Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1936, Page 44

Nature’s Children Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. COMBINATION of goat, deer, A in one animal assures us creature will be interesting. out its unusual scheme, and the char- acteristics of the pronghorn antelope have & hair coat, with undercoat of wool, and branched horns, which sre ‘Their horns are hollow on & bony core like the goats. And like the goat, each of smell glands. It resembles the giraffe in that it is a ruminant and In the great long ago this family must have selected the best of each handsome, alert, clear-eyed monarch expressed dominion in every line, tail, though only 3!z inches, is ex- tremely expressive. His weight is 38 inches at the shoulder, with an- other foot added for the head. pure white patches so cleverly dis- tributed that the animal can be close antelope and giraffe’ centered Here is the way the family has worked go for the genus and the family. They shed each year like those of the. deer. also has a gall bladder and a system has two hoofs on each foot. animal for its purpose, and surely this His total length is 52 inches. The about 100 pounds and he stands about The coat is a deep, rich tan, with and escape notice. The upper part of the muzzle, the eyes, horns, hoofs, mane and patch under the eye are black. What is the most amazing thing 4s the pair of snowy white patches on the rump. These flash in the sun- light like great balls of dazzling light. They are perfect for signaling the family and friends that danger is lurking or perhaps to call the band together. A close inspection (visit your zoo) will reveal the secret somewhat of the white patches. In the very center is a small brown spot. His scent = glands or gas bombs. Surrounding the brown button there are hairs that are short toward the center, getting the | longer toward the outer fringe. When the animal wishes to radio his “gang” he raises the hairs and you see a fe- sult that looks very much like & huge chrysanthemum springing suddenly into bloom. The pronghorn walks in & pompous manner, trots gracefully in a dudish fashion, and is a fast galloper. He can outrun dogs and make & leap of over 15 feet. Running he averages 33 miles an hour. He has the fatal curse of intense curiosity and will come to the object for closer inspection, though his bet- ter judgment warns him to stay away. The home renge is small when food and water are obtainable. In Sum- mer the open places call, in Winter the woods and sheltered places. Their foes are man and his rifle, coyotes, deep snows, wolves and eagles. The last mentioned hunt the ante- lope babies. In October the bucks begin to gather their wives together. There are terrible battles for each in adding one more to the harem. The group stays together until early Spring. In | a secluded spot the twins, rarely trip- lets, are born in June. They learn to freeze a few moments after birth, and they look so like the brown earth upon which they le, that they es- cape foes, for they have no scent. ‘When the baby needs food or is with his mother he gives forth a littie squeal. The mother answers with a plaintive grunt. The parents, when frightened, give out a shrill whistle, a sort of alarm clan cry. As you have seen, the antelope has gone modern and the youngsters are traveling by plane. —_— ASKS INDUSTRIAL BOARD IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MANILA, P. I. (P —Stating that there is a growing demand for gov- ernment action on labor problems, including & minimum wage plan, Commonwealth Labor Secretary Ra- mos Torres has recommended to President Manuel L. Quezon the cre- ation of a board of industrial rela- tions. The executive is expected to create the board shortly. The board, Torres said, is neces- sary % the government intends to regulate wages and the relationship BY THORNTON W. BURGES3, VAL d d L ¥hatterer the Red Squirrel. INTER. had come. Snow had made ‘white the Green Meadows and the Creen Forest. Happy Jack liked Winter. He didn’t mind .the snow. ‘That was because he didn’t have to stay out in it any longer than he wanted to. Always he could run back to that snug, warm, comfortable home in » hole in a certain tree. There was a warm bed in there of leaves and shredded bark and a little moss. Let reagl: Brother Northwind howl as much as he pleased; it made no differ- ence to Chatterer. Let Jack Frost pinch his hardest; it made no differ- ence to Chatterer. He simply curled Hlasy AR HAPPY JACK LIKED WINTER. up in that warm, snug bed and was comfortable and happy. For food he had merely to go into one of his store- houses close by. This wasn't good weather for trav- eling about much, and so he did not | get down to where he used to live. However, he heard the sound of axes in the Green Forest, and every time he heard the sound he chuckled. It| was a wicked sort of chuckle. What | was he chucking about? He was| chuckling at the thought of how| smart he had been to trade houses with Spooky the Screech Owl, for he hadn't a doubt that if those axes had not already cut down that tree in which he used to live and which Spooky had moved into, they would soon cut it down. “I must go over there one of these days,” Chatterer would say to him- sel T must go over there and find out what has happened to Spooky.” But somehow he never got around to it. Now, these cold Winter mornings Chatterer did not get up so early as HERE'S A PIECE OF CLOTH MAGNIFIED. CHIPSO SUCTION SUDS ENGULF THE DIRT AND DRAW IT OUT OF THESE THREADS !/ he does in warm weather. It was very nice to sleep late, and he often did sleep late. 8o it-happened that one morning he was swakened by a terri- fying sound. Not only was there this dreadful sound, but there was a jar that he could feel. That tree shook. For a few minutes Chatterer simply lay there and shivered. He was too frightened to move. Something ter- rible had happened. At last he ven- tured to crawl up to the entrance and k out. His worst fears were real- There at the foot of that ttee were Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy swinging their axes. He just couldn't believe his eyes for a moment or two. No, sir, he just couldn’t believe his eyes. But it was true. With every blow a little shud- der ran up that tree. Chatterer felt it through the soles of his feet. Hast- ily he crept out. Hastily he ran out on a limb and jumped to an adjoin- ing tree. It happened neither Farmer Brown nor Farmer Brown’s boy saw him. You see, they were intent on wha. they were doing. Most of that tree was dead, and that is why they were cutting -it down. Hidden in’a nearby pine tree, Chatterer watched. Perhaps you can guess how Chal terer felt, That was his home that was being destroyed—his snug, warm, comfortable home. What was he to do now? He was so upset that he couldn't really think. All he could do was to sit there and watch, wide-eyed. The tree began to lean. It leaned a little more. The sharp axes made the chips fly. There was & sharp, loud crack and slowly the tree toppled over, gaining speed as it fell, until it landed with & crash. Even in the snow it made a rather frightful, cra ~ ing sound as the limbs broke. Poor Chatterer! For once in his life he couldn’t even scold. He would do his scolding later. Just then he was s0 flled with despair, so shocked by what had happened that he just couldn't find his tongue. He couldn't think. He watched that tree cut up into short lengths. The trunk had split where it was hollow and where, of course, his nest was. Farmer Brown's Boy drove his ax in and split the trunk wide open. Then he dis- covered Chatterer's nest. At once he looked around for Chatterer, but Chatterer was hidden. “I wonder,” said Farmer Brown's Boy to his father, “if this nest was occupled. If it was, it is just too bad | that we cut the tree down. The last I knew, Spooky the Screech Owl was liv- ing here, but I hadn't seen him around for a long time, and I don't think he's been living here lately. It didn't enter my head that anybody else would move in. WOMEN'’S FEATURES 3 s C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936, Bedtime Stories A Terrible Shock. ° Winning BY THE FOUR ACE! hy "ir.l‘ a.nkm. Merwin (David Burnsti Jacoby, (o o aventors of the s Can’t Ever Be Sure. - NE of the classic bridge storles, which _incidentally || years ago. She falled to double a seven bid, holding the ace of trumps. Recently, however, we saw a:hand on which she would have secured a very much better score than the ex- pert player who did double, South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. AKQJ9TS East / Pass Pass Pass Dhl, Pass Dbl Pass Although South's high card hold- ing was nothing tremendous, his opening one-club bid was very scund, particularly in support of spades. When his partner responded with two spades, a slam-forcing bid, South naturally was justified in becoming bullish, and accordingly, when North also showed the heart and diamond aces, South was tempted to bid seven, but finally decided to’jump to six read that as a grand slam invita- tion. We do not believe that North should have bid the grand slam, since leven though ‘his pertner might hold the ace of spades, he had no reason for knowing that he also held either the king of hearts or absolutely solid clubs. Incidentally, advocates of artificial ace-showing conventions will point out that seven could never be reached with this particular hand by a part- nership using these conventions. And yet, giving East the king of spades instead of the ace, wholesale ace- lr.lmwm's would surely reach seven | and still be down one. We do not blame East for doubling with the ace of trumps, but now South got really brilliant. Knowing the double must indicate a sure | trump trick, he simply bid seven no- | trump, hoping that the sure trump *| Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, only, knowing that his partner would | Contract beaten every ot! trick was something like the guarded king, not the ace, and that he could run 13 tricks in the other suits. His - brilliance was suitably re- warded, although in .a rather un- usual manner. The unfortunate WOMEN'’S FEATURES. LUE — RIBBON sz geyeen| | BOUILLON CUBES JUSTADD: | West player had no spades to open, | (Y and accordingly the declarer was able to take five hearts, ohe diamond (Copyright, 1936, am Yo 1 you 'of “the Four The Pour Aces will be bleased smer letters from read; Aty (3-cen! ddr en Aces. c.. ‘West Foriy-secona it Ne . i R Yo G e VIR ‘The next article in this series will appear Sunday. Savants Report Slow Work. Asked to report on their progressY with a dictionary they started in 1908, scholars of the Academy of admit slow progress. They are com- piling a dictionary of the Portuguese language as it is used in South Amer- ica. ‘They have jyst got to the word “Abacete,” which means an Abogudo pear. A EVERY-DAY ENJOYMENT ONE of the amazing things about Kellogg's Corn Flakes is that appetites never tire of them. Always crisp and delicious, they can be served week in and week out. Enjoy Kellogg's with milk or cream — for breakfast, lunch or a late snack. Rich in energy. Easy to digest. 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