Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1924, Page 24

BEDTIME STORIES Young Squirrels See Redtail. Ignorance is seldom slow To scofl at what it does mot know. —Mrs. Happy Jack. The young Happy Jacks never for- got what their mother told them @bout their tails. They took the greatest carc of them. All admired tho wonderful great tall of their father, Happy Jack., and each hoped to have a tail just like it Being healthy and having plenty to eat, the four little Happy Jacks grew very rapidly. It wasn't long before they were jumping about from branch to branch in their home tree. They played tag and hide-and-seek gnd ran races. And all the time they avere doing these things they were Jearning how to jump. how to catch twigs and branches, and how to use those Dig tails when they were jump- ing. They didn't know It, but they were learning things which they would have to know when the time 40 Ro out into the great world up in that tree. 3 & a very exciting time. One could jump a little further, dodge a little more quickly and run a little more rapidly than the others. And this was the one that the three Were trying to catch. Suddenly they heard a sharp bark from Mrs Happy Jack. They knew just what it meant. 1t meant danger. All four stopped right on the imstant. They remained perfectly still, cach where he They didn't know what the danger was. They didn't know where it was. But they did know that when mother barked like that there was just one thing to do, and that was to obey. . | wings. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS they were told. First they saw noth- Ing but the biue, blue sky. Then a little bit of white colud floated across. Once more there was nothing but the blue, blue sky. Still the little squir- rels ‘watched. Motheér had told them to and so they did it. At last against that little patch of blue, blue sky appeared & bird with widespread wings. He wasn't flapping those big Hlaer “THERB,” WHISPERED MRS. HAP- PY JACK, “DO YOU SEE THAT FELLOW UP THERE?" Ho seemed to be floating around and around on them. He didn’'t look very big. In fact, he looked rather small. “There,” whispered Mrs. Happy Jack, “do you see that fellow up There they clung, each one just where |t he happened to be when he heard mother's voice Mother had been over in another tree. While they trightened, but not knowing what to be afraid of, Mrs. Happy Jack quietly joined them. “What is it?" whispered one to Mrs. Happy Jack. “Look up through that little open- ing in the tree tops and watch that Dit of blue, blue sky,' whispered Mrs. Happy < All ‘the little Happy Jacks did SAGE TRUSTEES GIVE $12,544,407 SINCE 1920 Accounting Filed With New York Courts Shows Long List of Be- quests to Institutions. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 31.—The trus- itees of the estate of Mrs. Russell ‘Buge have distributed gifts aggre- gating $12,544,407 since December, 1920, an accounting filed in Surro- gate's Court shows. A balance of 3,517.861 remains, subject to order of the court. Among the bequests paid were Age Foundation, 316 Bible Soctefy. 36 v Female Seminary, $300.000: v Polytechnic Institute. $240,000; University, 3z00.000; Yale 2 Syracuse Uni- $474.000: 472,000 each to the American Museum of Natural His- tory, the Metropolitan Mu ot Art. Charity New York, Presbyterian Ho Relief for Disabled Clergyme York City Mission Soc ard n Women's Board of Kor- s, and $236.000 each to 1 State Chari- vterian Hos- York Infirm- P tor Women ang Coildser Iuske- gee Institute, Weilesley College, Smith College, Vaxsar Collegs, Bryn Mawr College. Hamilton College, T'njon College. Barnard College (Co- Jumbia_University), Dartmouth Col- lege, Williams College. Amhetst Col- Public Tilbeary. Now York Zeobointas ciety, New York Botanical Gardens. Locatelli Leaves Geneva. s Switzerland, July 31.—] at the Ttallan’ aviator. whi fiving to’ the North Polar reglon tending to follow in the tr: n round-the-world 7:45 o'clock th Any Wool Suit In Our Stock for NOT “odds and ends” or sales stuff that has been col- lected for the purpose of quoting a bargain price. You're buying the best suits of one of the oldest and most re- 'm,” replied each of the little ¢ Jacks fn turn. ell,” declared Mrs. Happy Jack, remained quiet, [ fore he sees you. That s an enemy you must always watch out for. It is Redtail the Hawk. He is out hunting right now. Nothing would please him quite so much as a tender, young gray squirrel. g said one young Happy Jack. see why we should be afraid He doesn’t look big enough e he is so very high r.” replied Mrs. ‘Happy “One of these days you prob- ably will see him close at hand and then you will understand why he is to be feared.” (Copyright, 1924, by T. W. 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Showing the new- est style notes of Fall. - Velvatone Coats with Leopard Coney (dyed rabbit) collar and cuffs, Downey wool with Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat) or Marmot collars; or coats of Flamingo, full lined. Very handsome collar and cuffs. these. An unusual group of Fashionable Winter Coats, s and braid trimmings. Coats Bolivia, trimmed with Viatka The new soft shades blend with the lavish fur trimmings of Coats of deep-pile Squirrel $20.50 fur collars of sealine or other furs. Marmot cloth, Bolivia, with cuffs; Suede (dyed muskrat), or Mokine Coats with wine Fox collar and cuffs. and fur trimming. fur collar and with Hudson Seal Much braid Lee-Zette with Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat) collar and cuffs. with Sable Squirrel ka Squirrel and others of the new fab- rics with fur, Bolivia Formosa with Viat- Very beautiful Winter Coats of Flamin- go with Viatka Squirrel trimming: For- mosa Coats with Squirrel; with rich Beaver fur trimming. Ex- tremely fashionable and Velnour models. showing the long silhouette lines, puff cuffs Coats of Velvatone, fine velours or blocked pile fabrics—many with r Coats Underpriced Two nj. the many models are sketched. All are remarkable values. "Fur Coats of Sealine (dyed rab- bit), a splendid like- ness to Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat); and reversible coats of plaid and sealine, which may be worn with either side as the right side. *100 Contrast Trimmings of Sable bands at eollar and cuffs, or big collar and cuffs of beaverette. All coats beautifully lined. Squirrel, in TTEter T arE