that
yellow bill of his?’’
I’eter nodded. ”1 certainly did,”
he said. “I couldn't very well help
noticing It.”
“Well, there’s a funny thing about
that hill,” replied Jenny. “In win
ter It turns almost black. Most of
us wear a different colored suit In
winter, but our hills remain the
same."
“He seems to he pretty well Used
here, and I don’t see but what the
thing for the rest of the birds to do
Is to make the best of the matter,”
said I’eter. "What I want to know
Is, whether or not he Is of any use?”
"1 guess he must he of some
good.” admitted Jenny Wren rather
grudgingly. “I’ve seen him pick
ing up worms and grubs, but he
likes grain, nnd I have a suspicion
that If Ids family becomes very nu
merous, and I suspect It will, they
will eat more of Farmer Brown's
grain than they will pay for by the
worms and hugs they destroy,
Hello! There’s Handy I he Waxwtng
and Ills friends."
©, T W Oursaan.—WNU Sarvlcs,
I You Know—
That our common house cat
is probably a descendant of
the North-African “gloved”
or “Caffre” cat still found
wild in the Nile valley and
which was made a domestic
animal by the Egyptians
about Thirteen centuries B.
C. From the earliest ages
cats have been the objects of
superstition and in Egypt
they are held in the highest
reverence.
©. by McClar* Newepaper Syndicate
WNXI Barrie*.
I GIDlOSAfl
“At the pace we are going," saya
observing Olivia, “marriage wil
nevei more be a success until w<
can make the license clerk’s otfici
and the divorce court In the sama
1 trip."
WNU Service.
Just Charge It
THVr WOULD Bt
K\CE. OH ONE Of
WV BUREAU*
A Hole in the Hedge
By ANNE CAMPBELL
f \ UK hedge was so lovely a few
years ugo,
Unbroken and straight, with Its
clipped edge just so.
But now It Is not so precise to the
view.
There's a hole in the hedge where
our baby runs through!
There’s n gap In the green made by
small eager hands.
Like a small open door with a we I
come It stands.
And I like our hedge better than
when It was new.
Since it spreads a green path where
our hahy runs through!
Convrl*ht — WNT1 Service
* MOTHER’S *
COOK BOOK
SAUCES FOR FISH AND MEATS
A N APPROPRIATE snuce to ac
** company any dish of whatever
nature makes often a most ordinary
one unusual. The common practice
of using tomato in everything,
good as It Is, should not be over
done. A good tomato sauce used on
a meat loaf or a dish of iish is al
ways enjoyed; however, there are
any number of equally good sauces
which are seldom used.
Perhaps It is a form of laziness,
this too common tomato sauce, for
one may open a can of tomato soup,
hent It, add a dnsh of this and
that, and have a good snuce. As
one travels over the country, meals
become more and more ufTlicted
with tomato In the salad. In the
soup, in the sandwich, ns a sauce
on Iish and meat, all good, but why
overdo a good thing until we fils
like the sound of the name? The
two sauces which are always en
Joyed and may be varied Indefinite
ly are white and brown sauce—we
even use these In the preparation
of ubiquitous tomato snuce.
Brown Sauce.
When preparing a brown sauce
which with Its flavor and color adds
much to most meat dishes, the flour
Is browned; it will be necessary to
add more of It for thickening, ns
browning destroys a part of the
thickening property, by dextrlnlzlng
tho starch—that is, changing It to
a form of sugar. Add liquid de
sired—a cupful to the usual two
tablespoonfuls of flour and the
sumo of butter, makes n fairly thick
sauce; when browned Hour Is used
add an extra tablespoonful. Broths
of all kinds, especially chicken,
make most delightful sauces.
Sauce Piquant.
To one cupful of brown sauce
prepared with any good beef stock
add one-half tablespoonful of
chopped onion, one tablespoonful
each of chopped caper and pickle
with a dash of cayenne and a table
spoonful of vinegar.
The varieties of sauces depend
entirely upon the resources of the
cook, they may be three or four, or
legion.
<S>. Western Newspaper Union.
WITTY KITTY
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM
Tha girl chum aaya an optimist It
a parson who raachaa for hia hat
whan a speaker aaya “In conclu
•Ion."
wnvj a«rvi««
Gown* of Presidents’ Wi**i
The Smithsonian Inatllutinn hat
a collection of historic gowns wort
by the First Ladles of the l.anti
from the Washington ndmlnlstra
tlon down to the Hoosetelt term.
Question box
ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool I
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Why do so many people buy their
milk from a milkman? Why don't
they get it directly from the cow?
The milkman puts water In It,
while a cow gives pure milk.
Yours truly,
CAR It IE PALE.
Answer: It Is true that a cow
gives pure milk, but the difference
between a cow and a milkman Is
that a cow doesn't give credit.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 have been keeping company
with a young man for over two
years. I’ve done everything to get
him to propose to me. Last night
he called at my home and during
the conversation I came right out
and asked him If he ever thought
of getting married. He said: "The
girl I marry must be able to raise
a family, take care of a house, cook
and so on.” 1 am willing to take
care of his house, raise a family,
and I’ll cook, too, hut what does he
mean by saying so on?
Truly yours,
I. WANTHIM.
Answer: When he says you must
be nble to take care of the house,
cook and so on, he simply means
you must he able to sew on buttons.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 am a young man just twenty
years old. I have a good position
and earn good wages. I want to
get married, hut I am nfraid of
having trouble because I’d rather
play golf than eat. Is It possible
to find a wife who will stand for
that?
Truly yours,
N, THERUFF.
Answer: A man who would rath
er play golf than eat should marry
a girl who would rather play
bridge than cook.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 am twenty-seven years of age
and a traveling salesman, I am
madly In love with a girl who lives
In Harrisburg, and feel the same
about a girl who lives in Albany.
Can a man love two girls?
Yours truly,
ISE1.L KETCHUP.
Answer: Sure, as they live In
different cities you're perfectly
safe.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am giving a luncheon and the
honored guest is to be the gov
ernor of our state. When at the
table, being the hostess, should I
sit on the governor’s right hand?
Truly yours,
MRS. DICK SHONARY.
Answer: By no means do that
The governor probably eats with
his right hand. Sit on a chair.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I have read a great deal about
vaccination. Some folks sny It will
always save a person’s life while
others say just the opposite, 1 think
It will save life, don’t you?
Sincerely,
C. RUM.
Answer: I can’t see how they can
guarantee It will always save life.
For lustance, I know a boy eight
years old who got vaccinated aim
four days later lie was run over
by an automobile and killed.
©. the Associated Newspapers.
WNU Service.
For Cool Weather
Hand knitted angora wool In rust
and bright yellow makes a set con
sisting of old-fnshloned tam-o’-shan
ter, scarf and tiny muff.
Sunday Crime Costly
Sunday was so sacred in medi
eval England that even crime com
mitted on Sunday was more expen
sive and a Sunday burglary would
be fined twice that of one commit
ted on a week day.
"THROUGH a
[WOMAN'S
I EYES * NEWTON
COME OUT OF THE HEN COOP!
A MAN lu Camden, N. J., is suing
** Ills wife to let him out of u
hen coop! Or that Is what it
amounts to. What he is actually
suing for is the return of the title
l to his home, since it is his signing
that over to her which resulted In
Ills having to live with the chick
ens. No sooner had he transferred
the house to her, he says, than she
put him out of It and made him
live in the hen coop.
liow, you might ask, can any
woman make any man live in a hen
coop? We forgot to state that the
husband in question is a seventy
eight-year-old preacher, and the
woman he married thirty-five. In
cidentally, a younger man is in
volved whom he is suing for allena
lion of nffectlons.
t _ _
But even at seventy-eight, you
will insist, a inan can come out of
a hen coop and assert his rights to
his own house. “And a man who
at that age had ambition enough to
marry a young wife." said the first
woman to whom 1 put this unique
case, "you’d think he’d have spunk
enough to see that no one put him
out of his own house. If he was
so helpless ns that, what he want
ed v as a nurse, and not a wife.
Why didn’t he hire one instead of
marrying her? Then she couldn’t
have put him out J”
History would indicate that old
men before have had the “ambi
tion” to marry young wives, and
while they have not all landed in
the lien coop, frequently that has
seemed to be the end of their “am
bition.”
Whatever the merits of the ac
cusation of this elderly minister
that his young wife made him live
in the hen coop, there is something
in the thought of my friend that
for a man who remains helpless
in such a situation it would be
more rational to hire a nurse than
to take unto himself a young wife.
©. Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Ice-Cold Milk for Byrd Expedition
Oafc. oi ilie several exclusive pictures to arrive lu America shortly
' before the end of the Antarctic winter near the South pole Is this
amusing ism of two of the cows taken south by dear Admiral Itlctiunt B.
dyr<l, shown out on the ice for a bit of exercise. Heavy blankuts protect
I the cows front the OO-degre** below sero weather.
On the
Funny
i Side
SOMETHING NICE
Hubby—The bank has returned
that cheek.
Wife—Isn't that splendid! What
can we buy with it this time?—An
swers (London).
Up-to-Date
“That Miss Blonde is much older
than I thought,'* remarked a young
man to his friend in the boarding
house.
“What makes you think that?"
asked his friend.
“Well," he replied, “1 asked her
If she had read Homer’s ‘Iliad.’ and
she said she read it when it first
came out.”—Stray Stories.
Not Worth It
Mazle (showing photograph)—This
Is my new boy friend—he’s in the
lost property office.
Madge—lira! 1 shouldn’t trouble
to reclaim him if I were you.—Lon
don Answers.
Truth in Advertising
First Salesman—I’m from New
York and I manufacture Persian
rugs. Where do you come from and
what is your specialty?
Second Salesman—I’m from New
York, too. I make genuine antiques.
And Weren’t Playing
Dentist—Have you seen any small
boys ring my bell and run away?
Policeman—They weren’t small
boys—they were grown-ups!—Hu
morist.
Preparedness
“Why did you engage that man as
cashier? He squints, has a crooked
nose and outstanding ears.”
“Of course. He will be so easy to
Identify if he ever ubsconds.”—Hum
mel (Hamburg).
No Inspiration
“So Algy isn’t writing for a living
now?”
“No, his father refuses to send him
another cent.”—Philadelphia Bulle
tin.
BUG REPARTEE
Bug—But you're a ladybug.
Ladybug—Well, I wish you were a
gentleman bug!
A True Trader
"Have you any objection to gov
ernment ownership?”
“None at all,” answered Mr. Dus
tin Stax. “I’d rather enjoy getting
the government tn'to the market so
that I can sell to it when values are
high and buy back when they go
down.”
SHE KNEW COOKS
Fortune Teller—A dark lady will
visit y«u for a day.
Female Patron—It must be the
new cook I just engaged.
Keeps His Word
Tenant—I’m sorry I can’t pay my
rent this week.
Landlord—But you said that last
week and the week before.
Tenant—Yes, and didn’t I keep my
word?
Sad Parting
Wife (after tiff)—You brute! I’m
going to get the baby and go to
mother’s.
Husband—Yes, and Pin going to
get the jewelry and go to uncle’s.
Charming Design,
and “Tubs” Well
PATTERN 9937
FTere is a design that was born to ' ^
make laundresses happy, tine can )
see them with the mind s eye smil
ing “friendly-like" at it every time
tt Is tubbed. The little sash will be
untied, and first they will Iron the
ruffles. After that tt will be plain
sailing—or should we say Ironing?
In our concentration upon laun
dresses, we have forgotten to men- ^k
tion the proud possessors of the
frock who will one and all adore it
because, in the first place, it was
I --—--,
so easy to make—and ever after
ward so smart and becoming to
wear.
Pattern 9937 may tie ordered only
In sizes 14. 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 30, 38,
40, 42 and 44. Size 16 requires 3%
yards 36 inch fabric.
Complete diagrammed sew chart ,
Included.
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.
Send your order to Sewing Circle
Pattern Department, 232 West Eight
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A REGULAR TRADE
Prison Governor (to released con
vict)—I’m sorry. I find we have kept
you here a week too long.
Convict—That’s all right, sir.
Knock It off next time.—Louisville
Times.
Leadership
“You are accused of being a politi
cal boss of Crimson Gulch," said the
reformer.
“The reputation for power Is the
basis of leadership,’’answered Cactus
Joe. “What you refer to as an accu
sation I regard ns one of my cre
dentials.”
Speech
“What do you expect to say when
congress meets?"
“I’m sure only of one thing,” an
swered Senator Sorghum. “I am be
ing trained to great discretion. But I
am sure there will be no objection to
my snying ‘present’ when the roll Is
called.”
The Test
“Life seems to be just a grind
stone !”
“And whether it grinds you down
or polishes you depends on the sort
of stuff you*’e made of.”—Path
finder Magazine.
Not Like European*
First Politician—Why are you so
sure there is no life on Mars?
Second Politician—Well, for one
thing, they never have asked the
United States for a loan!
Force of Habit
Corporal—The new recruit used
to be n clerk.
Sergeant—How do you know?
Corporal—Every time tie stands at
ease he tries to put his rifle behind
his ear.—Fredericton Gleaner.
