Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1923, Page 66

STORIES, SHORT STORIES NG GIRLS GAMES, Y, St. Patrick was only a lad When a thrilling adventure he has Though *‘Pat” was knocked out, His spirit was stout And his plight, after all, wasn't bad. How St. Patrick Became An Irishman 12" Patrick was used to the thought of pirates, for {n those day * | very numerous. Pirates, Danish and Irish and Scots, continually plowed | the seas around the British Isles, | often making inroads upon the land, ¥, and in the | plundering, killing and taking cap- 1obody knew the | tives where they went. all St. Patrick | Patrick ran down to the shore and : = ¥ | danced happily along in the sand. only a boy. not ¥et | Sitting down on a rock, he tossed | pebbles at the waves, humming softly to himself. It was & wonderful day. Before him the sun sparkled on the waves, turning the foam into myriads of gems. It was a fine old world. Lovingly Patrick fingered the Roman | coin his friend the soldler had given 'him. There weren’t many Briton boys that had such a coin, he thought proudly. Then he thought of the fine trout he had caught that morning and his mother was going to cook for his dinner. He kicked his bare toes in the sand and laughed aloud with sheer happines Suddenly he his shoulder. something in ut In spite of the r you sing, that . Patrick was Irishman,” at| the lad had never seen Ire- aud, most likely never even heard of o7 He was born and lived r Dumbarton, in northern Britain, which is now a part of Scotland. Patrick was really a Briton. d subdued twe Brit- hat, s 0 s looked to thelr conquer- defense. Patrick liked the Romun soldier e stopped to talk s he loitered along the dusty | an xteen omans b itor eIt a rought hand on A harsh voice rasped ear: he couldn’t un- tand & WO The owner of the e was a pirate. Patrick fought | and struggled, but it did no good. Be- hind the rocks there were many more | pirates hiding, who came to the aid of thelr leader. He was captured and taken to Ireland, where they sold him as a slave, And th Patrick e my lad?” maun edown going. Suldie b, fu to the coast to ch the areful! There are lots m not ried. It would look yrotty for a great big boy like me to o afraid of pirates, now, wouldn't s is the truo story of how became an Irishman. The Same Old Tricks s sha g0 bad? For a lone tine h - there, but she just couldn't go to e Finaily she decided that sbe suld go down and ask her niother and father to forgive her. She would promis y to be good. On ep she stopped father's laughing t like he mother, temember the time the made vou stand in the cor- putting pins in the fellow When she wasn't looking vou out in front of the old or- scraped around »|like a great musician. Then with a =S lot of flourishes you sat down to , Kate was al-|p1a¢ " you thought it wouldn't make “Why, T just took a|any noise if you didn't pump it, but coeds to school! the old thing had some air in it and ! When you came down on it with an fourish it let out an awful Kata's mother was gloomy and sad, Por Kate was so hopelessly bad; Poor Kate was dismayed By the tricks that she'd played Which worried her mother and dad. the lowest “x Bhe held by 1 vred frown be t kno to do with |t " ghe sald. “I've threat- DCT gEod and punished and im- | SCA1S0 to ki surs 1 do ou, Kate," ned plored, Wha o today? L all her f ways truthfu buneh of milkweed Miss Jones wasn't lo | opened them up before the fan they Llew all over the roo both laughed merrily at the Ns: Mattiers® a0 wag|Temembrance. “I never was so gur- DI MA reny 8 | prised and scared in all my lite,” Mrs. 1 will have | Mathers said. “A funny thing hap- after dinner 1his|pened that night. Mother punished | me by sending me to bed. 1 couldn’t it it | eleep, I felt so wicked. But when I ept downstuirs to ask her forgive- ather telling about and when ull of hor: o to bed bt h. methe ' Kate be soon | o hed off to bed by |ness T overheard who had lstened | the when they were young and during the meal |n d taken a needle £ her sin 1 and sewed all the children r and dad fe-1 j ile they were having a ling match. I went back to bed and never told them that I had heard. Kate thought that a good idea. She 1id the sa Big tears came {nto Kate's eyes, Wi | i ou still want to be a sailor swim be.!out to Your old boat I'm going back.” John by this time had climb- ®uns | ed in the rowboat. Instead of going to the shore. he headed straight for the Priendship. com thie modern ducls orc ro unknown in the seventeen-hun- Instead of sbips g at * . from a distance, the Sails for Virginia. fde when they met | mie next day, ba The men swarmed over|ed for Virginia John ‘stovd inthe . ; = oth, |stern and watclied his home slowly the rafls with knives in thelr tecth, | 1 erom view. At twelve vears of proceeding to cut down every one In|yye he was sailing the high seas. sight. Boys, 200 years or mors ago, | The Friendship docked at Norfolk, were tempted to run away to sea|Vd: John paid a visit to his brother | William, the manager of a large cot- when secking a life of adventure.|ton plantation. This brother tried to persuade young John t in with voung Par es was of those | Persuade young John to remain Young Paul Jones was one ¢ [him. A few days later, however. who heard the call of the water. when the Friendship pulled anchor John was born on the fouthern | for the orlent, John was still a mem- re of Scotland. At twelve ber of the crew. oo lio began to beg ‘his when America was fighting Pl pmen t e pendence. John Paul Jones fo allow M o his remarkable ability as a very hard Friends his home. ireds. shoot ch drow up side by Nisn thia venaol aails o prov begging | ceuman. ed the | st anchor in sight of Then and there, and whother he obtained permission or | not, voung John determined to go | aboard the Friendship. John Swims to Boat. The bogt was anchored a full milo from the shore, but mere distance could mnot daunt John. He waited wntil nightfall and then started to swim out to it A mile in the ocean is no small undertaking. John swam ched Still the lights ne no clos; He had about gi hope of ever reaching ; the Friendship and was wondering it he would have the strength to get He Auto Know. of the ve She—I see in the paper that three | persons were killed in a feud. He—Those little cheap cars are dan- gerous. voice aalled near want to be & 1t was a girl who lived xt his_fam She had seen lfohn dive off the dock and had' fol- lowed him in a rowboat. * | Tottie—T_thought Caesar was dead. T'm going to be a sailor” declared | Audrey—He is, isn't he? hn. " Lottie—No. Mrs. Butler said “uery well, then,” said the girl, “if | teaches him] soft Do _you still Spiritualist? she they were | nd thread | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO. ity 18 D. U, MARCH 18, PUZZLES, - Games, Sports, Play, Stunts (Play experts from all over North America send in their newest ideas to The Fun Maker. Regular readers of The Fun Maker will learn about ail sorts of games and stunts just as soon as they are invented.) * % x % You'd think Fou were having a nightmare, wouldn't you, if you saw a crab, a kangaroo, and a monkey running a race? Atany rate, it would be a queer sort of race to watch. H C. Tangenstein invented such an ani mal race for the boys of the Cleveland Tool-Craft | | | | ry boy knows what it is to lose a favorite kite on a telehons pole A Kkite reel is It will carry 1pu”ed in fast enough. very simple to make. winding stick, letting the kite go higher in the air. There are two parts to the kite reel shown in the drawing above: The actual reel, and a frame to hold it The frame is not necessary, as the reel works very well by itself, but it 15 best to use it if you fly box jkites. or other heavy kite The tiger kept walking all day; “Poor fellow!” the people would say; “He longs to get out And go roaming about— How sad that he suffers that way.” Behind the fron bars the tiger stretched himself and yawned. “Good- ness,” he sighed, “I belleve I'm get- ting fat! And it's no wonder—cooped up In this little pen the way I am, Wwith nothing to do but cat and sleep. I've tried to diet, but the keeper gets worried whenever I do. I just can't bear to worry him, especially when he has a nice big piece of meat for me.” The tiger looked at himself in the glass at the end of his cage. “I'm not exactly getting fat,” he said, “but I'm not as trim looking as I used to be when I ran wiid. It's exercise that keeps you fit, that’s what? And I don't get enough. But I don't know what I can do about it. One surely can’'t exercise much cooped up In this little pen.” “Here, here, Felix,” called the keeper, poking a large, juicy piece of meat through the bars to the tiger. “Here's your dinfer. Now go for it “I don’t believe I'll eat it.” thought the tiger. “Well. not all of.it. any- way.” But when he had taken his All Sorts of Things for or church steeple because of tangled | | string that could not be let out or| more string than the old-fashioned | RIDDLES, The Fun Maker Y. M. C. A.. and he has passed it on to the Fun Maker. The racers line up and the leader tells each one what sort of animal he s to imitate. He should pick out {animals with a peculiar sort of gait, | and he should tr all ! to give tha boys animals which make the | th aed. A narrow course is marked off for race, and here and there pillows placed as obstacles. Tho leader | glves the signal, and the race begir |, The crab,” going backward on fores, bumps into the pollow and Boys and Men to Make In the hand reel shown at the left, part I is a loose sleeve held on the shaft L by a washer and screw fast- ened to the end of the shaft. which is a plece of five-cighths inch hard- | wood dewel. The spool, parts K and J. is fastened to the dowel with a serew. If you can get a radio wire spool you will not have to make one. The cra is fastened to the shaft part O with @ bolt. The sleeves and spindle arc first made square, the center bored and then whittled to shape. To operate, tio the string to K, hold I in_the left hand and turn the crank with the right The rack, or stand, is easily made. The empty spool G fits loosely on the string running-to the Why Felix Tiger Walked Up and Down first bito ho found the meat so good that he never stopped until it was all gone. 'Well, 1 guess I'll take another nap now,” he sighed, as he lay down on the floor of his cage. “Look_at that fat, lazy old thing,” cried a boy, poking his nose as close to _the bars of Felix's cage as was safe. With a growl the tiger made a_dash for the boy on the othér side of the bars, “Nasty thing!™ he sputtered. ‘T'm not fat at all. I know I'm not.” That | day fewer people came to see the | tiger, and he had to admit to himself that he was not as slim and graceful as he had been. Besides, he didn't WHEN FRANK GROWS UP HE IS GOING TO BE AN BUT FRIT2 1S GOING TOBE A e Sal J 2. HANDICRAFT, - rew, and the bandle P to | Real Fun for Every One Gr-r-r! Woof! The Animal Race Is On! tangled up. The kangaroo, hopping along, has a hard time getting over | him. 'The monkey, swinging past on his hands and feet, steers aside to avoid trouble. Here comes the snake, wriggling on his stomach, and having he hardest time of all! If the an!: race §{s put on at a party, what could be a hetter prize for the winner than a box of animal crackers? |~ (Next week the Fanmaker will tell about an indoor game that is just the thing for a party. (Coprright By Frank I. Solar How to Make a Kite Reel kite being threaded under the £pool to gulde it back and forth while belng wound on_spindle K. You will note that the drawing shows a reel and stand for a left-handed porson. To make the arrangement right- handed, fasten parts B and C as they are on' the assembled sketch at the right Now to work the reel and stand together, sit on part A and place the reel in the frume with part I in opening M, and part L in opening N. It a hols is bored through parts 0 and B and a Jarge nail or wooden peg fitted in place, it will not be necessary to hold tho reel to keep it from unwinding. (Copyright, 1928.) feel as well as he had when he was free to run and jump in the jungle. “It's exercise 1 nced.” he groaned. | *“My coat feels tight, but, of course, | 1t may have shrunk. I have an idea! | 1 T walk back and forth the length | of my cage enough times I'll get just | as much exercise as if T were out in the jungie walking a long distance.” | So all day long the tiger paces back and forth, back and forth. 1 Poor thing!” the people sigh. I' .00k how badly he wants to ‘get out.” | "But the tiger only laughs. He Is happy because he Is keeping trim and fit and the people admire him once more. ! He Knew Best. Freshman—What is the date, please? Teacher—Never mind the date, please. The examination {s moPe Important. Freshman—Well, sir, I wanted to have H something right. ! On Her Way. Tommy—Mother's throwing plates at | father. | Visitor—TIs she angry with him? | Tommy—No, but “she's working up to it. ‘i Matter of Taste. A—Must T put the stamps on myself? B~ Suit voureelf about it. However, it's custumary Lo put them on the letter, SCIENCE, ” . 1925 —PART Kites do not have to be made with sticks or bamboo. One style, called Khe} streamer kite, can be made with one | small wire hoop to which you fasten any paper design that way etrike your fancy. The paper body of this streamer | kite should be fastened together like an ordinary paper bag. No alr enters, ex- | cept at the mouth. Made air tight after this fashion, the streamer kite will be the highest flyer in your collection. The size of the hoop, or what will b the open mouth of your figure, can var: It really depends on the size of the streamer you want to make. The wire mouth should be made as light as pos- | sible, but still strong enough to support the body in the wind. A hoop Inches in diameter is an average size. Use Comic Figures. ppose, for instance, that you have | some favorite comic in the funny paper | that you'd like to make into a stre | kite. ° Cut the figure out and trace the | | outline on two sheets of tissue paper. | ;! sting these tog er, with the open- ing for the mouth, yvou have your kite. | | 1re is too small for the kite | it is quite simple to enlarge | ure so that you can make any size streamer. Draw a serics of small | squares over the original pleture. Then | | draw the same number of squares, ine creasing the size twentyfold, on a largs |sheet of paper. Number cach of the | squares_on both the original and the large shect. Transfer the lines fr | square one of the picture to the larse sheet Follow through all the squares, ion of the picture to | outitne for ¥ pieces of tiss: | and paste th the | have to be open and = hoop. €0 allow a littlo slaghk when th edges aro glued together. Cut Other Opening. ary to have a sma’ ne end Confidence. Miss S.—T told you to bring a note- book to class. A. L1 don’t need onc: head. o liss S—T dlan't eay I uss my a blank note- | | WHAT 4 DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHICKENS DOES JACK OWN? ! SAY “BAYER” when you buy. | the opening with z ADVENTURE, NEW KITES FOR WINDY 7 T CLE2LZZ 72 o2 S22 > Sty TAKE TWO PIECES OF PAPER CUT OUT EXACTLY AUKE & PASTE THE EDGES TOGETHER- ENDS OPEN! How to Make Streamer Kites ail end of this kite. Do | Leghorns. Frank is gol opening at the WHAT 4 WORDS BEGINNING WITH CAR ARE THESEZ - ANSWERS TO PUZZLES ON| THIS PAGE. The chickens Jack owns are Island Reds, Barred Roc Rhode s, Wyandottes, ng to be an e not cut the hole until you have tried the | §inoer, and Fritz is golng to be a brake- streamer. Its actlons in the air deter- mine the size of the opening required, but in any euent it will be small. Cut penknife. Thousands of n ba made for the streamer ki h, el or a corn cob pattern make excellent figures to start with, and as you learn you can use more difficult designs. man. The boy like a doormat.” tic is: sald, “Your tam looks Tha picture Bear-5000p—ears—cool th Pa nger (s condu, Ing ar)—cCan't han this? nductor—Yes « I can, but T hava to stay with the car. MOVE SICK CHILD'S BOWELS WITH “CALIFORNIA FG SYRUP" MOTHER! Even Bilious, Upset, Tongue-Coated Children Love this Pleasant, Harmless Laxative A teaspo Syrup” now little bowels have 2 well, D! rnia oughly clea; of cold, children love and mothers can never fails to wo; e souring food in a few hours vou | sine “California Fig S s directions for bab of all ages prin: you must say any imitation. Insist! 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