Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1933, Page 35

MAGAZ Bedtime - Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Unc’ Billy Laughs Last. NC' BILLY POSSUM was in| thought so anyway. He had been caught by the tail by Farmer Brown's Boy just as| of the hen yard. One second more | and he would have been outside and | free. That one second made all the pens that way all through life. | Farmer Brown's Boy held Unc' Billy up by the tail and chuckled as he he reprovingly, “you are old enough to | know better than to coms here in broad daylight to steal my eggs. Now | trouble now sure enough. He | he was getting over the wire fence difference In the world. It often hap- looked him over. “Unc’ Billy,” said | I shall have to shut you up to teach| INE BAGE. is exactly nothing,” was the prompt reply. “See, I'll lay him down here on the ground while I run out to the barn to get a cage to put him in.” “But sup he takes a notion to come to life,” protested Mother Brown. “You get the broom and if he does come to life, which he won't, you poke him with that and hell play dead again,” was the confident reply. “I've known that old scamp a long time and he can't fool me.” So Farmer Brown's Boy went to the barn for a cage while his mother stood guard with a broom. Once or twice she poked Unc’ Billy with the bml:l:\. but it produced no sign of life. know it is an_old Possum trick, thought Mother Brown, “but just the same, I can’t believe that this old fel- low really is alive.” Just_then she caught sight of Win- some Bluebird and Mrs. Bluebird in the Old Orchard. It was the first time she had seen them this year, and she took three or four steps so &s y better viev of them. Then, with a guilty start, she remembered Unc’ Billy and hastily turned. He was nowhere to be seen. He had been lying close to the woodshed and the instant her back had been turned had slipped in there. E It was Unc’ Billy'’s turn to laugh. (Copyright, 1933.) Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Eczema and Overfeeding. CZEMA is not an uncommon se quel to overfeeding. dt.is @s prevalent in the breast-fed as in the bottle-fed baby. It means, in most cases, that baby's diges- tion is being taxed to deal with the large supplies of milk which are being to get a| THE EVENING SCREEN RAMON NOVARRO, MADE A STAR BECAUSE OF WIS ROMANTIC APPEAL , NEVER MAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOVE AND NEVER HAS BEEN ENGAGED. NEVER HAS RIDDEN ON A STREET-CAR SHE 1S AFRAID OF THEM. / DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SLEEPS WITH COTTON IN HIS EARS STAR, WASHINGTON, ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. D. €, NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. Yellow-Headed Porcupine. Erethizon Spixanthum. HE knight of the quill is said to be the most stupid animal in the | woods. He has sacrificed cun-| ning, alertness and speed for protection. Hunted animals de- pend upon their senses to outwit their enemies. ‘The porcupine stands his ground and uses both offensive and de- fensive methods of routing his foes. them, hence his. absolute indifference and dull looking eyes. Contrary to the belief of many, the | percupine, or quill pig, does not throw his barbed spikes. They are so loosely imbedded in his skin that they leave at the slightest touch. When cornered, the porcupine tries- first of all to bury his head under some object. He has a most sersitive nose, which is unprotected. With his back toward his opponent, he stashes his' tail about in the most ag- gressive fashion. The sharp, barbed quills enter any object they touch and make a most painful wound if the ani- * | mal has stood within striking distance THURSDAY, APRIL As| a matter of fact, he has very few of | 6. 1933. T of the slashing tail. Many dogs, not knowing this little animal's method of fighting, thought they had everything their way until they took a bite of him. The prickly denizen of the hemlock woods has been let alone so long that he never troubles himself to hide. In fact, he climbs a tree and remains there until every vestige of foliage is gone. He moves so slowly that he is often mis- | taken for a crow’s nest or a lot of leaves | caught in a crotch. Unsociable and unconcerned, he trav- els alone day and night. He consumes quantities of pine needles, hemlock My Neighbor Says: Never water the tops of your ferns. ~ Just pour the water around the pot in a deep dish and let the earth soak up water through the bottom of the pot. To clean painted walls, wipe them first with a cloth wet in kercsene and wait 15 minutes. Then wash with warm soapsuds, but do not put soap on the cloth, or the paint will be streaked. Mix a plece of butter with a blanc mange, while it is still boiling, and you will find it will turn ou’ of the mould when c)ld without any trouble, and also that it will have a much glossier appearance. A little quicklime will drive away any kind of ants. (Copyright. 1933.) WOMEN’S FEATURES. human beings, and that is of talking to themselves. It is a low sort of tle and sometimes it is inte ed with shrieks that sound like a hurt child. ‘The only time these c are seen together a camp, where tr salt, or at a lily pod quarrel as they g positions and you would think there | would be a free-for-all fight, but noth- | ing_more than snarls are indulged leaves and other foliage as he girdles|If they aré ransacking a camp they the tree he is denuding. eat handles, door jambs, furniture and anything that has been touched by human hands. No amount of punish- ment will prevent thera from returning, In the Autumn th: porcupine seeks Lis mate and, as far ¢s can be learned, he cares nothing about his offspring, | The little porkies are born in April and {are led forth by their mother to view bout them when the are a y are cunning little pin- not try them on those They have a habit in common with um- | | the world | month and st wemen have used these many- lovely embroidery. A grown porcupine has as many as 3.000 of them. Each quill is barbed th spines and has a smooth bark, roots and lichens dye, and these quills a lovely red, green, yellow, The coats and robes worn great ceremonies are d with embroidery and The effect as you . and samples of the work are now being preserved when they ey come in They pu try for advantegeou: in. (Copyright. 1933.) / 2 \ | otfered and that the proteins, under- / = NN | going imperfect digestion and finding | their way into the blood stream un- you a lesson. People who get in mis- | chief must be shut up. Yes, sir, they | must be shut up to keep them out of mischief. Don't think you are foolin; me, you old rascal! You are no m dead than I am. There isn't a thing | in the world the matter with you, and | I know it just as well as you do. Y ou are a fraud. That is what you are, | an old fraud.” | Unc' Billy said nothing. He made | no sound at all. He didn't struggle to | get free. In fact, he didn't move at all. He didn't even close his partly open mouth. In short, had he been, in truth, dead, he could not have looked more so. Farmer Brown's Boy laid him down on the ground while he drove the hens into the hen house and Unc’ Billy remained right there motionless. You see, Farmer Brown's Boy was never more than two or three steps away. When the hens had been shut up he picked up the basket of eggs in one hand and Unc’ Billy in the other and started for the house. His mother came to the door to take the eggs. “Land’s sake!” she ex- ;:h.\;ned. “where did you kill that fel- ow?” | Farmer Brown's Boy laughed aloud. | “I didn’t kill him,” said he. “You see, | he isn't dead. He isn't any more dead | than he was the last time we had him. | You remember that.” “I remember we had a Possum here a long time ago,” replied Mother | *Brown. “Do you mean to tell me that this is the same one?” “The very same,” was the prompt re- ply. “It is Unc’ Billy himself. I would know him anywhere. He kept away from the hen house for a long time, but now it is Spring and I guess the long- for eggs was too much for him. seen his tracks around on sev- eral mornings, but hadn't seen him until today. He hid in a nesting box and forgot to pull his tail in after him. So here the old rascal is. I think we will board and lodge him for a while.” “What would he do if you should let go of him?” asked Mother Brown. “Just what he is doing now, which RIVERSIDE MARKET 800 26th St. N.W. “l hear the ladies discuss flour, and those who use Flour are of its superiority.” changed, act as an irritant when se- creted through the skin. This baby's weight increase makes one suspicious of overfeeding. Mrs. J. | C. states her case: “My baby is four months old, weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth and now weighs 15 pounds 8 ounces. He is pretty fat, but seems well and strong. My problem now is | just how long and how often ‘to feed him. 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