Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1921, Page 67

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JULY 1 Among Us Mortals Making the Kids Happy By W. E. Hill Copyright. 1921 N. Y. Tribune Inc Uncle Will Bobbs is one of those people who know just how to treat children. Make believe you're a child yourself— and all that. Uncle Will is holding an imaginary conversation between two of Ethel’s dolls in falsetto with baby talk trimmings. Ethel doesn’t know when she has been more ashamed of anything, but this is one of Ethel’s good behavior days and she will probably let Uncle Will enjoy himself. “I know somebody who's going to get tickled in a minute!” screams Cousin Fran- ces Glower from Mr. Wurty is deathly afraid of very small children, and they get on to it as soon as they meet him. Whereupon they proceed to walk all over him—both literally and figuratively — and have a beautiful time. Edna is after a fly which lit on Mr. W.’s bald spot. It is such fun for Edna around a corner just when Irwin is deepest in The Sign of the Four. Cousin Frances is under the impression that to please a ¢hild of eight or ten it is necessary to scream and poke and rough- to use the fly swatter on house a great deal. Mr. Wurty. s fhe sob stuff. ‘*‘How would you like to come and be my little girl—I haven’t any little girl— aren’t you sorry for poor Miss Nickils? Think of poor Miss Nickils in a big house with no iit- tle girl around!” This is Miss Nickils's idea of what children like. “Oh, Sarah, do look at him now! Why don’t you have him wear a bang! Oh, doesn’t he look a cherub with his hair like this!” Business of kissing and hugging Harold.) The affectionate rela- tive who loves to show Harold how much she loves him. Harold is not so crazy about it. rRight—Second Cousin Zella Clover is giving Madelyn a happy ten minutes. “She doesn't look like her Aunt Margaret a bit. Not 80 b-r-i-g-h-t. Who do you look like, sweet- ness? Uncle Tobey? Oh, Madelyn’s lost her tongue; I do believe Madelyn’s lost her tongue,” etec. Cousin Louise Eldridge is always ight—Mrs. ite meeting Sister Etta’s boy in the f:’ffi,'“,.gM ;fighFE.t[L;: upper hall just when she is on Fritch on Edgar’s the way to the bath! Louise is mother, and Edgar terribly upset. It is her opinion and Baby Fritch are that Sister Etta's boy enjoys expected to sit down " nothing better than a sight of in the .corner and Cousin Louise in her negligee. have a perfectly riotous_time of it. Baby Fritch wants to kiss Edgar and she is being A?Bcun- - < ing saying: Left—The affectionate rel- :,.,ft gfi fiu k‘i:,s.e ative. Uncle Tobias Glow Boy kiss Babe,” and is one of those champion Mrs. Fritch and wet kissers. Loves to be Edgar's mamma very friendly with the little . think Edgar should tots and hold them on his be tickled to deatt lap and ask what they have and meet Baby F. learned -at Sunday school. half way. Mr. Ruey is being entertaining and snappy just for the children’s benefit. Mr. Ruey hates children, and they know it. “I wonder,” begins Mr. Ruey, “if a certain lit- tle boy, not so very far off, can tell me the population of the State of Iowa?” Then Mr. Ruey will go on to say how he is sure these lit- tle folks must be very, very good listle folks, with such a splendid ‘papa and mamma. “I don’t be- lieve,” Mr. Ruey adds, turning to the children’s mother, “these little people ever have an unkind. sel- fish thought!” - = (@2