Columbus Day Is Here Again
Since this Is Columbus day one cannot help but think of how surprised
that bold sailor would have been could he have foreseen the great vessels
that dally cross the ocean over which, many years ago, he made so perilous
a voyage. We read much of these big ocean liners as well as the great air
ships and the courage of the men that are flying over land and sea. They
courageous and yet they always know about what to expect when they reach
the other side.
How different it was with Columbus when, in 1-192, he set sail for an
unknown world. Today no effort is spared to make our great ships as strong
as possible that they may weather safely every storm. Many people cross
the ocean not only once but several times a year. Think of the sea going ves
sels ns they must have been In the time of Columbus. Often they were
scarcely more than a shell. It must have taken great courage for Columbus
to face the many hardships of that lonely voyage so long ago.
Boys and girls of today love to read the story of that voyage and they
try to imagine just how Columbus must have felt when at last he saw land.
It always brings joy to anyone to make a dream come true through his own
efforts and courage. If one can do no more on Columbus day than just to
he grateful we are living in these times rather than the day of Columbus,
it Is worth while.
Every year many people who aro traveling In Italy visit the queer old
house in Genoa where Columbus was born. It stands very close to the
crooked old street that is so narrow that any two of you could almost shake
hands across it. All the streets nearby twist and turn and as you walk
along you think surely you are lost. Then many little Italian children will
dash out from doorways and run after you. They know you are an American
looking for the house where Columbus was born. They are eager to guide
you to it. They watch you closely while you r^ad the tablet on the door.
You wonder if perhaps they are not wishing they could see the great America
their own Columbus discovered. They follow you down the street bowing
and smiling their goodbys as you leave them. Colum
bus and 1492 have seemed nearer ever since that
summer day In Genoa and that search In the
queer old street for the home of Columbus l.y
“Run, Site- ; , .
On a fine, crisp C day this
is a splendid game f,., a crowd e."
boy and girl. Two lenders are
chosen and these then oh.him ih i
sides front the other boy ; and girls
it is wise to pick t ut ■ id runner'
for your side. The front doorsteps,
a bench in the yard nr some similar
spot is agreed upon for the base. I.ots
are drawn to see which leader w ill
take his "sheep” out first. The lead
er and the winning side start away
to find some hiding place quite a dis
tance from the base, while the other
side blind their eyes. Finally the
leader returns and says his “sheep”
are hidden. Just before the leader
left his "sheep.” H rnals were de
luded, such as "hiue." meaning, the
pursuing side is tar away; “red,” that
they are coming near; black,” mean
ing got ready to run. When the pur
suing side is v ' i lose to the hid
■ ::ig place or perhaps a greater dis
ip from the base than the hidden
"sheep,” and the leader believes his
-•!<!-• can' roach the base in safety, lie
calls loudly, "Run, sheep, run."
Then the hiding "sheep” run swift
ly to the base, as also do the pursu
ilia side when they h»ar the signal
The -ide reaching the base first wins
r.'.id it is then their turn to go and
hide.
"Poison.
Here is quite an old game, hut one
that is full of fun for the players. A
circle of about three feet is drawn
on the ground. The players Join
hands and form a circle about it and
try to make one of their number step
into the poisoned circle He tries to
escape by stepping aside or jumping
[over it or pulling another player into
it. The first one to step inside is
put out of the game and the circle
[then tries to get another victim.
THE SQUflW UW
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SYNOPSIS.
I.ilitor Shirley wkliet to make a trln
with a friend, hut hc-dtatc* to Invc hl
mutlier shine. Jack Carroll nnd (hr
Hawk* dechie to luok after Mr*. ,*Si!i.e.\
'hiring the editor’* absence, and lie dc
Mart* feeling hi* mother will not In
lonely. Jack spend* a week at the <hirle\
home. then, in turn, lMnmlil, Pigg* nod
Tinker. During Tinker’* week the Sqtinw
l.ady give* a l»oh ride, and. unfortunate!'.
*l»e nnd little lame Jimmie are thrown
oat of the hoi*. Mr*. Shirley then take*
Jimmie home with her for a visit. After
a call from Aunt Snllle. Mr*. Shirley i*k*
the twin* over for a week, anil also nlan*
“ to give them cooking le**on* ever' Tlnir*
day. Kuth. linchel and Jiuie, the ink*
slonnrica, become worried over the twin*’
devotion to the Hqimw Lad', and decide
to write l ni le Peter about it. Jane com
nose* the letter and read* it uloiid to
Knctirl nnd Kuth.
(Vow go on with the *t«ry.)
(runt in tied from Bast Sunday)
Rachel and Kuth had listened en
raptured while .fane read. Rachel
clasped her hands and said earnestly,
“l might have sprinkled in a few
more texts from the Bible to c heer
his bleeding heart about the Squaw
Bady.”
“It is too late to sprinkle in Bible
texts.’’ Jane spoke with derision, for
she had no desire to recopy what she
considered was a work of art. “If
you like we will sprinkle in a little
of my violet water on the pages, and
that will sweeten them/'
Toilet water was substituted for
Bible texts, and soon the letter was
sealed and the children were on their
way to mail It. They felt as though
they had accomplished wonders In
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behalf of Fncle Peter when they
dropped it into the box. Then they
concluded that they would return
home by way of the Shirley house.
Not that they expected or had the
slightest desire to see anyone, they
assured each other, hut, childlike,
they longed to hang around the edge
of what disturbed them.
They walked so slowly when they
were In front of the house that It
would have been difficult to have been
positive they were moving. Six eyes
were glued. It must he confessed, a
little wistfully on the front windows
of that magic house. Most unexpect
edly the front door opened, and there
stood the Squaw Rady the hitter
rival of t'ncle Peter. She beckoned
to them, and their hearts were all
aflutter in an Instant.
"Mercy me! There she Is herself
—what can she want?" Jane was
much excited.
"I suppose we ll have to go up and
see what she wants. If she slaps one
cheek we ll show her we're Christians
and turn the other." Itarhel was still
In a pious frame of mind.
Since they resented the Squaw
Radv's popularity, It was surprising
how rapidly they ran up the drive
way. "f saw you passlhg, little girls,
and so hurried to the door to ask If
you would not like to come In and
help us.enjoy some popcorn balls that
I made this morning. Have you
time?"
She smiled In such a. fashion there
was no resisting. Ruth took the lead
and thanked Mrs. Shirley, and said
If her brother, Piggy,, was there she
guessed she might ns well come. and.
of course, then the other girls thought
they must follow. When they were
all sitting abound the open fire, trying
to munch their popcorn quietly while
Mrs. Shirley rend a story out loud,
somehow their resentment faded
a wa y.
(Copyright, 1924 >
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| Good Hooks for Children
V-'
Choose one of thcHe books each
w eek. Perhaps you had ^better cut
the list, out each time and take It
with you to your city lihrnry. It Is
p re pored for the Huppyland hoys and
girls by Miss Alice M. Jordan, super
visor of children’s work, Boston pub
lic library. This week she suggests:
“Aesop Fables.”
French, Jf, W , "Ranee of Kanana."
Harradon, T(,, "Things Will Take n
Turn."
Otis, James, "Mr. HIulih's Brother "
Rodgn and Roosevelt, "llero Tab
from American History."
Hsndburg, Carl, "Roolahaga Slot
tes*’
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"1 will honor and protect my
country’s fisc.”
"I promise to help some one
every day. 1 will try to protect
Lthe birds, all dumb animals, trees
and plants.”
T~
Ever so many of the Go-1 lawks
have become Interested in making
feeding conveniences for the birds. It
is always well to plan them so that
the weather will not affect them. This
week I made a feeding place out of
a cocoanut. Bore a hole in one end.
If you wish to feed small birds it is
best to make tlie opening about the
right size for them, otherwise the
larger birds will eat all the food be
fore the smaller ones have a chance.
The cavity can be filled front time to
time with chopped suet, nuts or oth
er food mixtures and the birds, of
course, eat the meat of the cocoanut
too.
Hang the corjmnut by a wire from
a limb of a tree, if you cannot get
a cocoanut you can use cans with
small openings In the same way.
, PETER.
POLLY’S
COOK*
BOOK,
As today is the birthday of Oolum
bus, mother said we ought to have
some sort of Italian recipe, so vn
decided to print this one:
SPAGETTI JT.W.TANNE
T'se one-half pa kage of fire
spngettl. Tirenk up info small pieces
and cook in 1'illing soiled water until
tender. Put a layer , f -"pagetti in
butler baking dish and over it a
layer of tomato sauce, limn another
layer of spagettl and tomato sauce
Until the dish Is filled. Covet- top with
!grated cheese anti conk HO minutes.
TOMA HO SACCE.
Take one can of tomatoes and
strain it through a sle\ e Arbi two,
small onions cut In sites. one ami
one-third green peppers, one table j
spoon sugar and one-fourth teaspoon;
salt. If sauce is not thick enough
arid a tablespoon of flour mixed in
two tablespoons of water. Cook
about one half hour. J’OGT.V.
s'"' *s
Another If ay to lie
n Gootl Go-Hatch
A good Ci.i llawk follows in tin*
footsteps of C oltimbtis by bring a
good fttiirfpiit hml bravi*, p«*r»«*v»,r
ing ami fearlrsv All tln»n» tilings
llidppd Columbus in bis voyngo
and dinrovpry of \nii‘rka. re
mrtnbrr Ibis way to In* a good C.o
Hawk,
V J
Simon A Pel of New Haven, Conn.,
was kind enough to remember how
hungry I get sometime* and s< nt me
some "nuts." Here tins ore:
Why Is a slippery sidewalk like n
piano'.'
Answer—Because If you don't C
sharp you will B flat.
What Is always behind time?
Answer—The hark of u clock.
Why Is a proud woman like a
music book?
Answer— Because she Is full of airs
What Is the last thing it person
does before going to bed?
Answer He lakes his feet off the
floor.
What time Is It when the rlock
strikes 13?
Answei Time to get It fixed
Why Is a puli h of sweet corn like
a dunce?
Answer- Because II Is liable to gel
Its ears pulled
There was a nli kel and a cent on
the shelf. The cent Jumped off. Why
didn't the nickel '
Answer—Because the nickel had
more cents, (sensei.
The answers to our Riley contest
last week were ns follows: (1) tdtlle
Orphan! Annie, (3i The ltaggedy Man,
i'll Our Hired tllrl, ill (h inny, CD The
Old Swlmmln' Hole, (l>) When the
Frost Is on the l'umpkln, <71 Out to
Old Aunt Mary's, (M, l,o. korlde Rtreet.
Arlene Costed or Randolph, Neb ,
sent these nuts to Hilly.
Why inn we send no more dls
patrhes to Washington? ■ Ans. He
cause Im Is dead.
What Is full of holes nud jet holds
water? Ans. A sponge.
Letters From Little Folks of Happyland
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(PRIZE.)
Kindness.
There was once a little hoy named
Tom.
It was Christmas eve and as Tom
was on his way to church he saw
all the rich hoys going In their warm
clothes.
Ih- had nothing but a coat made
of thin gofWfc and It. was very cold.
The little boy went in to the church.
It was very warm In there and he
was quite comfortable.
When church was over the little
hoy went out with the other people.
There by the church lay a little
child half frozen. The poor child had
no shoos on. 'Die poor hoy, who
ww Tom took tiff one of his shoes
and put It on the little child.
Ton: lived with his old cross sunt.
When he reached home she scolded
him and said: "Where Is your other
shoe?"
Toni told her about his giving his
shoe to the little child.
Then the old aunt scolded Tom
more th in ever and told him he would
find nothing in his stocking in the
morning but a big stick,
T m sobbed very bitterly and felt
quite badly.
In the morning he was awakened
by a b .1 scream from his aunt.
Running downstairs, lie too gave
i loud erv, for there liefore his evee
lie saw the fireplace full of lovely
toys.
The night liefore at church the rich
boy a li i I told Tom that they were
going to have lovely toys on Christ
mas morning and he would have noth
ing hut a big stick.
But instead the ru h boys had noth
ing but a big -sick in their stockings
and Tom had ill tho lovely toys.
Neva Shoemaker Elm Creek. Neb.
Hex.
Dear Happy: This is the first time
I have ever written to you. We have
a lot of inttle and I ha\e a pony.
Her,name Is Dess I have some olher
pets, a die. and 1 cat. My dog will
jump up in the air and then I will
catch him. Ills name is Re*. I will
toil you about my cat later. I am
sending a 3-cent stamp for the badge
and i promise to protect dnmb ant
mats. 1 am 13 v« us old. Your friend.
Kenneth Mates. Plainview, Neb.
Ilikes her teacher.
Dear Happy: I am sending for a
Go-Hawk pin. 1 am sending a "-sen?
stamp.
F am 10 years old. 1 am In the
fifth grade. Aty teachers name Is
Miss Churchhill. I like her very much.
.My l>ox number is 373. Ooodhy, from
Vivian Huffaker, Genoa, N’eb.
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I .Cist lint ton.
Dear Happy: I lost my Go-Hawk
pin at school a few days ago. 1 am
on.iing a "-rent .stamp for another
one. I think very much of my Gu
ll twk pin. Yours truly, Mary Law,
Corning, la.
"Our days are better lighted by
[living smiles than by the sun."
liirtliplace of Columbus, at Genoa, Italy.
t'ndeserved Punishment.
A little girl had not been to .* hool
for some time. She did not. know that
the professor had told all the chii
dreri not to play with the water
faucet.
She was alone on the side where
the faucet was. A boy named Frank
came along and told her to turn on
the water faucet. Mary, for that was
the little girl's name, turned the
water faucet on. The boy saw the
professor coming and walked away.
—Neva Shoemaker, Kim Creek, Neb.
office and wait for him.
She waited al! recess and hp did
not come. She had to wait about
half an hour after school started
again before he came.
"Mary did I not tel! you not to
play with the water faucet, ' said the
professor.
"No sir." said Mary.
"I told all the rooms not to." re
plied the professor.
"X have missed, sir," was the an
swer.
"Then you did not know about it,"
he asked.
"No, sir," was Mary’s reply.
"D.d you do it without anyone tell
ing you," asked the professor.
"No, gir, Frank told me to," said
Mary.
The professor called Frank in, but
Frank denied it, and Mary got the
punishment.
Wants Letters.
Dear Happy: I am sending you a
poem which t wrote last term.
I wish some of the Go-Hawks would
write to me.
Down by the Old Mill Stream
•
Down by the old mill stream,
Where the canyon steams.
Where the high waves dash In,
And the beautiful fall
O'er the beauhiful cascade.
Down by the old mill stream.
II.
Down by the old swimmln’ hole
Where the ocean waves dash in
Down where the river runs
swiftly
Where the children clapped their
hands with joy.
In the old swimmln' hole
Down by the okl mill stream.
Your friend. Winifred Marson,
Brainard, Neb.
Tlie Stolen Baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray had gone •
a party given in honor of one of the
neighbor*. A girl named Lucille w
left to take care of Mr. and Mrs. ii ■
lay's baby. The baby's name v
Minnie pearl. The baby was
months old. At $ o'clock Lucille p
Minnie Pearl to bed.
About 2 o'clock in the morning !
cilie got up to see how the baby v.
sleeping. When she reached the
she saw no little baby.
"What shall I do,” she said. ' •'•
I tell Mr. and Mrs. Murray the 1
uncle and aunt took It? No, *
will never do; I atn a Go Hawk a
I must tell the truth."
Next day Mary Jane and her si«’*
Betty Jane, were out for a walk. ’> v.
men approached them. One of th<’
said, "Hay there, kid. what will ;
give me for this baby?’’
Mary Jane answered. "We have
only 2 dollars for the food w> ha-,
have. Our parents are dead. It to' -,
us five days to earn this $2.”
"Well, my dear girls, you can have
the baby for a dollar if that is the
case." replied the man.
"Won’t you please give us yc -
address," said Betty Jane, ‘and we
shall send you some money later
After the four had parted B*;‘
Jane said, "Will you please let me
see the baby. We will name it Anna
May, after mother.”
They uncovered the baby's face anil
as soon as they saw It they both
cried, "Why it is Mrs. Murrays
baby.'"
They hurried to their home ar.d
there heard the Murray baby was low.
They they rushed over to Mrs. Mur
ray's house.
"How do you do." said Mr. Mur
ray when they arrived.
We have bought your baby from
two men. They s ud it to tie for a
dollar and you can have It."
, "Bless your heart." cried Mr. Mur
! ray, “you shall have $500 apiece fot
(your reward.”
Mary Jane and Betty Jar.e lived
happily ever after.
X wish some one would write ti
‘me. I wrote a letter to Ruth Preston
Your true friend. Rose Corghan
Plainview, Xeb.
When the Moon Sees the Change.
One night as Bobby looked out o;
the big window he saw the great
big moon.
"Oh: that looks like my birthdas
cake and it looks like a sugar frost
Ing." he said.
Then he added very softly, "Oh
it’s my chance."
So up, up, tip. the shlmney he goes.
Once more he said. "That looks like
my birthday cake. Ho he snatched at
it. Oh: Oh' Oh: so quickly. His mouth
grew so wide that Mr. Moon almost
slipped Inside. Oh, Oh. it was so cold
It made his teeth ache. I shall net
tell my mother or I shall get licked
I Mother, mother see the old moon. H
' * is a cradle for you and me. T •
| little stars had better get out of the
j way for no one knows what will nv1;
over their toes. From Laura Swee'
First I wetter.
Dear Happy: I am pending you i
I 2-oent stamp for a button. This is nr
j first letter to you. I am $ years oM
j and in the third A at school. I have
j two brothers. I have a chicken for
] a pet. I w ill be kind to animals, and
, birds.
I hope to receive my button * or
j Your friend, Maxine Hamilton, Boa
54. Kaverina. Neb.
1 ikes Bird*
Dear Happy: I was once a
| Hawk We have no 2vent stamps s
»nj sending two I vent stamps. 1 .
j clad to get another badge
1 use to sell the Boe.
“1 will honor and protect my coun*
I try s flag ' ^
1 promise to help someone eve->
day. 1 will try to protect the birds
jail the dumb animals, trees a:
1 plants. YVe have three birds. Han i
McCrea, Beatrice. Neb.
Three-yearvl Karl was watching
I workman who was trimming the tre* «•
(and shrubbery m the yard. The m
iw.ts about to leave when Earl sa :
ko him.
j i »hi better clean up ihi« me'
ngs father will go for you
You tell >our father u> go *
jump in the river.' answered
| workman.
Karl held up hi* head high w
! much dienfi y and replied
My father docant take ha l\s
,that wav."
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