Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1929, Page 28

N Spooky Picks New Home. 8pooky the Screech Owl was a busy little Owl this might. He had made up his mind that he had got to find a new home. He meant to find it before morn- ing. He wanted to be able to move Tight into it as soon as daylight should appear. So Spooky was looking over all the likely places for a home. “I don't want to leave the Old Orchard,” said Spooky. “No, sir, I don't want to leave the Old Orchard. I've lived in it ever since I came here and there is no reason for leaving it now if I can find any kind of a house. I can go over to the Green Forest, but I don’t want to go over there. I wish THAT HOUSE COULD NOT HAVE SUITED HIM BETTER IF IT HAD BEEN MADE FOR HIM. Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy didn’t take such good care of their trees. When I first came here there were plenty of holes. Now it's hard work to find a hole big enough for Jenny Wren.” Spooky looked everywhere through the Old Orchard. He couldn’t find a single hole big enough in any of the trees. He was getting disco Yes, sir, Spooky was getting very much dis- couraged. It was beginning to look as| if, whether he wanted to or not, he would have to move over to the Green Forest. BEDTIME STORIES * | right. |would return the next morning and . Spooky flew over to a big maple tree in front of Farmer Brown's house. . Involve. . Tie for the neck. . Indian tribe. . Overhanging part of a roof. . Man-servant in India. . Strikes, . Angers. . Speak in public. . Combination of larger image. . Bring bach. 2. Earthy. . Word for word. . Classify, . Girl's }ickname. . War match. . Raw metals. . Japanese coin. . Deep spoons. . Jutting rock. . &ddition to a will. . sWaste fragment. Advantageous. . Period. . Walking stick. Closes. lenses giving a . Swiss river. . Author of the Illiad. . Tyrant. . Read with care. . Everlasting. Aroma. . Musical instrument. . Afr-carrier (coll.). ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'’S PUZZLE. SicleolucEls (3 |in that maple tree. “Hello,” exclaimed .. WEDNESDAY, NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. WELL WE DID 1T SISTER! WE'VE LOCATED THE. C. , DECEMBER - 25, . 1929, j| THE LITTIE CHAP WHO GOT THE BAS Wil THERE'S NOTHIN' TO, IS ALOYSIUS P MEGINIS - HE AND HIS Wi IT Deacon! we'LL WIFE LvE ON THE THIRD FLOOR PROWT, Te | HvE TH' STUFE JANITOR, A VERY TALKY PERSOM, TD US Il BACK W 24 Houe! HOW HE HAD GONE TO THE APARTHENT TO GEE! THIS W X A PIPE, AND HAD SEEN THE TEweLS oV /i A TADLE. FORTUNATELY HE BELIEVES A THEM T BE INITATIONS ! THE CHEERFUL CHERUB e e e 2 Merry Christmas, eader dear, And happy New ear too, moch polite THE BAG WimH ! IF HE STILL HAS THe STUPF,ITS AS Good AS OuRS! Aw! WHAT Luck — WHAT Y THORNTON 7. BURGESS. He hadn't been over there before be- cause he knew that there were no holes Spooky, “what is this?" “This” proved to be a house. It was a very nice house. It was a very well built house. It had an opening plenty big enough for Spooky. That house could not have suited him better if it had been made for him. He went in- side. The first thing he discovered was a handful of nuts. He guessed then that this house had been built for Happy Jack Squirrel. His guess was That house had been put up in the maple tree that very day. It was the Christmas gift of Farmer Brown's Boy to Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel. Happy Jack had discovered it late in the afternoon. He had gone inside and inspected that house thor- oughly. He had decided that he would move in the next day. You see, it was just before dark that he had discovered the house, It was too late to move in that night, so Happy Jack had eaten two or three nuts, then hurried off to JEFE, PoP TOLD ME SANTA WouLD Come DowN THAT CHIMNEY! Look AAD sec IF He's ARRWED! THING! LITTLE ClcGRo S SO INNOCENT T IS A GEMUINE PLEASULRE TO PLAY SANTA cLAUS FoR Him! WHEW! woT A STEcP Roof. 17 | MY JeFF sy BUD Fisuer his old house and planned to return The early e ne: morning to e posses- i slon of this new house and bulld a| Chimney comfortable bed in it. Arrived Of course, Spooky the Screech Owl knew nothing about all this. But he| Before did know that here was a warm, com- slllll forteble house so near the Old Orchard as to be almost the same as in it, and Claus. he took possession. He threw out the nuts. He doesn’t eat nuts. He didn't want them in the way. Then, having settled this matter, he went out to hunt for mice. It seemed as if good luck was with Spooky, for, having found such a nice house, he now found several | — o qopieme ' 2-25. mice in quick suceession. 78 In fact, he, had all he could eat and was soon back - . o Iwnm sleep in comfort. Of course, he didn't had | o ] %, y know that this was Christmas. But it was and Spooky was getting his share of Christmas joy. Meanwhile over in his old home Happy Jack the Gray 1 was dreaming of the new house he found and how he would move into it and how fine it would be to be such| 1‘ a near neighbor to Farmer Brown's Boy. | And Farmer Brown’s Boy, who had seen | Happy Jack when he had found the! By house, and had seen him when he left it for the night, was wondering if he| KENKLING W Q \ move in, (Copyright, 1920.) Ken Kling, ENRAPTURED . My EVE ! I'M WAITING For TROSE GONGS To_ SToP SO 1 CAN PUTT 12-25 S0 ENRAPTURED BY THE ) CHRISTMAS BELLS You RAD o SToR PLAYING GOLF AND \ LISTEN,ER ? /. LOOK AT DOC STANDING THERE LISTENING -TO { THE CHRISTMAS CHIMES. - WHY THAT. CALLOUS OLD DUFFER ACTUALLY|. HAS A SouL ? WE TOSSEQ_uP 67. Branch over. WITH! Down. o 3 1. Dam across a stream. 2 Dnocmbion. GENE BYRNES 3. Class of feather-covered birds, g Ve > 4. Instruments for pounding. 3 mmevo '"/ 5. Inadequate. i I i 777 6. Inclined. _Scnl’e. & 7 //////’ 7. Religious wine, cup. Minus Five. = /7 // 8. Kind of walking stick. = % 10 spf&?&d A 11. Journey. - & 12. English ~ college. 13, Serf. . Lubricate. . Emulate. . Family of tailless amphibians. . Genus of the waterlily family. . Got up. . Ohio town. . Earth between seams of coal. . Coat with an alloy of tin and lead. . Showy flower. . The sun. . Burning. . Horns of érescents. . Light body armor. . Broken up into fine particles. Pens. . Eager. . Garden implement. . Strikes with the beak. . Pilfered. 51. Impoverished. im. Rim. . Part in a play. . Low; said of tides. . Melody. Forsaken. Meadow. WHY DIDNTCHA LET 'EM DLAY WITH THEIR OWN PRETTIES T By SLHUNTLEY Second Childhood. “Sunlight” Bath Latest. Bathrooms filled with artificial sun- light have appeared in Holland as the result of the efforts of a Dutch inventor. ‘The walls are covered with an iridescent preparation resembling the inside of an oyster shell and made in small squares, similar to mosaic work. The ceiling is of glass, thron*h which sunlight lamps send showers of golden light,