Go-Hawk Wins an Honor Star This Week
Splendid examples of courage are reaching Happyland every day.
and courage is one of the fine traits of every good Go-Hawk. Sometimes
it takes courage just to do cheerfully the little every-day things you do
not enjoy. And then again, all unexpected will come a chance for great
bravery and quick action. This is what happened to Leighton Colter, a
New Kngland Go Hawk, who lives in Oampello, Mass.
He.' a boy friend and small sister were playing with some toy boats.
Suddenly a little girl slipped and went head over heels into the deep-svater.
Her life was In great danger, liy gnatching a pole quickly and running
it under her belt the boy managed to pull her to shore and safety. She
was frightened and breathless for she had gone down twice. So. today you
will find Leighton's name on the Honor Roll with a star before it for
having saved a human life.
Leighton is chief of a very active tribe. The members have fixed up
nn old shed to use as their elubroom and call it, you remember, "The Go
Hawk Inn.” They have given a special meaning to all the letters In the
word "Go TTnwk” as follows: G, gentle; O, obedient; H, honorable; A,
ambitious. W, worthy; K, kindness. These are all fine words for Go
f .twks to study.
Another very artivr Go Hawk Is Carlos Curtis, who lives In the Cum
berland mountains. Sequatchie, Tenn. Carlos does as well about all the
outdoor things as a real Indian and has no fear about anything. Josephim
Hobbs of Saspamco, Tex., has a Jolly little tribe of seven members, an-1
Jane Platt of Wilder. Vt.. has had just as good a time with her tribe this
summer Judging from your own letters that are pouring in every mail,
this is just what is happening right here in our very own state, where
children of all ages are fast becoming Go-Hawks
and forming jolly little tribes among themselves. Of - .
course, they want to have goi>d times, but somehow \ Is cl J
they all seem to be trying very hard to prove them- J ^ -I
selves good citizens, too. _» * V*
UNCLE PETER HEATHEN
SYNOPSIS.
f'ncle Tetcr rome* to live ftt the home
of ihe Tr.vellyn twin*. Prudence and
Patience. llecaiiM? he I* lor ely, the
twin* mill three of their girl friend*,
form a inleslonarv *ix*icty and
him n* their “heathen ' Bach U to l«*»k
lifter Home part of hla welfare. 1 ru
Uencf ehimne* hi* health: Patience h *
clothe*: Kaeltel. hi* morals; Jane hi*
education. m.d Hath hi* monument*.
Kich Kill report* on hi* proffre**. Jack
i .mill and IMmnlil are ho much en
w"th »h»l .hr Kiri, h.vr rionr
for tl.pir ••heafluui ’ fhnt they decide to
do «ome helpful work themnelve,. Free
hull!, for the poor in llonaldit ""5*/?"
lion i.o.I he offer, their hollf* nn.l bath
room hi, parent, are away and he
I, efayiiiK with Jack. They ito to the
Imtliroom and look it over.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
(Continued from Last Sunday.)
"'Looks just as though they were
waiting for us." remarked Donald.
"Isn’t it funny, the text in Sun
■(lay school yesterday was, 'Seek
and ye shall find.' and the teacher
said we could always find some
good work to do if we were on the
lookout, sn! here we are."
"I call this taking advantage of
your opportunities, and father says
that’s half the battle In life, and we
might never have a chance like
this."
"The folks won’t be home for 10
days and. gee. we can have a lot of
baths in 10 days.’’
‘ We might as well stay over here
all day as half a day. Mother will
let us.”
"I think we can* give four baths
an hour easy. It ought not take a
kid more than 15 minutes to get
clean with a shower, and he could
be mighty dirty, too,” said Donald
“And say', do you think we ought
to let the same kids have more n
one bath?"
"Oil, yes, if they need them. We
must not be stingy in the work.
Didn't, you hear Alias Elsworth say
that people came over and over
again and would wait their turns to
take a bath? She said the women
even brought their washing to do in
the laundry."
“And working women left their
babies,” interrupted Donald.
Jack's imagination took another
wild leap. "Oh, Don, let’s make
this a settlement house while we're
about It. If we can make a go of
it, then I won’t cate so much about
the other work, the lawyer and
preacher business, I mean."
Donald visibly hesitated. He was
always slower to grasp ideas, more
conservative and less impulsive
than Jack. "Let's get the hath busi
Anollier Way to Bp
a Good Go-Hawk
A good Go Hawk does not
throw papers, peanut shells or
popcorn bags around In the
parks, in the streets or In
' •neighboring yards. He treats
the property of others as he
would his own, for he knows
how much pride he takes In
I laving his home grounds neat
and attractive to the passerby.
Ho, remember this way to be a
good Go-Hawk.
ness working all right and then we
cun start the other if wo want to."
“But still we might as well have
a settlement house,” persisted Jack.
“Yes, I s'pose so. Wha.t'11 we call
It?"
"Why not call it the Inside Set
tlement House, for it will be all on
the inside?”
"All right,” agreed Donald. "We
helped Piggy get customers for his
restaurant, and so let's make him
go and find kids for us,” and to
this proposition tho other quickly
agreed.
“Mother, we're going to play over
at Donald’s ail day after this. That
yard is so big and shady, and we
might as well watch the house a
whole day as half a day," an
nounced Jack at luncheon.
Mrs. Carroll was much pleased.
“I am sure that Mrs. Brown would
be happy if she knew how much in
terest you boys are taking in look
ing after her home.” When the
lads had finished their luncheon
and left the room she remarked to
her husband, "Jack is growing to
l)o more and more of a comfort,
for he's always so willing to help
others. I do not have nearly so
much trouble with him since his
Indian tribe disbanded."
"Glad to hoar It, little mother,
for he needed to improve. I think
myself that Jack is a pretty good
boy these days."
As for Jack and Donald, they
went immediately to search for Pig
gy. to whom when found they gave
a hospitable invitation to accom
pany them.
“What’s up?" asked Piggy curi
ously, for, boj’like, he knew by In
stinct that something unusual was
about to happen.
“The folks are a^vay and our
house is empty, and Jack and I
have to go over it oaeh day to look
after things, and we kind a want
to b<» doing something, so we've
decided to start the Inside Settle
ment House."
"What kind of a house is that?"
interrupted Piggy.
“Oh, It's like the Roadside, Miss
Bis worth is the boss of that one,
an<l we heard her telling mother all
about it. I guess they nearly al
ways take a liouso right down
where people live and then ask
them to come and take baths, wash
and do all kinds of things.”
"Do they feed them?" Piggy's
eyes were always open to business.
“If they do, I could do that, you
know."
“I guess they only feed babies,
and, of course, they couldn't charge
them anything,” said Jack, nipping
tints in the bud Piggy's wish to
earn money.
"What do you want me to do?"
Copyright. 11)2.3.
(Continued Next Sunday.)
William Porter** Sunday school
class of Syracuse, N. Y., has joined
the Go-Hawks, and one Saturday
they all took clothing and food to
a poor family.
' „PETEKSl
VWQRKSHO'P. I
You all enjoy making the toys
out of cigaS* box wood, so I am giv
ing you another one today—a de
livery wagon and easy to make.
First cut out your window's and
your curves at front of box, leav
ing part for the dashboard. The
wheels are made of quarter-inch"
wood with flat rubber bands
stretched round the rims for tires.
PETKR.
POLLY’S ,
COOK, I^tI
BOOK ^
One of tny neighbors sends me
a recipe that is very simple, but
nice fur a change, for our family
likes lots of different kinds of salads
in the goo*! old summer time.
BEET SALAD.
Cook beets until tender. Remove
the skins. Dice them. When cool
put In ice box, and when very cold
serve in a little mound on lettuce
leaves with mayonnaise dressing.
Hope you are all having heaps of
goisl times during vacation.
POLLY.
A Recipe for a Dog
By M. G. S.
A short, sharp bark,
A wagging tail.
And four feet, anyhow;
Some pounds of fat.
Cool riose, ten sniffs
And you have a nice—bow-wow.
HNjiJTS W 6
CWROC «*
I BY bU.LV SQUl&KCL j
I went out and peeked in my mail
box very early this morning, and
what do you suppose I found? Sev
eral letters from the C5o Hawks, and
in them were some nuts to crack.
Thank you. boys and girls, for
thinking of your little friend, Billy
the Squ rrel Thes< four were sent
me by Anthony and Augustin Law
rence of Mattapolsett, Maas.
1— What must always be made In
a hurry?
Answer Haste.
2— What has four legs and only,
one foot?
Answer—A bed.
The Guide Post
to Good Books for Children
Choose one of these books to read
each week. Perhaps you had better
cut the list out each time and take
it with you to your city library.
It Is pre[fared for the Happyland
boys and girls by Miss Alice M.
Jordan, supervisor of children's
work, P.oston public library. This
week she suggests:
Bighorn, M. A., “More Stories of
Mother Goose Village."
Grierson, K. W., “Scottish Fairy
Book."
Johnston, C. If. I.., “Famous
Scouts."
Lippinoott, J. \V„ “Gray "Squlr
rel."
Munroe, Kirk, “I-'ur Seal's Tooth ''
Wlggln, K. 1>. and N A .Smith,
“The Story Hour."
WRATHKR
Pop Showers in Happyland.
FAIRY GR
, PLAYS
By EMILJK BLACKMORE STARE and ELEANOR CAMERON
You have read how Wilful, the
naughty little fairy, loses her way
In the woods and wanders into a
lovely garden. When she wakens
she finds several little girls about
to have a birthday supper in the
garden. They sue as much surprised
to see her as she is them. The name
of the play is:
"THE BIRTHDAY KINO.”
(Continued From hast Sunday.)
PROPERTIES.
Bench, table and chairs (seven) or
benches enough to seat seven. Seven
plates, glasses and spoons. Bou
quet of fall flowers. Two sand
wich baskets heaped high with
sandwiches. Pitcher for lemonade.
Birthday cake and seven candles.
Sewing basket, two handkerchiefs,
story book, box of paper and enve
lope sachet, all wrapped in dainty
coverings. Small brass ring.
STAGE SETTING.
If given outdoors, select spot of
garden or lawn where natural back
ground and winds are formed by
masses of shrubbery. Place bench
near right wing, tables at center
»rv
Nine-year old Ruth was calling
at a friend's home, J£ho had been
speaking of her little friend, Kath
erine, who had recently moved in
the neighborhood. Katherine's fa
ther is a stock and bond broker.
When her hostess asked Ruth in
what business Katherine’s father
was engaged in, she replied:
"Oh, he's a stock and barn
breaker."
One afternoon when it was quite
warm Marian's mother placed a
pillow at the foot of the bed so
that the child could take her nap
closer to the window. After tossing
and twisting about for five or ten
minutes, the little girl said:
“Mother, I want to sleep at the
heag of the bed ’cause I just can't
sleep upside down.**
The cows were lying down in the
pasture one hot day. much to the
surprise of little Mary.
“Look, mamrija." she called. “The
poor cows are so tired t hat they are
sitting down for a while.”
In Field and Forest
As I took rny early morning walk
today in the big woods near my
little home I found the birds hav
ing a wonderful breakfast of wild
cherries they had discovered among
the shining green leaves of the
trees. You would not like to eat
these cherries, no larger than a
pea and very sour and thin skinned.
The birds dearly love to eat them.
When the trees are in blossom the
hoes come in great swarms for their
nectar. The bees carry the pollen
from flower to flower and this sets
the seed for a big crop of fruit. In
this way the bees help the birds.
Next month when you are begin
ning to think that your vaeation Is
almost over, the birds will he turn
ing their faces southward It is
then that we llnd In the woods the
wild black < lu rry with it clusters
of dark red berries. Its fruit is bit
ter sweet and the birds eat great
quantities of it and scatter the
weeds near and far.
It seems as though there were
hundreds of birds singing about me
this morning as I write to you.
Their songs are all so full of glad
ness that I wonder if perhaps they
are not trying to tell me all about
their fine breakfast of wild cherries
and how grateful they are. That
is why they want to sing and sing
No one loves to hear tlnii songs
better than your
I’N’CLK JOHN.
Ruth Jones. R R»»jr- f>5, Delta.
Ta . wishes n mo 7To If.iwks by tin*
liuine of Ruth Would write to hm
back and chairs or benches scat
tered here and there.
If given indoors, use massed
branches and shrubs covered with
vine's for background and sides. For
floor, green rug covered with leaves
and vine®.
Discovered. Wilful standing on
tiptoe behind shrubbery to right,
anxiously peering over into the gar
den.
WILFUL. 1
Where lo th** world ia It ? I wonder
if it could in THIS garden' It
isn't in th other on*-, for I have looked
Juat i:\KKYWHKKK?
(Corning out from behind the
bushes )
I.et’H Bee now--Where DID I have it?
Oh. >es. I remember! It wan in my
hand last night Juat before I ran to
slag that lullaby to Cornelia. Whatever
could have bet omn of it'
(She stands looking all about, then
suddenly gives a cry of Joy and,
running to the bench, picks up the
missing wand and holds it out in
front of her to look at it lovingly.)
WILFUL.
Oh. h*»re you are. you dear little
wand!—and I am SO CLAD to hav**
{ou bark. I gursB I love you berau.ee
have carried you around so long Once
upon a time I used to hate you—not no
very long ago either—Juat tn-raune you
couldn't do anything, but you know,
you poor little thing »hat was ALL MY
FAULT, and not yours; all MV fault,
for YOU used to do many vtnnderful
things when we lived In Fairyland.
(She sits d‘>wn on bench still
looking at wand in her hands I
Su.h queer thing" are happening to
me lately. I am an homesick to sea
Willing, and fo homesick for Fairyland
too Then. I've found out that I alwav*
loved the queen and DIDN'T KNOW IT
And now. strangent of all. I am Juat
delighted to have found you—uJd and
bent and ugly a* you are
(She soon begins to nod, but
Jumps up and go os to m shaded
patch of grass Ireside a chimp of
shrubbery.)
WILFUL
(Yawning »
OO-OO-OO! I'm Sn sleep y I was
hard at work all night that’s the rea
son I believe Ml lie down and rent
(She lies down and falls asleep at
once. Voices are heard, and Boon
Virginia and five little girls enter
the garden. Virginia and Annette *
carry a heaping market basket.
Betty follows with th© birthday
cake an<l the candles. Phyllis and
Marie have a sandwich basket
apiece and Rosalie follows them
with a huge bouquet of garden flow
ers. Betty pauses and looks around
for a place to set the cake.)
VIRGINIA.
Walt! Walt a minute Tb-fty!
(Betty pauses while Virginia sets
down her basket and pulls table to
center. Annette covers it with a
white tablecloth from the basket,
and Betty puts the cake in the mid
dle.)
VIRGINIA.
Now Rosalie can put her ftovrora be
aid** th** cj»ke
(Rosalie arranges her flowers for
centerpiece.)
VIRGINIA.
(To Rosalie.)
You can hand ua th<» thing* and w«
will g<*t t ha tabic ready.
(Turning to Phyllis and Marie )
Cilrla. you may put a .".indwlch bitakot
on each end or the laid*.
(They do as directed, while Rosa
lie, on h<T knoos beside the basket,
takes out the dishes and the two
larger girls rapidly set the table )
(Continued Next Sunday.)
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