Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1931, Page 25

Stubtails Work Hard. ¥ho wi th his future plan bR AT N I Ve Stubtall the Mountain Beaver Js not | only industrious but he thinks ahead, | and this is always a wise thing to do. | He Jooks to his future as well as the | good nt. In this he is like Happy | 1 and his cousins. He is thrifty. He stores up food nagainst the days | when there may be none. 1 Now, when Happy Jack fills his store- | house with nuts and seeds, all he has to do is to collect them and pack them away, but Stubtail has to do more than this with his food; he has to prepare it so that it will not spoil. This is just what he and Mrs. Stubtail were ! doing now. They had found some plants of which they were very-fond. | “We must get all we can of these,” | sald Mrs, Stubtail as she picked up & neat little bundle, all the butts of the stems carefully laid together. “Sure,” replied Stubtail picking up an equally neat little bundle which he | W e Tz — 3 ) = = ; <& “WE MUST GET ALL WE CAN OF THESE,” SAID MRS. STUBTAIL. had cut. Then he followed Mrs. Stub- tail back to the entrance to one of their tunnels. There was no conversation on the way back, for each had a mouthful. Arriving at the entrance, they put their bundles down and Mrs. Stubtail carefully arranged & little platform of sticks. “Aren’t you a bit fussy?” asked Stub- tail as he also made &' platform, but with less care. “Yes,” replied Mrs. Stubtail, hunting for another stick, “and 1f you will take my advice you will be fussy, too. That LETTE By Charles DEFAMER | SOUGHT . | SERPENT | LEOPARD | STEELED Remove orie letter from each word and for in the last column. Print the omitted letter in center column opposite word If you have “lettered-out” eorrectly it will spell What everybody says are running low these days. Answer to Saturday’s LETTER-OUT. SABRED I S l ifi%.’.'r‘.“‘gin‘“#.é"“"‘ - you have removed it from. RUSHES. | H | E Il L RUFFLES 1 2 3 PLUMES 4 5 SILVERED . Writes carelessly. trine. 5. Triumph. One who untwists. Extra supply. . Manage. Provinces of modern Greece. Labor. . Track of a wild animal, . Respectful titles. Come in. . Sodium oxides. . Golf mound. . Cunningly formed. Fluent. . Species of goosefoots. . Furnish with & ceiling. Revolted Quick pains. . Feminine name. . Steered a ship wildly. . Cubjc meter. 2. Sesames , form a little higher, | Once or twice By Thornton W. Burgess. latform of isn’t high enough. g‘he ground is pretty damp here and you know that unless plants are prop- arly cured they will mot keep. They won't dry out unless they are well off the damp ground, and if they don’t dry enough they will spoil when we get, them in our storehouse. They are 100 | to lose that way. It pays to be fussy about some things and this is | one of them.” “Quite right, my dear. Quite right.” | replied Stubtail meekly, and went to look for more sticks to bufld his pllt-l ‘When the platforms were arranged to the satisfaction of Mrs, Stubtail the plants were spread on them and the Stubtails went back for mors, When jolly, bright Mr. Sun came peeping’ through the branches the next morn- ! ing he discovered. those platforms of carefully cut plants and knew that they had been left there for him to dry out. So he shone his brightest and the plants wilted and then began to dry. during the day Mrs, Stubtajl peeped out to see that all was well. Once she came out and re- arranged the plants so that those un- derneath would get the sun and dry properly. With the coming of dusk the Stub- tails were out and as busy as ever. The | drying plants wére carefully examined and turned for the next day's drying and then new platforms were. prepared beside another entrance and another supply of food cut and spread on these. So the Stubtails worked nights for themselves and days Jolly, bright Mr. Sun worked for them, and when on the third night they came out Mrs. Stubtail decided that the plants were dry enough to be stored. “They'll do,” sald she. - “I am afraid that if we leave them out any longer they may get wet and all our work be for nothing. We'll put these in the store room nearest our bed room.” “Yes'm,” replied Stubtail, and gath- ered a mouthful of the dry plants, do- ing it neatly, with the butts all laid to- gether. Through the long tunnel he carried them and carefully packed them away in the store room nearest the bed room. Mrs. Stubtail followed with a bundle and Stubtail hurried back for another. “Now, how about some fern roots?” asked Stubtail as the last little bundle was put in place. “They are always good and I know where there are some splendid ones. Come on,"” replied Mrs, Stubtail and led the way with Stubtail at her heels, (Copyriht, 1931.) R-OUT H. Joseph | Letter-out and make it over. and it's a grave Tetter-out | Tatier. I Letter-out and it's annoying. Letter-out and it's the prisoner's hope. | Letter-out and it's taken out. rearrange to spell the word called B. Letter-out and they are the con- sumers. USERS Letter-out and the bears like to see stocks do it. Letter-out and we have a painful experience. SUFFER | Ietter-qut and 1t REVISED has been 1 2 3 4 5 (Copyright, 1981.) . Paradise. Northwestern State, l;uldzd. . Pad. . Renominated. . Consumed too much food. . Territory inclosed within a foreign territory. . One who venerates. . One who guides. . Merchants, Down. . Budded. . Superior kind of violin. . Pause. . Rosary bead. . Twist out of shape. . Biographies. . Slumbers. . According to the rules of prosody. . Quick, smart blow. . Level. . Large food and game fishes. 2. A dweller in Elam, Ran out: collog, . Cur's of helr. . Folding or doubling of & rope. Ridge or reef of rock. torms. . Recover strength. Fioats on water. Well kflnovn garden shrub, Large brown seawe:: * who handles, . Pinely stratified rock. . Bar used to exert force Hind dhie god. d ine Pirst THE EVENING STAR, ‘'WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, e —————— Words have colors * and music And wisdom and joy How lovely I think that words zre !IThere 2re no words The Return of the Bustle Is One Step Nearer. A Big Difference. ! i | 1 | E0:3 , | | | i Just the Job for Eddie. AUNT ELLA, YOURE A FASHION EXPERT. Do Yov THINK. THE BUSTLE WILL EVER. MY DEAR, | HAVENT A DOUBT ©F IT BACK ON TOP OF THE HERP- \T'S BEEN A TOULGH BATTLE, BUT \T'§ BEEN WORTH T~ AND V'LL NEVER EN BILLIOM By Pop MOMAND * LET ME SEE TH HELP wANTED COLUNN, WILL You aL ? I RESIENED YEITERDAY A3 LITTLE WILLIS FlaTHeELs 1 SHOULD Love Yo SEE T LOSE THEM AGRAWN- WWE LEARNED MY LESSO \'M RICHER AND STRONGER ~N = N EVER - AW, MUT T = BE QUIET. MY €YES SHUT. You'Re AWFUL: THAT You DIDN' T GGT QNE BULL'S ENE oUT OF ™He TEN ARRoOwS WHERE DID You GET THE SAY,PA ME AN EZRA 1S GOIN' 'OUT IN TH' 1 BOUGKT HIM FROM A DEALER BUT I'M GOING -To TAKE WIM BACK. HE'S A SECOND~ HAND BIRD BACK AN’ PITCR SOME | 7 CUSTOMERS, HOSS -SHOES —YOH MIND TH STORE FER HIM TILL WE @T WILL YUR T BUT IT'S COST ME A LOT, AT THAT- BLINDNESS ~ NOT THAT | MIND THAT N FTSELF SO MUCH-BUT HOW DO You KNOW HE'S 1931, YES, 1 COULDNT STAD T xip' HE WAS GIVING ME HeH Blood PRESSURE AGAW — IT WAS A TouGH JoB AT THAT, AL! INFACT, | HAVE A GoSTUME W WHICH | [ 1T 1S VERY SIMILAR To TAE GowNs Se | PEMONSTRATE. TAE BUSTLE MoST EFFEC'TWELY PoPULAR IN THE EIGKTIES —— HERCULEY, DARLING, COME NERE f OF COURSE | KNOW SHE'S WELL AND HAPPN - \N A GO0V HOME -~ CONTENTED - THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS, \ SUPPOSE — BUT 'M JUST SELFISH ENOUGH TO WANT MORE THAN THAT - HER PI\CTURE - NOT ONE ‘S €YE, JEFF. You'Re THE WORLD'S wol?r I CAN TeLL BY Tue SWEARS, HIS orz-cmA(_wt;\ZN'g'z WAS A GOLFER. WE'S GOT A VOCABULARY THAT WOULD MAKE A TRUCK DRIVER BLUSH DON'r TAKE HIM BACK. KEEP) HiM. You MAY LEARN A NEW PARASE “THAT WiLlL HELP Your GAME. SO 1 BROUGHT ‘EM BACK! | ONLY KNOW T'S HER. PICTURE BECAUSE BILL TEWLS ME SO~ MY EMES TELL ME NOTHING = (F | COULD OnLY X HEAR HER