Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1935, Page 42

g0 little we are likely to be seen.” Nature’s Gor BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. O BE called a gorilla is not com- plimentary, unless it refers to great strength, for in that man cannot surpass this creature ©f the dense African jungles. The great, manlike apes remained & mystery until late years, though about the 6th century B.C. Hanno records seeing them on, his journey beyond the Pillar of Hercules. The “men” got away. Three “women” were caught, but they fought so sav- agely that the hunters had to kill them in self-defense. Their skins were preserved, brought back to Car- thage and placed in a temple of Juno, remaining there until the city was de- stroyed. Gorillas waddle because of their great sice, large paunch and short, A8 feeble legs. Besides, they have prac- tically no necks, which would permit them to throw back their heads to balance them. Rather they hunch forward as they go, traveling on all fours being more natural. They bal- ance themselves swinging their arms, the legs and arms on the same side moving together. Good speed is made, too. Children illa. deep wooded valleys or rugged heights where privacy is assured and water handy. Traveling about, he dines on vegetable matier, wild sugar cane, berries, pineapple leaves and certain hard nuts which he cracks in his powerful jaws. He sleeps wherever night overtakes him, for he builds no home. He sits upon the ground, leans | his back against a tree and rests| comfortably. The younger generation does sleep in the trees occasipnally— possibly their mother also stays with them. The female usually sounds the alarm by racing off shrieking. The male ponders a second, the savage frown deepens, the deep-set gray eyes glow | with a fierce, angry light, and he begins to beat his chest. As he lifts his| round head, he utters several sharp barks like an infuriated dog and fol- lows them by a long, deep, rolling, gutteral roar. When he really gets going, the forest resounds to the hor- rible nolse. The features are con- torted into hideous wrinkles, and the slight, sharply cut lips are drawn up, revealing the long fangs and the pow- erful jaws. No man could withstand a blow from the mighty paws, but a single shot into his breast kills him. As he | pitches forward on his face, his long. | muscular arms outstretched, his dying | cry is a mixture of shriek and roar, which has a sickening human sound. | In youth, their color is black, with | a reddish tinge, though it often varies | to a gray tint. As they approach theis threescore and ten or more years they become very gray and their teeth are worn down. This gorilla is a moun- tain species and has a long. thick, black coat. It is impossible to tame an adult | gorilla, but & young one becomes de- | voted to his adopted family. Even | .when he is only 6 months old, his strength is so great his hug can do a lot of damage to tender ribs. | In spite of the very small brain case, ‘ the infant shows a lot of intelligence | and can be easily trained. He is| quick to pick up many activities that | often prove amusing, though some- The gorilla is maturally shy and | gimes disastrous to small animals. lives in most lonely parts of forests, (Copyright. 1933.) Bedtime Stories | The Willful One. . } BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. OU will almost always find that in a large family there is at least one who is willful. There is at least one who wants to have his own way. who thinks himself smarter than his parents, who, because he is willful, is disobedient. It was just so among the 12 children of Mrs. Wood Duck. There was one will- ful little fellow who made his mother all sorts of trouble and who was & source of constant worry to her. When| The Romance of Your Name. she warned the childrenito hide he| f 4 - always was the last pne to obey. When she called the children to her he was the one who always 1agged behind. He just didn't like to obey. Alas, how many children there are just like that. Mrs. Quack the Mallard Duck had discovered Sharpshin the Hawk. He/ wasn't much more than a speck in the sky, but she recggnized him. She had sent her own four children into hiding. Then she had given the alarm. “Hawk! Hawk!” she had screamed. Mrs. Wood Duck, who was in they uvpper pond of Paddy the Beaver at the time, hegrd the warning and in- stantly sent her own big family into hiding. She didn't stop to see where the Hawk was. It was enough for her dled very fast, for he wanted to get | | there before his mother should notice | him. There was a strange hissing | sound that gave all the hiding little Ducks a strange feeling of fright. A moment later they saw their willful | little brother being carried away by ‘Sharpshin the Hawk. Who Are You? BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS, that a member of the Hawk family was about. Now the willful little Duckling al- though he obeyed at once because his | mother was looking straight at hjm, thought this warning was all nonsens He looked this way. He looked that way. He looked every way. He saw nothing alarming. He never had seen | a Hawk, so he really didn't know | what a Hawk looked like, although he | was sure he would know one if he did see one. | “Mother is forever being scared by | nothing,” said the willful little Duck to himself. “I'm tired of going into hiding over every other thing. Just| because that Mrs. Quack was scared | mother is scared. I guess it doesn't | take much to scare either one of them. J I don't believe these Hawks are 50| dreadful as they say they are. 1If| | | there was reanly one around here I| guess I would see it.* i Once more he looked all around, ex- | cepting straight ghove him. He didn't think to look up there. If he had he probably would have thought that Sharpshin was just another bird and not be worried about it. You see, Sharpshin was high, and that made him look much smaller. The willful little Duckling was hiding Qose to one of his sisters. “I don't like this hiding place,” said he. “I'm going to find another.” “You better not move,” said his sister. *You know what mother has said| about moving when we are in hiding. She says that if we keep perfectly still we can be looked straight at, yet not be seen, but that if we move ever | “Pooh!” said the willful little Duck. *Pooh! Do you believe that? I don't. She says that just to scare us. Just| as soon as her back is turngd I'm going to look for another place.” “Don’t you do it,” whispered his sister. “That Hawk may be looking straight at us this very minute.’ “If he is, why don’t we see him?” demanded the small brother. “If ask me, I think that this is just an- other one of those false alarms that mother and Mrs. Quack are so fond of | trying to scare us with.” “Look straight up overhead, way up,” said his sister. The willful little Duck looked up. He saw Sharpshin the Hawk, but, of | course, he didn’t recognize him as a| Hawk. “It is nothing but & bird,” said he. “We see birds flying around every day. Mother is back of me now. Just wateh me change my hiding | place.” The willful little Duck swam out from the little clump of pond weeds among which he and his sister were| hiding. He started for another little | wa, clump s short distance off. He pad- ‘THE name appears te be a com- |~ ORIENTAL 7~ CREAM panion name of Clothman—one which was frequently found in the ancient days of Erzland. Ciothier originated as a trade name and sig- nifiled a dealer in cloth materials or a maker of clothing. The coat of arms here displayed was | borne te the United States by Henry Clothier, who came from Bristol, Eng- and, in 1714, and settled in Burlington | County, N. J. He married Ablgail | idgeway. There are many descend- | ants of this early family now living in this vicinity, as well as in Pennsyl- vania, New York and many other States. The blazonry of the arms here shown is as follows: “Argent, a chevron between three escallop shells, gules. Crest—On a cap of main- tenance, gules, turned up ermine, an escallop shell.” The escallop shell was one of the symbols of the crusader to the Holy argent (silver) signifies sincerity, gules | (red) indicate military fortitude and | magnanimity. 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