Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1922, Page 24

firTLe o BEDTIME ,v;.plack Pussy Gets a Fright. i BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. { He longest lives who runs away { When dauger lurks beside the w —Black Old Man Coyote had begun to think s that he would be able to spend the winter under that stack of straw in | . Farmer Brown's barnyard without! being found out. There were times + When he was tempted to be careless. But he wasn't. You see, that was too fine a place to run the risk of being | found out. Several times he fright- | ened Bowser the Hound a trom | +a good meal and ate it himself, but always he was careful to malke sure | that neither mer Brown nor | Farmer Brown's Boy was anywhe i about. and that Mrs. Brown was in | “‘the house | Yes, Old Man Coyote wa one of the pleasantest could reme There s spending | nters. he were i | OE._THE SOFTLY OF SLIPPED _OUT ND _ STOLE ) THE STACK STR. times when he went hungry, but on the whole he was getting a very good Whenever there was fresh at would show his tr: mer Brown to make such a} acks that would . while Old Man undee the took it Then one morn Coyote_was B Pussy ~want one to eat the fun atching know, Black I i one, for, you a born hunter. quite so much little people hunting self. 5 rst she went to the barn. She isited all the places’ where she had ever found signs of Rats or MMice i She went up in the haymow and watched from behind the grain bin But all her hunting and watching in vain ither the Rats @ was the i been ogt all nizht and sleeping. or they . was about Mice were now knew that s Keeping quict. U last she thousght out in the than once she had st turesome Touse around So she slipped out of the nd stols softly, very softly, over to the ptack of straw. Then she began to Jereep around it. listening for the tiniest rustle which might mean a Mouse, smelling at every little open- er the Straw. 3 g Ulhst she came to an opening she hever had found before. It was the entrance a passage under _lhc Black Pussy didn't know what make of it big. big enough for Bow. Hound to “mave erawled through, Black Pussy understand it jm_the iFor a while she crouched just to one side watching it Then, curiosi { proving teo - i f the stack nyar Mo prised a ven- at stack. couldn’t ' a back s ste to get away. knew that scent. . in the Green she had been chased up a a creature with just that With every hair on her tail goont, that the tail anding on end so goked to be three wsual Black Pussy raced for house. Farmer Brown's Boy happened to come out of the barn just then and her. “Now, W can have Tussy like that?” said . “She acts as if there ange Dog about over by the stra from Took about what has fr He we of course. any strang thing or Black Pussy more Farmer nd see if 14 ptened her bund the stack and. one. There wasn't| Dog. There wasn't any- | nybody to have caused to run like that. Once; own's Boy s:lanhe_d ound that stack of straw and this o he was looking at the stack jtself. It had pepped into his head that perhaps Black Pussy might have found some one hiding under that straw. (Copyright, 1922, by T. W. Burgess.) saw The Children’s Hour “Now that we have the wigw. ant the people that are going to use Ithem. And we ¢ sily have them. 32 Get five clothespins. Cut off all hut “4hree-quarter-inch of the legs. Sand- paper the cut surfaces. The top of the clothespins mal a very nice Dbody for your Indians. With ink put In the faces, as in the {llustration. Use strands of black darning cotton led together In the center for wigs. The ladles have long hair and the men short hair. Glue the wigs on. Put bands around the girls' heads. I¢ you can get small feathers, use them for the headdress of the men. Take two pieces of soft wire, each| three-quarters of an inch long. Put one plece in back of the doll and one in front. Twist the ends together, funtil the wires tighten around the| Pody. At each cnd put a drop of ‘brown sealing wax for hands. To- orrow you will find out how to $ess these realistic Indian dolls. R. L. RIBLER. H Meat Shortcake. .Take ome and one-half cups of . eooked chopped meat, one-half cup of &hopped celery, one cup of thickened stock or meat gravy, one teaspoon of, grated onion, a little salt and paprika and one-half teaspoon of dry mustard. Stmmer the ingredlents for fifteen inutes, then pour between layers of ortcake. % Delicious Cheese Dish. AToast and butter four pleces of ead, -and lay in a baking dish, cover ith a half a pound of grated cheese, en make a cream sauice of one ta- lespoon of butter, one tablespoon of ur, one and one-half cups of rich tk, and a seasoning of salt, pepper d a dash of red pepper; pour this er the toast and cheese and ‘bake it about fiftéen minutes, FEATURE PAGE. GORIES |[ Brides Will Be Brides By Lucille Van Slyke. i structions. {has invented hygiene “Sing Willow, Tit Willow, Tit Willow!” F there was one thing in this world that fretted Merriam Lindsay more than half a million others, it was a canary in a cage. «I¢ 1 ever get to be a triple-chinned dowager with a fortune to leave for uplift, I shall bequeath it all to a Society for Liberating Every Bird from Every Cage!" she sometimes sputtered. But her next-door mneighbor had once taken charge of Merriam’s Cairn terrier while Merriath _and John went on a journey, so Merriam couldn’t consistently refuse to care for a decrepit birdie named “Tit Wil- low” when the next-door neighbor de- parted for a three-day excursion to} Niagara Falls. “Tit Willow's” cage was ornate and expensive. Its gilded grandeur was modestly swathed in dripping frills of tarlatan. His mistress brought also boxes of cuttle bone, boxes of sand, boxes of hemp seed and a quart bag of apples. ‘I told the grocer to leave you a head of lettuce for him. The plumb neighbor stood tiptoe to twitter a fond gobd-bye to her pet, ‘Tweet, tweet! Tit Willow! His muvver come home soon! ; Tit Willow nonchalantly pecked his perch. “I brought his toenail scissors.” she handed them to Merriam. “Some- times they get too long and it's aw- fully bad for him, you hold your hand around his wings while you snip the ends—— Merriam shivered. “He has his bath at 10 o'clock, and he's des a sweetie ole birdie, nine years old this very Christmas, So blease make his bath tepid.” Merriam promised But once the neighbor had depart- ed she shook her dimpled fist at her feathered guest. didn’t like him, either. He de- lighted in barking until the poor bird battered out his beak and brains inst the bars of the cag. JoAnd his host didn't like * ow." “That bird's got a wic John Lindsay informed Merr g at breakf motive: Susan Sue. grumpy because Willow” scattered seed over freshly swept dining room rug echoed | her employer's sentiments. The first eventfully. his buths and meals according to in- But the morning of the third da: waxed bright and warm. Susan Su cheerfully unaware that “Tit W low having his bath on the pantry s pened the kitchen door. “Let oxygen-air in, 1 say. he remarked with an air of one wh> en-air she un- let in a large sray eat later Rags bark! the at’s howls and the bird’s - frant twittering brought Merriam das madly pantrywa Sue Rags che. up the cage. evil eye for the last time and prompt- 1 of fright n, almost distracted, informed via the telephone, of “Tit Wil- low's™ 1 dem . “Whatever shall T do ohn chuckled. Put him in a candy box. take the 3:18 train and I will meet you at the station. . “But John, hadn't I better bury him here?” “Mind your master's voice!' he ad- monished her, “and he'll buy you an er stew in Grand Centra t 5 o'clock, John, look dignified, indeed, with his haired bride clinging to h strode boldly into a smart pe He put the candy box containin that was mortal of “Tit Willow” on | the counter. behind which lolled a} bored clerk. He took the cover off the | olemnly. he clerk emitted a slight scream. ea; You've guessed her. But we can’t do anything about it,” A _moment she wailed. g very bronze- arm, | shop. all it,* John informed i could | taught ! neatne fis prett LISTEN, WORLD! BY ELSIE ROBINSON. What's the fundamental split be- tween the woman's world and the man's world? - There s such a split and we all know it. Across that abyss of misunderstanding we hurl names and make faces at each other. Yet why should it be and how has it come about? I don't think it's because some of us are masculine and some feminine. I think that sex has very little to do with it, and was never intended to insisted excitedly, “We birds! Not after it, the clerk never guarantee twenty-four hours “You can macth asked John. “John, yoy genius hugged him in spite of the pet shop. The new “Tit Willo: probably more Youthful than “Tit Willow the First,” chirped lustily when the next-door neighbor came to claim her pet. “Tweet! Tweet!" twittered that plump lady, “was him glad to sce him muvver?” and carried him proud- ly homeward, exclaiming over his ab- ncrmal display of intelligence. But two days later her horrified volce shrieked from her pantry win- d ‘Oh, Mrs. Lindsay! What do you think Tit Willow’s done? After nine years of our thinking he wasn't that kind of a bird he's gone and laid an egg!” Another Epixode of This Story in Tomorrow’s $ can't you?” }{erry all but his being in who was The Ideal Playroom. Perhaps you may have heard of farseeing engaged people who, when making plans for the house that is to be their first home together, de- libérately mark a certain room In the house the nursery. and confer with the architect to make sure that this important room has the right exposure and ventilation. However, most people who have no children never build houses, as if such things a children ever did come into the and this is unfortu e be- . as a usual thing. people do have enough money to build B WOMEN TAKE THINGS TOO PERSONALLY. create differences or erect barriers. More and more I'm convinced that the Qifference lies in our way of taking things and is due to & wrong social training. As individual saints, women have won crowns of glory. But s folks to work with, men are the better sports, more broad minded, infinitely more tolerant. Why It isn’t’ a question of selfishnes: Men are _undoubtedly not AT S A eSS RS FEATURE PAGE. ZRSAIIIMZRSS ehiLLP Ys | Sets a New Standard for LOW PRICES 'ON QUALITY FURNITUR YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD! > houses at the same time that they are rearing children. It is often the houses built when the children were adults with no especial regard to the demands and shortcomings of chil- dren that later serve as the home- Dlace for the next generation of chil- dren. And so it goes. Meantime the mothers and fathers of children usu- ally have rather lengthy Suggestions as to how they would build their house over again \ Dlayroom is almost essential for the comfort of clders as well as of children. One young mother of sev oral children insists that if she had i cottage or apartment of but four rooms, one of those would be de- jgned and furnished as a playroom The old-fashioned idea of a pla room Wa that it hould be some otherwise useless room. in the attic or 2 wing of the house where toys be stored and children re ated on rainy days. And doubtless children spent many a hilarious hour in those old-fashioned playrooms. But the playroom of today has a more definite place i ing of the child. It i where he is the ot order and a place where he has his ictures—in short, it what the da ery is in well-regulated homes, only that there den of the nursery Now. If you were planning a six or n or eight room house for your <mall family that included a child or where would you h: the play- room? You would show wisdom in putting it on the ground floor of the house. In the first place, the ground floor is warmer. Moreover, the housewife that has much to do of her own work | irs three-quarters or more of her waking hours, and most Amer- fcan children have @ way of demand- ing and sccuring rather_close prox- imity to their mothers. They like to thin earshot. If the playroom is just off the living room, or even off the kitchen, there Is the advantage of knowing that they can be heard but not seen. which often is prefer- able to the other arrangement of aving them seen but not heard. Yo an tell by what you hear how their play is progre 2 and other pa an be kept well ont of sight and out from under- oot. as selfish as women. Men are as stupid as women and often as petty. But they've learned to amalgamate with the gang. Women insist on the personal view- point because their life has bound them in tight, personal horizons. They're not intrinsically more sensi tive than men, but they maghify the values of the things that happen to elves. Nine times out of ten 11 be hurt, frightened. worried. angry or elated over trifles that a man ‘would, forget in half a minute. Two men will have an argument. They will roast each other with pro- fane enthusiasm, scorn each other' of friends. Given a tithe of the words and feelings expressed, two women, two average women, would part dead- ly enemies. Why? 'Because the men are dealing in abstract ideas and the women are dealing in personalities. A man can loathe a sin yet love the sinner. Your average woman can't. Again the personality element sticks up like a sore thum token. a rascal can gain a_woman's confidence by personal attentions and her husband lose it by & neglect of the same. Her heart may be in the right place, but her perspective is all wrong. But give her time, folks, and she'll right herself. That's the big gift of the working woman to the world— an altered perspective for the whole feminine sex. Creamed Mackerel. Soak one salt mackerel overnight )ld water. drain in the morning. in cold water and place in a pan with the skin side down. Cover with one cup of milk and bake for twenty minut Blend one tablespoon of flour with two tablespoons of butter, x with a little milk from the pan nd pour over the fish. Cook for five minutes more in the oven, then serve hot, garnished with parsley Baked Peach Meringue. Use individual custard them with crushed and sweetened peaches, then place in a baking pan nd bake in a moderate teen minutes. While baking 7j one-half glass of jeily in a mixing { bowl, beat, using an egg-beater, until ST { the mixture will hold its shape. Pile Jerusalem was entirely deserted for on top of the baked peaches and brown a perfod of seventy years. quickly in the oven. own bool Making the Best Even Better Without doubt Fruit of the Loom is the best known fabric in the world. Since before the Civil War, women have used it for their white sewing. The reason for its early reputation was fine quality, and its continuing fame is due to the fact that never has the qual- ity been lowered. Every bolt of Fruit of the Loom has, for many years, borne a label guaranteeing the quality to be up to its original hig| stanflard. As a matter of fact, modern looms and newer processes of bleaching make Fruit of the ioom today of even finer quality than in the past. Ot f the Loom Whenever you identify yard goods or ready-made articles by a Fruit of the Loom label, you can be sure of satisfac- : tory quality. White Fruit of the Loom : is also marked on the selvage. In most good stores you can now get colored as well as white Fruit of the ‘I;oq}m. and the colors are guaranteed to e fast. B. B. & R. KNIGHT, Inc. Also Makers of > Alpine Rose, Hero, and Other Pine Cotton Febries Converse & Compeny, Selling Agents By the same ! cups, fill | oven for fif- el | 1 i Shfirp Reductions on all Bedroom Suites $195.00 Queen Anne Bedroom Suite of Dresser, Chifforette, Bow-end ‘139-“ ! | Consisting ng Table; Walnut or Ma- Bed and Vanity Dress | hogany finish $295.00 Queen Anne Bedroom Suite 5189 hogany finish. Large Dresser, Dresser and Bow | Walnut or M | Chifforette, full-length Vanit end Bed 2 $375.00 Modern Colonial Bedroom Suite Made in Ameri; Walnut only: h Full- g Ao e e owoent Bed 322400 and good size Dresser....... i H | $495.00 French Walnut 7-Piece Suite Consisting of Dresser, Chifforette. Vani i | Drescon ! be cna Ted: chalr, TRocker and ’287-00 ; Bench 5 | 25 OTHER STYLES ALL REDUCED Here Are Values in Dining Room Furniture That Defy Competition $275.00 10-Piece Walnut Suite Consisting _of Buffet with mirror back, China Closet, Serving Table, Round E_Xien!lon ’ w Table,. 5 Side Chairs and 1 Ar ‘mchair, with 7 o leather seats ..... cscecesasece $395.00 10-Piece Queen Anne Suite Genuine Walnut or Mahogany finish. Has large Buffet with mirror. China Closet, round or oblong ‘249.00 Table, inclosed Serving Table and 6 Leather- seated Chairs $450.00 Walnut Chippendale Suite Conslsting of Buffet, China Closet, Exten- 3278‘w sion Table and 6 Chairs. Your choice of seat coverings teeesensens $750.00 Italian Walnut Polychrome Suite This is one of the handsomest suites we $489.00 have ever had the privilege of offering Wash- Ingtonians, Consisting of 10 pleces, beautitully constructed and finished......-. 5 20 OTHER BARGAINS lllll!llll!lllfllb\!ln‘.lIm!lIIiIlIII!X\\{réi!llllilllllllll Vanity Dressers Back to the old low price levels and then some what you will say when you see the Chifforobes At Remarkably 5 big reductions on our entire Low Prices line of beautiful Vanity Dressers. One similar to ill st tration in American Walnu 349.50 Chifforobes, $3475 with full length mirror now sold on $3%.00 Chiftorobes. 845 5 | | casy " ern $68.50 i or on SY TERMS $75.00 Chifforobes, A hint to the wise is suffi- cient. A solid Golden Oak Dresser. similar te illustra- tion, now sold $15.75 Pullman Day Beds These beautiful Pullman Day Beds which are =o often shown in high-grade moving picture scenes, may now be purchased here in almost an period design and upholste: ing—at a mere fraction ab their actual wholesale cost Underneath the seat of ever Pullman is a comfortable bed large enough for two people to sleep on. Buy one now on easy terms of $69'50 on easy terms for as little as Sen: $1.50 a week, for the low price of. Oak or finish, upholstered in Dlack ancrere - $24.75 leatherette .. Guaranteed Range:' Has extra large flues, roomy firebox, heavy Duplex grate, removable nickel trimmings. Guaranteed to cook and bake perfectly, and positively uses less hard or soft coal than any other buy Dressing Tables In Walnut or Mahogan your choice of dozens o styles and sizes. Prices e 32475 $1 a week pays for any Table you welect. Steel Beds Every bed in the store at greatly reduced price. Many of them in the popular wood finishes. Continuous post, all-steel bed, sold on easy 7.7 terms for only. 5 Dining Tables Never dgain will you buy such tables at such rices. Come in tomorrow and con- vince yourself. Prices start at $14.75 S S PR