Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1929, Page 43

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929.° CARTOONIST TRYING Yo GRA%P AN IDEA ON A SPRING MORNING IN 50UTH CAROLINA BEDTIME STORIE The Play School. n every dax Wood Duck. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS ing for young Ducklings. Let me sec who can catch the most.” There was an immediate rush of the ']ll(lc Ducklings, each one stretching his THE CHEERFUL CHERUB My friends invite me out so muc [ never get my writing “done — |1ts hard to have = reat career And be polite to everyone. Al Hasn't Seen the Lady Yet. HAavwARD An Iceberg at Home. LMUST SAy IVE NE/ER SEEN A MORE POPULAR GAL IN MY LIFE THAN THIS IKATHRINE KOOKy ! WELL— TIL TRy AGAIN: TODAY TO HAVE ‘A CHAT wWIiTH HER, BEFORE MUSHBY SHOOTS ME ANOTHER WIRE * SHE OUGHT To BE KIND f CRAZY ABAUT MUSHBY — HE AINT SO BAD, AND (TS NOT EVERy MANICURIST THAT HAS A CHANCE TO MARRY MILLIONS ' WeLL I'LL SOON KNOW JUST HOW KOO-KOO | SHE 1S ABAUT Hirt! IT'S KIND OF ROMANTIC AT THAT - MISS. KOOKY ANT HERE HoH P HAUE A HEART. WARM UP To THE PooR AUTA BIT ! DCN'T BE SUCH AN ICE a: UEE BER F AW, FoR HEAVEAS SAKE, ICEBERG , ICEBERG! NO - MISS. KOOKY WENT TO A DANCE LAST NIGHT AND WHEN MISS. KOOKY GOES TO & DANCE SHE NEVER GETS IN TO WORK UNTIL NOON ! T You EVEN ODAIGHT ? GERTAINLY - TLL BR GLAD o= 'GOODAIGHT, AND MUSHDBY SAD SHE WAS & QUET “THIS DOESA'T LooK LIKE THE BOUDOIR . " " : OF AN “ICEBERG". = little neck out and trying to scoop in 22 Had you been over to the pond of | these wiggly little things in his bill. It pidl Paddy the Beaver and watched the | was funny to see them dart this way family of Beauty the Wood Duck, You jand that way, splashing the water and probably would have thought, as Peter |having a most exciting time. Do you Rabbit ¢id at first, that those little |know what those wigglers were? Well, Ducklings did nothing but play. That each one of them would have turned is the way it seemed. For all Peter| into a mosquito if a hungry little Duck- could ses they did nothing but swim |ling had not caught it. At a sharp Doc, MY ERIEND \S IN DIRE NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION He INTERESTING, \E TRLUE, T'LL LOOK HIM S MUTT, RUNNING EOR f{ si1x weeks In THIS BUNION DERBY HAS BROUGHT You To THE You'LL el WHAT You NEED IS XING (S HEALTRY ToO, YOU FAT-HEAD! about, duck their heads under water and chase little water insects and have a good time generally. Once he saw two or three riding on their mother’s back. Life seemed to be all fun for those little Ducklings. ONCE— HE SAW TWO OR THREE RIDING ON THEIR MOTHER'S BACK. “They ought to be learning some- thing instead of just wasting their time " said Peter to Beauty, their “That is no way to bring chil- dren up.” Beauty didn't say a word. But he did chuckle a little. Yes, sir, he chuckled a little. He szemed quitc sat- isfied with matiers as they were. You see, he was very wisely leaving every- thing to Mrs. Wood Duck. As for Mrs. Wood Duck, she seemed very well satis- fied with the way the children behaved. | “My dears,” said she wien they took | their first swirh, “you may play about | as much as you please, but be sure never fo get very far from me. The| note from Mrs. Wood Duck the 12 little Ducklings obediently swam close to her. Then she led them on their first jour- ney out into the Great World, which really wasn't much of a journey, al- though it seemed so to them. It was simply a little trip along the shore of Paddy’s pond. Presently Mrs. Wood Duck went ashore and the Ducklings began to hunt for things to eat along the edge of the water, They found some seeds and they found green stuff good to eat. Now and then one would find a grub or a worm. Sometimes two would spy it at the same time and there would be a +| rush to see who could get it. Whenever one of them strayed too far Mrs. Wood Duck would give that warning little note and instantly all those little Duck- lings would come running to her. Finally she thought they had played enough and called them in. When they had gathered close to her she began a new play. “I see something that looks like the end of a black stick out in the water,” said she. “I wonder which of you will see it first.” Immediately 2ll the little Ducklings began to look. 1 see it!” cried one. “I see it!” cried langther, Finally the last one had seen ““Now watch it,” said Mother Wood K. cK. So_the little Ducklings watched and watched and made a regular game of it. And then, right in the midst of it, that black thing disappeared. “I’s gone!” cried one little Duck- ling. “Do you think you would know it if you saw it again?” asked his mother. The little Duckling was sure he would know it. His brothers and sisters were also sure they would know it. “That's good,” said Mother Wood Duck. “If you all really know it, you will pever be caught by it.” “How could it catch us?” cried two or three Ducklings together. “How wise Duckling eats while it plays, so|could a stick catch us?” ‘while you are learning to be at home in the water you may as well be getting something to eat at the same time. Do “That wasn't a stick,” replied Mother Wood Duck. “That was the head of Snapper the Turtle, and he is very, very you see all those little wiggly things in the water? They are very good eat- fond of young Ducks.” (Copyright, 1929.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyrizht. 1929.) . Sanctuary. . Rapidly. . A fastening. . Wickedness. . Ancient Greek physician. . Hebrew month. . Part of face. . Dropsy. . Place for storing grain. . Snuffle. . Sent out. ! Dread. . Positive electric pole. . Divisions of the United States. 29. Power. . Sweethearts. . Bones. . Meadow. . Poem. . Tavern. . Satlor. . Indian tribe. . Listened to. 5. Nervous affection. . Edicts. . Spirit of the air. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. . Twine. . Daughter of Tantalus. . Unemployed. . Gaelic. . Former German coin. Trial. 5. Fissure. . Terminated. 67. God of love. Dewn. . Marshes. . English Tiver. . Unless; law. . Exalt. . Without limits of duration. . Cushion. . A beverage. . Fastens firmly. . Inspires with love. . Hurry. . Entrance. . Auction. . Poke. . Water pitcher, 23. Notion. . Avoiding society. . Laziness, 27. Present time, 28. Declares. Slide easily. 31. Doctrine. 2. Delivers. . Crowd together. . Province df Cuba. An epithet of the Muscs. Battle ax. Great lake. . Hermit. . One behind the other. . One-spots. 51. Bruised. A constellation. German river, VERGE OF A PHYSICAL COLLAPSEL COME OA), FEeeLs WoRse THAN He The Bunion Derby Has We'LL SEE A DOC! LOOKS, ToO! a I'M SORRY 1 ADVERTISED FOR A JANITOR = BUMS OUTSIDE AND T DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE [ KENKLING Just a Little Mistaken Identity. 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