Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1933, Page 27

MAGAZ INE PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1933. Thornton BEDTIME STORIES % 5o Mr. Blacksnake's Mistake. Ezcitement all too often makes For most unfortunate mistakes. —Mother West Wind. M citable. He isn't the fighter that some people think he is. ‘That is, he doesn’t go about locking for a fight. He is far more eager to run away than to fight. But he is no coward. If cornered he will fight, and, being extremely quick in his move- ments, he is a good fighter when he must fight. to_human beings. en Mr. Blacksnake discovered Farmer Brown's Boy he forgot all about ti)Mt breakfast of Baby Robins he had peen just about to enjoy. That could Whit, anyway. He had but one thought,| and that was to get away while ti! getting was good. That breakfast) could wait. He could come | back for that later, when the way was | clear. So he glided across to the next branch and dropped to the ground. Then he started for the Old Stone Wall on the edge of the Old Orchard, with Farmer Brown's Boy after him. Now, Mr. Blacksnake can travel so R. BLACKSNAKE is what is called high-strung. He is quick in his movements. He is ex- Last of all, he is harmless | himself. Then he was seized and held. Farmer Brown's Boy had grabbed him back of the head. He was a prisoner. “So, I've got you at last, you old nest robber!"” exclaimed Farmer Brown'’s | Boy. “Now, the question is, what shall |1 do with you? A lot of people would | say that T ought to kill you, because you iake eggs and young birds. But | those same people ‘eat chickens and | lamb snd veal, and I don't really see what the difference is. The nesting | season doesn't last long, and after that | you will do no harm, and may do a lot of good, I suspect, by catching Mice. | Anyway, Old Mother Nature had some use for you or she wouldn't have put you here. I could take you way off | somewhere and let you go, but I don’t think I will. Not yet, anyway. Not until the nesting season is over.” Meanwhile Mr. Blacksnake, finding his struggles in vain, had quieted down. Al the birds of the Old Orchard were rejoicing mightily, and were cagerly watching to see what Farmer Brown's Boy was going to do. When he went back to the barn, taking Blacksnake with him, they thought the latter was dead and a great fear was removed. They hurried off to attend to their own affairs ard once more there was peace in the Old Orchard. But Mr. Biacksnake wasn't dead. He TARZAN THE APE MAN. “They're after warned Holt. 50 he listened again. him—they're quite close now,” “I can’t hear anything,” said Jean. “I can,” replied Holt, listening. He made a gesture to the natives to cover the sick man. As they did Everybody remained still. ‘The men grouped themselves around Jean in pro- tecgive attitudes man, now completely hidden Ly a canvas all was quiet—the men holding their defensive posi- tions. There was a sudden swishing stir in the bushes. SOLELY BY TNITED PEA WOMEN’S FEATURES. B—11 By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Tox Moxon e Parker sat quietly on top of the still Then the fearsome tribesmen burst out, halting be- , who stepped A moment or two they talked in Swahili. “They are look- ing for a man who has broken a law of the tribe,” fore the fire. Holt called to their chief, forward. “What does he say?" asked Jean answered Holt. “But no man has passed here—we should have seen him.” said Jean. Holt repeated this sentence in Swahili to the chief, who accepted the explanation. He returned to his tribe and they melted into the night as mysteriously as they came. Jean was first to speak. fast that he is sometimes called the Was unhurt, simply a prisoner in a Black Racer. He traveled fast now, | cage, where he soon became very tame. but the distance was short and Farmer | When the nesting season should end he Brown'’s Boy was close. Mr. Blacksnake | Would be given his liberty up in the BONERS Selected From School Papers A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK GOOD TASTE TODAY was excited. The thing that he wanted | most of all just then was to get out of | sight of this two-legged creature whom | he feared. Any hiding place would do. He would dart into the first hole or crevice he came to. | Swiftly he glided under the bushes along the Old Stone Wall, strajght for the latter. There right in front of | FARMER _BROWN'S BOY HAD GRABBED HIM BACK OF THE HEAD. | him was 8 hole under & great stone in | the bottom of the wall. He darted into it. In his excitement he forgot that he knew nothing about that hole. All along that old wall were openings be- tween the stones, any one of which/ would have afforded him shelter and most of which he was well acquainted with, for he often had hunted along the Old Stone Wall in quest of Mice or Striped Chipmunk. But now he was too excited and fearful to think of these. Here was a hole, and he didn't | care where it led. All he wanted wu} to get out of sight. he darted into that hole, and| ‘when only half way in discovered that he had made a mistake, a very bad mistake. His nose came up against stone. That hole went in only a little way. He had only half his length in and could go no farther. He had trug)ped himself. He began to thrash furiously with his tail, for he was filled with mingled fear and rage—rage that he had made such a foolish and need- | less m! . Then he started to back out. He would fight. | But he didn't have a chance to fight. No. sir, he didn't have a chance to fight. Just as he was withdrawing his head from that hole something pinned him down by the neck and, thrash about as he would, he couldn't free A Sermon for Today BY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. Our Earthly Placement. “How excellent in thy loving kind- mess, O God! therefore the children of men put their tri;t g;ld}d the shadow of thy wings.”— Ps. 36:7. ’P (lilodnig loving and kind, as tl';is Imist proclaims Him to be, why -rep:;ung: - they are in the world? According o the whole teaching of the Bible, we are to believe that God loves His children, that He is merciful, and moreover, that He is all-powerful. How can we believe this when there is so much suffering, and so many terrible things happening in the world? What is the purpose of it ll? If one savs 1t is for the purpose of building strength of character, or because God has other purposes to accomplish, whatever they ‘may be, if He is all-powerful could He ot surely accomplish His ends in some other manner? If He lovle: = why did God make things easier for us? no'tnm is an age-old question. I do not claim to have the ultimate answer . 1 cannot tell you why God did not make this a different world from What it is. I cannot tell you why He did not establish a different set of laws and conditions to govern our lives. We get lost when we begin to speculate as to why God did not do things other- wise than He has done them. For my part, I am not disposed to worry over problems that 1 cannot understand After all, the problem attitude of mind is not the best attitude. Perhaps it 1s but natural that we should sometimes ‘wonder why so much grief and sorrow are included in the scheme of human life. But unless we believe these things | are appointed for us by one whose | wisdom cannot err and whose love cannot fail, life becomes a terrifying | enigma. | Let us not waste our time wondering | why things are as they are. All God's | appointments for us are the appoint- | ments of His loving kindness. There- | fore let us put our trust under the shadow of His wings. We do not know all the thoughts of God, nor can we understand all His ways. But every day we feed from his table, drink from His fountain and walk in His sunshine. We ought to be grateful to Him, and if we are grateful, it will not be difficult for us to recognize His loving kindness in our earthly placement | Our placement on_earth may not be the best possible placement for ease and comfort, and yet I think we are bound to sce, even with our limited view of things, that it is the best pos- sible for our moral and spiritual train- ing. Besides the matter of our train- ing. could we be ha if all things came to us without toil or trial? Is not the keenest joy of life the joy of con- quering? The 0ld Gardener Says: Garden makers who use fuel oil in their heaters will find the use of this oil admirable in keeping their walks and drives free from weeds and grass with little labor. This oll acts almost as effectively as weed killers. It is not strong enough, however, for killing out poison vy, which is a difficult pest to eradicate. Some of the commercial weed killers will ac- complish the desired result if used in a very strong solution. When poison ivy is on the ground it can be smothéred out by placing boards over it, leav- ing them in position for several weeks. The weed killers can be sprayed on when the plants climb over trees or fences. The fact must be kept in mind, of course, that most of these weed killers are isonous, and therefore should be kept out of the reach of children. (Copyright, 1933.) Old Pasture, but of course he didn't BY EMILY POST. BY HERBERT PLUMMER. know this. (Copyright, 1933.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Famous Authori On the Subject of Names. | T)EAR MRS. POST: When I intro- duce Mrs. John Jones, is it better | to call her Mrs. John Jones or simply Mrs. Jones? i Answer: If she is one of a large fam- | Fred Feernot and the Revolutionists | i1y of Joneses, call her Mrs. John Jones |in order to distinguish her from Mrs. Perst Act | James and Tom, and all the other Mrs. | Scene & dark street on a dark nite.| joneses. Otherwise, call her Mrs. Jones. Ferst Revilutionist. By the way * K K K what time are we going to blow up the RfY DEAR MRS. POST: At a recent royal pallace? 2 church play the name Mrs. John : | Brown, d st, | 2nd Reviluticnist. Tomorrow after-| o tne rmam . e cas sabred o | No one seemed to | noon at 3 fifteen sharp. know who she was, | Ferst Revilutionist. Okay. but later we found | Fred Feernot. It's lucky I happened out she was Mrs. | Helen Smith Brown | to be behind this tree with my good 3 | sense of heering. Three 15, I better eboiihelinged Lt mark that down. the Players’ Club | years ago. Did| Second Act | this name appear | Scene the royal pallace the next day. correctly written as | Fred Feernot. Excuse me have you| it was on the pro- | got the rite time? Guard. It's just 10 after 3. Fred Feernot. G, already? I'd like | gram? | Answer: Yes. Or | p she might have | to speak to the king, please. e Johr B | Guard. It's impossible. (Helen Smith| Fred Feernot. Why, is he deef and Brown). A name | and he dont like anybody to see him | Tasthy st t i o y purpose of expla- Wit e ] Toet Un) You'cn send| nation, At the end of a letter a lady A ‘message maybe. | signs her name Mary Smith and then Fred Feernot. I better see the king. | | professional name, this name is put in toouard, Nothing dog’s- DO YOu Want| parenthesis only on & public or semi- | i There goes the val-lo‘ importance. | Guard. And if you still want to| reb | see the king I think that's him way up| [)EAR MRS. POST: Fred Feernot. I guess I should of duce a man, who means very much to sent in a message. “me. to my uncle, aunt and cousin (a The end. young woman). (2) It may be that had her name dum? | is always put in Fred Feernot. What time is it? | 3" parenthesis writes Mrs. John Smith. | Bomb. Bang!!! | public occasion when, as in the instance () will you there just starting to come_down. printed this_way: | Guard. No, he's bizzy taking a rest| parenthesfs for the Guard. 14 minnits passed 3. | In the case of a woman known by her Fred Feernot, | you mention, her professional name is please tell me how I should intro- | | ODE S OF THE MOMENT WHAT AN EVENIN DISPOSITION IS | tiously. ty on Etiquette. | this matter will not occur uhtil after | Briefe FRING most unsympathetic. our marriage, and if so, how-should I introduce him? Answer: (1) Either as “ the man I'm going to marry “Mr. Smith,” and no explanatien of your affection for him. (2) “My Dusband,” and if necessary add: i John Smith.” EE : My Dear Mrs. Post: I received a wedding invitation, which must be ac- knowiedged. The invitation i< sent out in the name of Mr. and Mrs; Should my acceptance be addressed; to both Mr. and Mrs. or would it be -better to send it to Mrs.? - Answer: Mr. and Mrs, (Copyright, 1933.) MORE TRUTH BY JAMES J. A Warning. Scientists predict that in ihe near future insect pests will be desteoyed by electricity. : No longer malevolent midgets; Which soar through the night time and sing, : | Will give me a series of fidgets While I wait till they settie and sting. For the fierce and relentless mosquito | Will turn like a craven and Bolt Lest he kick up his heels, « | Voicing piteous squeals B | And succumb to the jolt of aivolt. | No more, without asking my pa*don, | Will aphids and beetles and ants | Make their home in my trim little garden . | And feed on my tender young plants. YOUR BABY AND MINE BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Summer Airings. - HE baby who enters the world in the Summer months may begin to have daily airings as early as the second or third weck, and thus escape dosages of cad liver oil until September. . Usually baby can have his ainings in the privacy of his own porch or yard. Here, with his body bared to the preezes and the sun, he will get his allotment | of vitamin D. The sun's rays on the baby’s bare skin activate the oil.in the skin and produce vitamin D. Ouring the Winter months the very samp vita- min D has to be taken internally in the form of cod liver oil, super:D, or viosterol. & These daily airings prevent the de- velopment of rickets. The bon¢s and teenth and tissues subtract generously from the minerals in the diet. The bones grow straight and strong, the teeth pop in on schedule and bal is a placid, good-tempered, little lump, | just the opposite of the slowly -devel- | oping, whiny, irritable baby wh¢ lacks | sufficient minerals in his system.: | But sun baths must be instituted cau- | It is sheer cruelty to lgy the helpless baby in the sun, ignoring his | delicate skin which may be injured easily. When sun baths are limf{led to | minutes and the time increased by | minutes each day, the baby turms first | G ! SALLY'S FRIGHTFUL, OR 1S IT GEORGE ? N | SUPPOSE YOU THINK YOU'RE AN EXPERT j YOURSELF / IT WAS DATED US FORGET OUR NERVES THERE GOES SALLY , TRUMPING MY TRICK.BUT | FORGIVE HER.HA 7, BETTY,AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU TOLD US ABOUT DATED COFFEE ?, WE'RE TOO FULL OF PEP TO HAVE “NERVES” ANY MORE PHIL,YOU FORGET THE TIME WE PICKED ON EACH OTHER. COFFEE MADE 5C | your request to Mrs. | ing the warmer periods of the Spring tdays and the early morning hours of | APOLOGIZE FOR LAST NIGHT BUT GEORGE AND LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT DATED COFFEE DATED SO THAT YOU KNOW IT'S FRESH.MY DOCTOR SAYS STALE COFFEE OFTEN GIVES PEOPLE 'NERVES'] | The truth is that the world is too, | bad to be worried with taxation at the HE Senate had its own expert on resent moment and extra taxation is pe disabled veterans when it got around to deciding just how heavily the economy ax should fall on the compensation they receive from the Government. He was Dr. Hatfleld, Republican Senator from West Virginia. one of the two physicians in the Senate. Dr. Hatfield almost turned a session of the Senate into a clinic when this question was up. Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico had pre- valled on him to look over a dis- abled soldier col stituent of his as a physician and make a report to \ the Senate. ‘The examination was a lengthy one. The doctor care- fully prepared his report and at the proper time read it to the Senate. ‘The patient was waiting outside the chamber while his ills were being outlined. Painted widows make the best war | memorials. It would not be out of place to men- tion here that in such a hard time when the necessaries of life are ab- normally high the distress in the pe-| cuniary condition of the people is se- vere to maintain. As knowledge ill-acquired and {ll-| diffused is a dangerous thing, he thinks he could be enlisted among the promi- nent by writing blasphemous and cow- ardly libel. | | The butcher kills himself every day. | (Copyright, 1933.) 1 THAN POETRY MONTAGUE. | to the correctness of his diagnosis. | | Perhaps his most interested listener was Dr. Royal Copeland of New York, the Senate’s other physician. Cope- land moved over close to-his colleague | and listened intently. It was much as if two doctors were holding a consul- | tation on a difficult case. Cutting’s action in getting Dr. Hat- | field to examine this disabled soldier is a striking example of just how de- termined was the fight in Congress on | proposed reductions in pay to the veterans. | They will learn, in a single short season, In far distant sections to roam, For no insect alive Very Johg can suryive | “Incidentally, Senator Cutting has now | If he's bumped with an ohm on the | peen puy down as one of the most skill- | oumcs ful strategists in the Senate. | Take thought, little ravening weevil, They still talk about his battle with | _Beware, little gluttonous slug, The future looms laden with evil For every known species of bug. You cannot for very much longer Pursue your destructive careers. Don't battle with man Who can wipe out your clan In a couple of years with amperes. Getting It Over and Done. If the President is a forward look. ing man he will set those tree planters to urumng out sequoias. Then the job will be finished for at least 300 years. (Copyright, 1933.) | Pointed Paragraphs Some people are so miserly that one cannot even have a joke at their ex- pense. Don't tell a child to be good unless you are willing to set him a practical example. Opinions are like watches; no two ever go alike, yet each man believes in his own. A smart fool is dangerous and an ignorant one is still more so. Some men are unable learn to save money because they haven't any to practice on. ‘The world has more respect for a | man who cries than for one who whines. A woman is always contrary enough to agree with a man when he doesn't want her to. About all you have to do to make & boy hate any particular kind of food is to tell him it is healthful. (Copyright. 1833.) & pale cream, th creamy brown, and then by degrees assumes that proverbial brown-as-a-berry stage. The fairer the baby the more wary must we be of allowing him to toast too long. My leaflet, “How to Administer a Summer Sun Bath,” will keep mothers on the side of safety in this ceremony. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope with Eldred of the “Your Baby and Mine” department. Ask for the leaflet by the above title. Babies may have their sun baths dur- A better the hot Summer ones. The glowing rays of the sun can smile on baby and cause him to grow strong and beautiful as nature intended, or they may be hot, burning punishment to his tender flesh. Mothers are inclined to forget the dis- advantages of sunshine in their enthusi- asm for sun baths. Banana Cake. Cream one cupful of butter with two cupfuls of sugar and beat two eggs in, one at a time. Mash three bananas not too fine, and beat them in, one at & time. Add one teaspoonful of baking soda and one cupful of sour milk. Stir in two and one-half cupfuls of flour, half a teaspoon of baking powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla and half & cup | of nut meats. than you ‘THE moment children hear Kellogg’s Rice Krispies crackle in milk or cream they are ready to eat. And what fun it is to watch them! Rice Krispies are easy to digest and nourishing. Serve them at the evening meal as well as at break- fast. They invite sound sleep. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. UPS A DAY The doctor | even invited Senators to inspect his patient and judge for themselves as | COAXER —if the coffee is Fresh CIENCE says fresh coffee Is good for you and thet the normal, healthy grown-up can drink 2s many as § cups & day without the slighteat bad effect. Stale coffee, on the other hand, often causes head- aches, indigestion, sleep- lessness. You know Chase & San- born's Dated Coffee is fresh Gecause the date of delivery 1s every pound. No can al- lowed #0 stay on your gro- cer’s #hell more than 10 days. oosright, 1902 by Standard Brands tes. .,/ l} Do you | former Senator Smoot of Utah in the | last Congress as to whether or mot s HAR E certain literature should be barred from this country. | - with in a particularly favorable position politically at the present to strike wherever he pleases. Although a Republican, he supported President Roosevelt in the last election. | There was talk at one time that he | would get a place in the Roosevelt | cabinet. An independent Republican, he is one of the leaders of the Progressive | bloc in the Senate. His opposition to | the proposed cut for veterans is not the first instance in which he has shown independence since Roosevelt came into the White House. | | _Just recently in the Senate he took | Col. Howe, the President's secretary | | and close friend, over the hurdles for | making a speech in which he urged | that the administration’s proposed | economies be maintained. He s MOTHS, termites, flies, mos- quitoes, bedbugs, fleas, ants, roaches—all are a menace to health, comfort, and property. Be sure your home is rid of them at all times. Spray the house thoroughly with Dethol. Spray Dethol whenever these pests show themselves. Spray Dethol to guard the health and comfort of your family against any and every kind of loath- some bug! Dethol is as fine an insect spray as you can buy. It kills Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Pain. Suppose you assume that your mental contents, “lock, stock, and barrel,” come | to you through your sense organs. At | birth, or at least some time before birth, | | you know nothing except through the | workings of the “special organs’—eye, | ear, nose, skin and tongue. There are many other senses not ordinarily | cluded in the five-fold classification of | “special senses.” Anyway, just before ‘ryou have a “mind,” you have only the | | unexercised equipment for “mind.” | ‘Where does pain come in? And Why? Any sense organ overstimulated gives ; pain. You may have some purely pain ‘mmum 2%:":‘031 to the five others. | a le question, but not ' very debatable. The question of the “why” of pain is more important. Pain serves an im- portant purpose. The fact that you can not always locate the source of pain makes little difference. Often enough, or rather too often, your pains | are merely imaginary—hypochondriacal | feelings. Pain is a call from some- | where for a readjustment to something. | Suppose we say that pain is the sym- | bol of maladjustment. When you fesl & pain, look to your diet, or to the thou- |sand and one parasites that may be feeding on your flesh, or to the me- chanical * operation of your myriad parts, or to some falsity of your under- sundinf of what is real and what is . Pain promotes well-being. | quickly and thoroughly. It gets them all. It goes into the very cracks and corners. Keep a can of, Dethol handy. It means death to all bugs! 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