Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1936, Page 20

Bedtime Stories Chatterer Is Disturbed. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. en‘er you lose yeur peace of mind ‘There's something wrong. you'll surely find. “—Chatterer the Red Squirrel. HATTERER the Red Squirrel had been living in a hollow in a certain tree in the Green Forest. Part of this tree was dead and it was in this part of the tree that Chatterer was living. That hole had been cut out long before by Goldenwing the Flicker, who is, as you know, & member of the Wood- pecker family. There were other holes in that same tree. Although it was Just such a tree as best suited the needs of Chatterer. He was planning to stay there through the Winter. That hole was big enough for & snug, comfortable nest. In some of the other holes he could store part of his Winter supply of food—nuts, acorns and seeds. Of course, Chatterer didn't have to have his store rooms in the same tree in which he lived, but it made a very handy arrangement. It meant that in bad weather in the Winter he ‘would be able to get plenty to eat with very little trouble and exposure. So that tree just suited Chatterer. “It is perfect,” he would say over and over to himself. “It isn't too far from where I will harvest acorns and nuts and pine seeds. In fact, I wouldn't want it any nearer, for it .would be more likely to be discovered by some one. I would rather not have some people know where I live. This house has been unoccupied for a long time and those that know of it at all know that it has been unoccupied. They are not likely to wonder if it is occupied now. Altogether this is _|u§t about the best home I could find in all the Green Forest. So the Summer passed and Fall ar- rived. Chatterer had already har- vested some mushrooms and had stored them up in a tree where they would be dry for the Winter. He. is very fond of dried mushrooms and he always tries to harvest some. He knows that if stored away when first picked they would soon spoil. That is why he is so careful to dry them. He was beginning to be impatient to begin the harvest of acorns and beech nuts and hickory nuts and pine seeds, but it was not yet quite time. He knew just which trees would bear the best crops and he was all ready to begin work as soon as it was time. One morning he heard voices. He popped his head out of the doorway @nd looked down. Then he dodged back quickly. Down below were Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy. Chatterer knew both. He knew them well. He wasn’t at all afraid of them; still he didn't want, to be setn. You see, he wanted to keep his home a secret even from his friends. Now, of course, Chatterer didn't understand what Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy were saying. Could he have understood, he would have lost his peace of mind com- pletely. “This tree ought to come down,” said Farmer Brown. “Half of it is dead and the other part will probably die. We'll mark it to cut later in the season.” “It will' make us good firewood,” replied Farmer Brown's Boy. “Some- “IT IS PERFECT,” HE WOULD SAY OVER AND OVER TO HIMSELF, how I can't bear to cut down a live, healthy tree, but I don't mind cut- ting one that is dying or dead. I wonder if this dead part is hollow or if we will get & good lot of firewood out of it.” Farmer Brown’s Boy swung his ax and the blade bit into the wood. That wood was hard. It hadn't become soft, as.dead wood often does become. “It's going to be all right” said Farmer Brown's Boy, and together he and his father walked away to look for other trees. . Now Chatterer had not understood what they said, but when that ax struck the base of the tree it sent a tremor up the whole length, right up to where Chatterer was, and he felt it. It disturbed him. It disturbed him very much. (Copyright, 1936.) —_How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. ) Labor Day. TWO THOUSAND-ODD years ago, when Timothy first enunciated the doctrine—with all its implications— that the laborer is worthy of his hire, he may have envisioned a time when every year upon a certain day hun- dreds of millions the world over would Jet their tools lie, factories would not open, stores and counting houses would remain closed and the man or woman who works would spend the day in consclous celebration of tribute to themselves—Labor day. In the United States, the agitation for a special holiday in honor of labor was begun over half a century ago by an organization known as the Knights of Labor, which, on the first Monday of September in 1882, 1883 and 1884, paraded in the City of New York. 5 The first State officially to recognize Labor day as a holiday was Oregon, in 1887; it was, followed quickly bs New York, New Jersey, Colorado and, eventually, by the rest. Labor day is observed regularly throughout Canada, also in Europe, but on or about May 1. i (Coprright, 1936,) { An Ether Anniversary. Although it is more than 10 years distant, the suggestion has already been made to celebrate the centen- nial of the discovery of the use of ether as an anesthetic by Dr. W. T. G. Marton, which occurred at Har- wvard on October 16, 1846. The room in which the first demonstration took place is preserved as a shrine, known as the Ether Dome. For many years previous this was used as an oper- ating room, rather remotely located from the other rooms in order that the agonies of those being operated upon would not be heard by the hos- pital patients. Sonnysayings Me an’ Baby is singin’ that wash- day hymn, “Bringin’ in the Sheets!” “SATISFIED Customers by the Score! Gall us for an es- Over 20 yeai Perfect Painting in Washington. =" FERGUSON 3831 Ga. 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