Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1935, Page 35

Bedtime Stories Blacky BY THORTON W. BURGESS. T BTt SRt "you wil find s "_Oid" Mother Nature. - LACKY the Crow, who, as you know, has a liking for eggs, was gloating as he watched for Mrs. Quack to appear. He ‘was smart enough to know from Mrs. Quack’s actions that she had a nest, and he hadn't the slightest doubt that he would soon discover that nest. “All I have to do is to be patient, and at the same time take care that I am not seen. I know by her actions that Mrs. Quack does not suspect that I have been watching her. I know BLACKY REMAINED HIDDEN IN A | TREE, FROM WHICH HE COULD | ‘WATCH. that she comes ashore under that little hemlock tree on the edge of the water, and that means that the nest 1s not far away,” thought he. So Black remained hidden in a tree | from which he could watch. By and by Mrs. Quack came swimming in to- ward that little hemlock tree that overhung the water. She swam about Just in front of it in the most casual way. Blacky knew that all the time she was looking this way and that, to make sure that nobody was watching her. Blacky wanted to chuckle as he watched, but you may be sure that he did nothing of the kind, He was 88 quiet as quietness itself. Presently the gleam of anticipation erept into Blacky's sharp eyes. Mrs. Quack had come ashore under that | could see enough of it to see Mrs. hemlock. He couldn’t see her there, but he knew she was there. He Knew | 1aq in many a long day. that she was keeping still, so as to Nature’s Northern Cottontail (Sylvilagus Floridanus). - g BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. F ALL Nature's children, the cottontail family is one of the easiest to observe. The open fields may look deserted until you happen to stroll too close to the crouching rabbit. Then, in & flash, with his short, white stump of a tall waving defiantly, he dashes| from your sight. The cottontail, or gray rabbit, is smaller than & hare. It is shorter of | leg and ear. Most of the species use | burrows, openings under rocks, or a retreat under a building for rest pe- riods as well as refuges from their | Toes. | The fur is soft and thick, and so| eolored that it blends perfectly with the brushy areas in which the cot- tontail lives, The sexes are identical | in appearance. In Winter the buffy- | gray shades of their coats are paler | than in the Summer, but the change | 48 not very noticeable. The broad ears are tipped with black and the nape of the neck has a rusty hue | The perky tail is brown above, but| lined with snowy white. 1 East or West, North or South, the | eottontail tribe manages to live well and raise large families. This in spite of the fact they are hunted by man, boy and dog of every age and nationality. Molly is a guileleas soul and walks into the crudest traps. Her timidity s s0 great that she often dies of fright, though the young “cave-man” out hunting with his first rifie is ~sure it was his aim that was so ac- curate. Food problems are never taken seri- ‘ously by these little sprinters. To list the digestible flora of the United States would take up too much room. It is claimed 99 per cent of the vegeta- tion growing on the face of the eartn is acceptable. Think of having such an appetite and such digestion— grasses, herbs or flowering plants, foreign or native, wild or cultivated. in season or out. In late Summer they revel in berry parties, soft-shelled nuts, and in the ‘Winter cabbage, turnips and sweet corn stalks. They take what is handy. ‘They do not dig into the ground for bulbs or roots. Neither do they eat fish, flesh or flowl. There is no record| of their ever touching a bird or her ‘eggs. Remember, Molly is blamed for much damage done by her neighbors the mice. It we take steps to wipe out the -_— Sonnysayings By AN A ' Whoo, mn'—s kt-w. - I hoo, bungle bee has moved in on |- Gloats. make very sure that no enemy was at hand. In a few moments he saw & little movement down near that hem- lock tree and then he made out Mrs. Quack stealing along under the brush. He could only get a glimpse of her, but he could follow her with his eyes by means of these glimpses he had of her and slight movements of the brush. She was heading toward a thicket which Blacky knew well. In the mid- dle of that thicket was the rotted stump of a great tree. Around i% young trees had sprung up so that it was very well hidden. From his po- sition high up in a tree Blacky could look down on this old stump. He oculdn’t see clearly into it, but he Quack when she hopped up on the edge of it and then went over into it. Blacky wanted to chuckle aloud. “As sure as I'm a Crow, she has built her nest in that old stump,” thought Blacky. He waited a few moments, and then silently flew away. He knew it was useless to remain there on watch then, for it probably would be some time before Mrs. Quack would again leave those eggs. He had by this time discovered that Mrs. Quack was fairly regular in her appearance out on the water. However, that wouldn't mat- ter, for he knew that all he had to do was to keep a watchful eye on the two ponds of Paddy the Beaver until such time as he saw Mrs. Quack there. Then he could go over and investigate that stump, and he could do it without danger of being seen. His opportunity came the very next day. He discovered Mrs. Quack out getting her dinner. Instantly he started for that hidden” old stump, but he didn't fly straight toward fit. He was approaching it by s round- about way. At last he was where he could look down into that stump. At first he had a sense of disappointment. He didn't see an egg. But when he had flown down and alighted on the edge of the stump he understood why he hadn't seen an egg. There were eggs there—eight of them, big pale greenish-white t they were covered with a blanket of soft down which Mrs. Quack had pulled from her own breast. Blacky sat there and gloated. Yes, sir, that is what he did. He gloated. ‘Here was such a feast as he had not (Copyright. 1935.) Children cottontail clan, we also rob the country of an annual food supply worth over $25,000,000, and deprive at least 10,000,000 sportsmen of the joy of hunting the most abundant and uni- | versal game animal in the United States. With such figures before you, Molly and her tribe should have a higher value in your estimation. After a few observations you will| realize Molly is not a racer or trotter She hops or goes forward in leaps and bounds. She has no chance in a fair race across open country. She never considers such a handicap, but relies solely on confusing her pursuer. A leap of 10 or even 15 feet is not unusual, and she may make two bounds a second. Her first burst of speed stirs the imagination of dog, fox or coyote, but a half mile of suca! running uses up all the strength the| cottontail has. i It is then the cunning cottontail uses her head, while her heels nn.! She “freezes” in some spot where her clothes blend, or she crouches low behind a bush or log. If possible, she makes a leap or twp on her return trip. Besides, Molly knows well every retreat along the way. If swimming is necessary to throw her enemies off | the scent, she swims. If you are & trailer and know how | to read tracks, you can interpret many a lively race, or perhaps the sad ending of Molly Cottontail, who, on her return trip, one lovely moonlight night after a glorious feast in the lettuce patch, was waylaid and in- stantly killed by the giant of the air— “Death-in-the-Dark”—to you, the great horned owl. . (Copyright. 1935.) Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. ol THIS name appears to have orig- inated from Nicholas, an ancient personal name, well known among the Teutonic peoples. f HH g;h 5 H E:—' E B2 git § THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘Contract BY P. HAL SIMS. Double Play. A FRIEND of mine found himself cornered at a woman's bridge party the other afternoon and, after gezing around wildly for a few sec- onds in the manner of a startled fawn, gave in to kismet and ailowed himself to be corralled for a tenth of a cent rubber game. It was a great object lesson. My friend is thinking seriously of starting a small factory for the concoction of bridge mottoes, to be nailed, after due cere- mony, above the oil painting of Grandfather Abner. Among those for which he expects to have a tremen- dous sale is the following: My son, there are two roads: The road of the cross-ruff and the road of the extraction of trumps. But he who ' would make his contract ‘must choose | s hand but s foot. :::vud:flnlub t. one or the other. The wisp man does not straddle both. 46 v 8-4-3 ¢ J-10-8-3-3 & Q-J-10-8 N 4 J-8.7-5 8 ¢K & K-7-6-5-4 North-South, part score of 40 points. The bidding (influenced by the par- tial): 4 Pass.’ North had a hand which, as she put it humorously afterward, was not . [of hearts. The ace of dismonds Should North choose to draw trumps, she has only to play East for king of clubs, and the contract is home; but such simple plays are not for experts. An expert would place the king of clubs in the West hand and, moreover, decide that Fate was giving him & back-handed wallop by arranging for a three-one trump split. But he (heh! heh!) would be cleverer than Fate. He plans to D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.. trump two clubs on the board, and two hearts and a spade in his own of clubs in his own hand . Dummy holds ace seven of diamonds, and jack is played, dropping East's king. Then the high heart is led. West is couped. He has the queen and nine of dia- monds left, but he can make only one of them, —_ Psychology Gifted Persons. BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. ago it was supposed that some persons were born gifted. Surely some unknown power was re- sponsible for the gift of talents. The gifted were likely to spring up from almost any place. Today the term “gifted” is losing its ancient psychological significance. Careful observation indicates that gifted persons owe about as much to their early environment as they do to heredity or some other acci- dental set-up. About one-third of the fathers of the higher business classes. Fewer than seven in & hundred fathers who belong to the laboring classes gifted children. These facts tell a story. Gifted persons come from gifted homes, where there is a greater opportunity to participate in a vari- ety of activities; where the native energy of youth may be expended In healthy play, rather than stified by anxieties which surround the wage- earner’s hame. One of the unfailing traits of the gifted person is his in- terest in variety., They all have some hobby. The more gifted they are, the wider is their range of hobbies. DAY, marmalade may be & pre- serve made irom the pulp of any one of & number of varieties of fruit, bolled with sugar and brought to the consistency of & jam. Among the popular fruits generally used for marmalade are the pear, apple, orange and quince. It is from the last mentioned that this confec- tion takes its name. For we have the English word mar- malade after the Portuguese marmelo, which in turn is derived from the Latin melimelum, meaning honey ap- ple—our quince—from which marma- lade was originally made. (Copyright, 1935.) 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