Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1929, Page 24

24’ Something Ought to Be Done About This To HAWA BEDTIME STORIE Cunning of Howler. “Reddy Fox is smart, bi " replied Wan k. “Mo: family are sma “Is Howler the Wolf smarter th Reddy Fox?” Peter demande: “Well,” replied Wandere: know how smart Reddy who lives here is, but I have seen a d man; smart Foxes and none as smart as| Howler the Wolf.” | Peter thought this over a moment | “I don’t “WHAT MAKES HIM SO SMART?" | ASKED HE. “What makes him so smart?” “Being hunted so much” replied | Wanderer. “You know the more one | is hunted the smarter one becomes.” “But I thought you said that Howler is a hunter himself,” persisted Pe “So he is,” replied Wanderer. | the hunter is often hunted, you know. And man is always hunting Howler the ‘Wolf. He is the one and only cnemy whom Howler fears. If Howler were | not smart, he wouldn’t live long. You see, out where he lives there are always traps set for him. And they do worse things than that. They use poison.” “What is poison?” demanded Peter. “It is something,” replied Wanderer, “which, when eaten, kilis almost in- |out West in Music, WITHOUT A TRIP 1. BY THORNTON . BURGESS stantly. Man puts it in pieces of meat and throws the pieces of meat where he thinks Howler will find them. Some voung Wolves are Killed that way, but I have seen Howler, when he was starv- ing, walk around one of those poisoned of meat and then deliberately way without touching it. There aid to be no scent to that poison, vet. somehow Howler finds out when it there. I have seen & hunter set traps all around the plece of meat and bury those traps, covering them with dust o that not a trace of one could en. I have seen Howler come trotting along until almost up to where the first trap was hidden and then stop. Some- how he knew that that trap was there. I have seen him with his stout hind feet kick clumps of earth until they would fall on the trap and cause it to spring. Oh, Howler the Wolf is a cun- ning fellow, I tell you! “I have seen him hunted with dogs and I have seen him lead the dogs far away and then turn on them and kill them. . I have seen him hunted by men with terrible guns and have seen him keep just out of reach of those terrible guns. Somehow, he seems to know just how far they can hurt. He is hunted all the time, Summer and Winter, but he manages to live just the same and to outwit the hunters. No one loves Howler the Wolf. but all the.people who live where he does have great respect for him.” Peter thought this over for a minute. “I'm glad,” said he at length, “that I don’t live where Howler the Wolf lives.” “If you did, I'm afraid it wouldn't be for long,” said Wanderer. “But I can tell you one thing, Peter, and that is that Howler dcesn't waste much time hunting Rabbits when there is any- thing bigger to be obiained. You wouldn't be much more than a bite for Howler. Still, I have seen him hunting Mice. Yes, sir, I have seen that big fellow hunting Mice, and even a fat Mouse isn't more than a taste for him.” “Have you ever seen relatives of mine your travels?” inquired Peter. ‘Wanderer laughed right out. “I should say I have, Peter Rabbit,” said he. ‘“Many a time I have seen your cousin Jack.” “Jack?" repeated Peter. “Jack? Who is my cousin Jack?” “I'll tell you some other time,” re- plied Wanderer. “Just now I'm hungry and want to get something to eat.” (Copyright. 1929.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Pop was smoking to himself and not saying much and ma sed, Wats a matter ‘Willyum, my goodness a person mite think the 7 worries of the werid were all rolling off your choulders. | I dont know, I just feel depressed for some reason or other, I dont know, I its just a realization of the lessness of living and the general inevetibility of dying, pop sed. and ma sed, Why Willyum P. Potts how abserd and rediculiss, with all the reel and genuine suffering and mizzery in this werld you awt to feel like the hap- piest and most cheerful man alive, why this very afternoon I was tawking to Mrs. Hews and she was telling me how her brother had both legs cut off by a passing train when he was ony 8 years old and as if that wasent enough trial and tribulation some woman married him years later apparently out of pity and then ran away with all his money and you can imagine his chance of run- ning after her in his predicament. Well well, thet's a cheering bit of in- formation I must say, pop sed, and ma sed, Yes, and I went to see poor Mary Deeters in the hospittle last week, if | ever a woman had trubble she caps the.| climax, in the ferst place she had 2| operations for appendicitis and then to | add insult to injury they discovered that | it wasent her appendix at all that had | been bothering her, it was her liver, so they had to dissect her all over agen and now their not quite positive that it | was even her liver, I dont know how I cen thank you for telling me all this in my weakened condition, if a miracle duzzent happen | in the next few minnits I think Ili have | hysterics, pop sed, and I sed, Well G, pop. there's a Kut Up Komedy around | at the Little Grand and the fellows say | its funny as anything and htis is Satti- day nite pop and I dont haff to get up | tomorrow, and I dont feel very cheer-| ful either, so why cant you and me go? | We can, pop sed. | Wich we did. i 2 DRSNS The Sufferers i e o =, il o! I talk a lot about my woes when I've | 2 pimple on my nose, or chilblain in my | heel; .when there are stitches In my | back I go around from shack to shack | and tell how fierce I feel. And then I eradventure meet some cheerful neigh- | or in the street who has true griefs on deck: perhaps neuralgia tortures | him, or he may have a gouty limb, a | botl upon his neck. He hob! pain- fully along, who once was act and strong, and still he sheds he toils along in single file, 'y bright, his patient smile extends from ear 10 ear. And I expect he list of agonies that rend his wi shinbone and his knee, of maladies with frightful stings—but he talks other things that savor much of gles *There is so much,” I hear him “to make our & | alk of drastic and pain? | drugs and pills When there is why talk of spav of bunions or of about the starry birds of paradise, or robins and c wrens.” I note his optimistic curve; * I observe, as I pursue my n about a little ache, about | hich is a fake, while he is| bright and gay. I've learncd a lesson | from that man, who follows up so brave | & plan, who does not sigh or groan; | hereafter, when I have a corn, although my heartstrings may be torn, I'll make 0o public moan.” WALT MABON, | ; (Copyright, 19200 1 Abe Martin Says: It's all right fer a girl to be intelli- gent if she's figurin’ on a business career, but if she's goin’ to marry in- stead o' settlin’ down it won't help her any. ‘Who recalls when theater shows used to advertise an’ guarantee an' make a great ado over not offendin’ the most fastidious? T (Copyright, 1929.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused—Do not say, “Such another example be.” Say, “An- other such.” Often mispronounced — Any. nounce en-i, not an-i. Often misspelled—Belgium, and Bel- gian. Synonyms—Address, accost, approach, appeal, greet, salute. ‘Word study-—"Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each v, y's word—Sanction; to ap- Pro- rove. * have said.” AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. anction everything that you “I would eat less, but when I fix good things an’ Pa don’t eat 'em, it looks plum’ sinful to throw ’em out.” e ACopyTIEhY, 1920.). _ .. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOXN, D. C; SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1929 THE CHEFRFUL CHERUB [ Feel glad 1 have no money , evse u poor Although life” lachs, When [ hear the rich folks moaning As they pay their income tax. R T CLAIMED REPORT FOR M’ and gt BUD FISHER MIAND . Jeff Could Add a Postscript to Joe Miller’s Book. [P, MUTT, T'M IN AN AWFUL RICKLE: T JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THE INCOME TAX BUREAU AND THEY DISALLOW EVERY LOSS (NN 1927 & THIS COMMUNICATION HAS WORKED HAVOC WITH My BEACE oF NOW WHAT'S THE MATTER SO | EARLY IN THE MORNING @ olP o By Pop MOMAND The Handwriting on the Wall. ALL RIGKT — TLL BE THERE IN SecoMd June WHATS UP7?\ / WHY TH Rusu OH' GOOFY 1 know |\ 2 | SomeTHNG AwFuL | 13 comne ™ warees COME HERE Quic A * oy o %é ifil‘i “‘E__Q:‘ 7 GeT out " BEFORE 1T 10! LATEL WHAT LeSS& DD You HAVE IN = 19277 T CLAIMED T LoST ¥.5,000 | ON THE TUNNEY-DEMPSEY FIGHT, AND T ALSO SAID = ST A BGT OF ANOTHER FIVE THOUSAAD ON THE WORLD'S seRIES THAT YEAR! THASS A 710000 LoSS THAT ey ReeFuse ™ ALlow. = YouU IKNoW I DARN WELL You DIDN'T BET A NICKEL ON CTHER OF THoSE SPORTING| § CUENTS: WHAT MADEG You PUT IN SUCH AN (£ ABSURD CLAIME WELL, T THOUGHT THEy'D PUBLISH L\,ETSOMC— JokG: wacLe THE INCOMES AND T \WANTED ™ MPRESS | MY ACQUAINTANCES) MY INCCME WAS J|= NEXT T> NOTHING BUT T ToLD THe GOUCRAIMENT 1T WAS £/0000. AND T MAKE THe TGN THOUSAND NENY TAXABLE T FAxeD UP A L0SS oF TEN THOUSAAD o0 THE FIGHT AAD “———a _BALL GAMGS. T SAM'S GOT A You IN HoMe FOR INCOME TAX HUMORISTS UKE [} i HM-MY LuE'S MLy THERE! WELLINGTON | Who [s Q. Hopply Jones? LouisviLLE KENKLING - SO WE Every Hero | JUST PRINT Has His Enemies! OF THE | & TH ROUND = FREEMANE== A Change of Sentiment tosT SIR | YES, 8Y JOVE T HAVE SEEN THAT CHAP WHO WENT 'NTD APAWTMENT 6b-B, SOMEWHEAH, BEFOAH BUT- WHEAR? T SAY — T HOPE IF HE KNOWS ME HE WONT RECOG - NIZE ME AT “THI5 BALLY JOB! EING OF A KINDLY NATURE WE HAVEN'T THE HERRT To DEPICT THE SLAUGHTERING THRT WINDY'S LITTLE FICHTER ROUGHHOUSE ADMINISTERED To LUKE THE LOCAL CHRAMB, A REPRODUCTION YouR HONoR, “THE. EVIDENCE /N THIS CASE. 1S OVERWRELMING AND THE STATE— MOVES FOoR CONVICTION POOR MISTER MEGINTY TEETH AT THE BALL GAME YESTERDAV ! ~— OUR CASTawAY Becws To TAwe STocic OF THE SITUATION — A 600D CHANCE ONTHIS ISLAND For A MAu To START A DELIGAT~ ESSEN STove ’SFUNNY THAT PORTER. SHOULD BE DAWDLING ABOUT IN FRONT OF ™Y DOOR FOR NEARLY AN HOLRY AND - HE DOESNT SEEM QUITE LIKE A REAL PORTER Y UH — GEE, 1 HoPe 1 DDN'T KiLL id z I WONDER =UH I SAY, FAWTHAN — WHO 15 THE CHAP IN APAWTMENT AN—=NOTHING ¥ SHOLGHT T MIGHT HAVE KNOWN HIM, BuT— I DONT RECOG - NZE THE NAME! Db FELLA BY TH' NAME CF Q. HOPPLY JONES — BEEN HERE 'BOUT A WEEK , WHY 2 WHY SHOULD) A FELLOW WITH YOUR POPULARITY @923 wyTRIBUNE. 10 ST BE SICk OR SOME~ HE DONT GO OUT MUCH | ER-HM-MY T SEE THEY THNK THAT “THAT CASHIER OF BLLL BEAR ¥ CO.\WHO GOT AWAY WITH CUR DOUGH HAS BEAT T T CANADASY WE MISSED THE LAST TRAIN FOR ST.LOUIS SO HAD TO HoP THIS FREIGHT ! YOU WOULDN'T THROW OFF A LITTLE HERO LIKE ROUCHHOUSE — HE's THE KID WHO JusT KNOCKED OUT LOVISVILLE LUKE ! WE MUST CONSIDER THE TENDER AGE OF THIS DEFENDANT.. 1 WOULDN'T BRAND HIM A CRIMNAL JUST BECAUSE HE- PICKED yP A FEW LOST BALLS BEFORE THEY STOPPED ROLLING «esr 2 | LET ME Looi AT | | EXNBITS A To Z DID HE LOSE CONSCIQUSNESS WHEN THE BALL STRUCK HIM?Z H.R.C...uM, THAT'S MY BALL, THE VERY BALL 1 SLICED’ ONTO THE FIRST FAIRWAY 1 YESTERDAY WHEN I S| WAS PLAY/ING THE EIGRTEENTR seeee N AHD LOSING THAT| M) BALL cosT ME FIRST PRIZE N THE SWEEPSTAKES — OR EVEN TJUST A HoT-Do¢ STAUD IN A SMALL\WAY~ o~ L 21 IRON 1'% I nlew HE HAD A B¢ BET oN YounG MAN, Do You KNOW YOU'RE GuILTyY OF A FELONY AND — SHOULD BE BEHRIND BARS, You ? One crone newSPROEE Smocare. HE WASN'T STRUCK BY A BALL! —— WHEN HE YELLED FOR O WIN HiS THE HOME TEAM BRIDGE WO FELL ouT! ’1 g OR ONE OF THOSE PeEuWY SLOT MACHINES \WOULDN'? Go BAM—| AlwAYs DID LIKE CHocoLATE CANDY ~ — T Woultp BE JusT /| M luac 1eThere= \WAS ONE VD HAVE NOTHING BuT TwenTy Douar Bilus —