Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1935, Page 34

"B—14 WOMEN Bedtime Mr. Blacksnake BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Who looks ahead. no pains will spare fety to prepare. For future 8a1elY g iped Chipmunk. HEN Striped Chipmunk dug his underground house he did more than work for the immediate present. He planned it for safety. Not that he ex- pected to be followed into the house by an enemy. He didn't, but he knew there was always a chance that some one he was afraid of, like Shadow the | Weasel, might follow him down into his house and there catch and kill WHEN STRIPED CHIPMUNK HAD SEEN MR. BLACKSNAKE TEAR- | ING ALONG, HEADED FOR THE | OLD STONEWALL, HE HAD | THOUGHT RIGHT AWAY THAT | MR. BLACKSNAKE WAS AFTER | HIM. | him unless he prepared some means of escape. Shadow the Weasel is, you know, small enough to follow Striped Chipmunk right down into his home. When Striped Chipmunk had seen Mr. Blacksnake tearing along, headed for the Old Stonewall, he had thought right away that Mr. Blacksnake was after him. He had darted down into his house, his underground house. That was the only place of safety of which he knew. Now, as a matter of fact, Mr. Black- snake hadn't been thinking of Striped Chipmunk at all. There had been but one thought in that black head of his and this was to get away from Farmer Brown's Boy. So as soon as he had reached the Old Stonewall, he had slipped down in between the stones | there. He got himself out of sight in | & hurry, and he kept very still while Farmer Brown's Boy peered in be- tween the stones of the old wall. Fail- ing to find him, Farmer Brown's Boy | gave up in a few minutes. He had | work to do at the barn and he went back to attend to it. All the birds who had been screaming so excitedly returned to their home duties and all once more was quiet. It was some time since Mr. Black- snake had been over to the Old Stone- | wall and when he felt that it was safe to move he began to explore. So it ‘was that by chance he found the en- trance to Striped Chipmunk’s under- ground home. He knew at once whose doorway he had found. He knew that Striped Chipmunk had gone in there | and had not come out. Right away | he decided that he would explore that | underground house. He felt that he | had been cheated out of a dinner of | young Robins, but he admitted to him- | self that he would just as soon have @ dinner of Chipmunk. So he slid | down in through that doorway and started along Striped Chipmunk’s long hall. He found two or three side passages that led to various store | rYooms. He didn't stop at first to ex- Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. . BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. 'HIS surname is derived from the I old English word miln, melne or mulne, meaning & mill. When it be- came & surname it assumed many forms. In the Hundred Rolls we find the names Atte Melne (meaning at the mill), Atte Mille, De Molendino, Milner, Mulner and Milne. There was an important clan of Milne in Roxburghshire in Scotland. ‘This coat of arms was borne to America by David Milne of Aberdeen, Bcotland, who settled in Philadelphia in 1827. The arms are blazoned: “Or, a cross moline azure, pierced ovalways of the field, between three mullets sable, all within a bordure wavy of the second. Crest—a galley with oars erect, in saltire, proper.” David Milne was born in “Aberdeen in 1787, the only son of James and Agnes Copeland Milne. He attended King's College in Aberdeen, where he was & classmate of the poet Byron. After establishing himself in Philadel- phia, he became one of the pioneers in the manufacture of fine textile fabrics in America. His son and grandson continued in the business founded by the father. (Copyright, 1935.) ADVERTISEMENT. A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy cheeks—sparkling eyes— most women can have. Dr. F. M. Edwards for 20 years treated scores of women who suffered from constipa- tion. During these years he gave his patients a substitute for calomel made of a few well-known vegetable ingre- dients, naming them Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. Know them by their olive color. These tablets are wonder-workers on the bowels, causing & normal ac- tion, carrying off the waste and poi- sonous matter in one's system. 1If you have a pale face, sallow look, @ull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts, inactive bowels, take one or two of Dr. Edwards Olive ‘Tablets at night for a week and note the pleasing results. Thousands of women and men take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets—now and then—to keep fit. 15c, 30c and 60c. ” 'S FEATURES, Stories Seeks in Vain, plore there, but kept on looking for Striped Chipmunk’s bed room. Now Striped Chipmunk knew when Mr. Blacksnake started in at the en- trance. It gave him a terrible fright. This was quite natural. But his fright didn’t rob him of his wits. He hur- ried along that long hall until he came to a certain little passage. He entered this passage. He shut the door, behind him, Yes, sir, he shut the door behind him. You didn't know that he had doors? Well, it amounted to the same thing as a door. He had a lot of loose sand in that passage and this he pushed back, and he did it in & hurry, until it com- pletely blocked that doorway. There was no sign that there was a doorway there. Hardly had he finished closing the door when through it he heard very faintly the rustle of Mr. Blacksnake as he glided along through that hall- way. It made Striped Chipmunk shiver and shake some more. On his way back Mr. Blacksnake thrust his head in at several passages leading to that store room. There was no Striped Chipmunk. He couldn't be- lieve it, yet he had to believe it. He had been absolutely sure that Striped Chipmunk was in that underground house, and he just couldn't under- stand why it was he had not found him. When he came out of the doorway he explored all about in the Old Stonewall, but no Striped Chipmunk could Mr. Blacksnake find. Finally he gave up and glided away. For a long time Striped Chipmunk remained quiet where he was. When he did push that door open he did it very cautiously. “It's a mighty good thing,” said he to himself, when he was sure that Mr. Blacksnake was no longer around, “that I had this door all ready to close.” (Copyright. 1935.) . School for Flyers. A training school for civilian flying, approved by the. government under the Royal Air Force expansion pro- gram, is to be established in Perth, Scotland. Jolly Polly A Little Chat on English. BY JOS. J. ‘FRISCH. A RELATION OF MINE SAVS THAT A MAN USUALLY LOOKS HIS ‘ AGE, BUT A WOMAN OVERLOOKS E. G. A—Authorities differ on the use of “relative” and “relation.” One says that careful and precise writers use “relation,” but most of the others prefer “relative.” An authority of this group says: “One objection to relation is that it suggests the idea of friendly or cordial relations, as in ‘The rela- tions between them are strained,’ whereas relative implies merely the idea of being related.” THE EVENING Sonnylayingl Daddy gave me this very rich, ex- | pensive dollar watch. The face has |fell off an’ the hands is gone, but it ticks as loud as a alarm clock. Baby is jellies. BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. I love to look across the track And watch the semaphores Above the switchman’s tiny shack ‘Where traffic grinds and roars. A noisy freight comes clanking by, Expresses thunder through, But when aloft I turn my eye I gain a finer view. The green lights and the red lights, That twinkle in the dark; Each seems to me At night to be A silent, dancing spark. They line the way As if to say “What need has man to fear? Move on, you trains, O'er hills and plains, ‘We semaphores are here!” These little dots of dancing flame Are always wide awake, They seem to play a happy game Of railroad hide and seek. They thrust their warning fingers forth, When twilight dims the day, And east and west and south and north ‘The rumbling trains obey. .. You'll find them on the prairies, They overlook the streams, While here and there , And everywhere ‘Their warning flints and gleams. They stand aloof And blizzard-proof, Come darkness or the dawn; Through hail or snow Or storm or blow They bravely carry on. DISCOMFORT Burning, smarting, itching irritations, anywhere on'the body, quickly relieved, and healing promoted with safe, soothing Resinol. Doctors and nurses recommend it. Resinol STAR, - WASHINGTON, Nature’s D. C.; Children Surf Scoter (Melanitta Perspicillata). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. ROM all appearances, this inter- esting-looking fisherman has had & most satisfactory day. All scoters or “cootes” are by professional divers. As a rule, you will find the three species together— the American, white-winged and this one. All of them iove the seashores, the shallow - estuaries, pleces along large bodies of inland water, where clams are plentiful, mussels abundant and scallops handy. ‘You may use your knowledge of the scoters’ habits to your advantage, if | you want to find their favorite food, for where the birds are established, you can depend upon it, there is an abundance of it. The three species are all Winter residents off the New England coasts, the Middle Atlantic States and Lower California. All members are faithful to family traditions. Once you have learned the habits of one member, you can apply it to the others. One would hardly call any of them beautiful or graceful. They are som- berly clad and have no beautiful song. But they get along famously with all their relatives! That, even for a bird, you will admit, is a gift. You can identify this member by his square, white signature on his crown, and the triangular one on the nape of his neck. His sturdy, efficient bill is a color scheme of white, red and yellow. His plumage is black, that of | his mate and children, a brownish- gray. The extreme activity of diving, from | morning until night, tends to develop muscles of a leathery texture. The fishy diet gives the flesh a reddish tint and a decidedly objectionable flavor. For these two reasons, no housewife in her right mind would purchase them. Occasionally she is persuaced to buy one under the name of black duck. She never makes the same mis- take twice. Because of their heavy bodies, the scoters have a hard time taking off. ‘They patter along the surface of the water to gain momentum, and the flight is very labored, unless a strong wind is going their way. Once up, all species look alike. The only sound these birds make is a whistling one, something like blowing off steam. A squadron of them can be heard for a long distance. Along about April the journey to Alaska is begun. Here a cradle is made on the ground and close to water, There are from five to eight buff-colored eggs laid about the latter part of June. Be sure to look for the “cootes” this ‘Winter, when out on your nature jaunts. Their companions are often other sea ducks and eiders. They are shy toward their human brothers, and, upon seeing them, will instantly dive out of sight. Japanese Renaissance. Perhaps the world’s most astonish- ing revolution began in 1868, when Japan began recasting her middle age, feudal empire into a modern na- tion. Englishmen were brought in to create a navy and build railways and lighthouses; Frenchmen to recast the laws and train the army; Americans to organize education and the postal service, Germans to train medical men and organize local government. 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