Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1936, Page 43

O Fashin FOR THE GENTLEMAN THE EVENING Bedtime Stories What Blacky Saw. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. B s et people Z5ia Motner Nature. LACKY THE CROW was flying high ove: the Green Meadows. Blacky's eyes are keen. They are very keen. They have to be. If they were not, Blacky never in the world would he able to find food enough in Winter. Not only are those eyes of Blacky's keen, but they are used constantly. The only time Blacky isn’t using them is when he is asleep. So there is little going on in the Green Forest or on the Green Meadows that Blacky misses. Now as~Blacky flew he saw far ahead of him some one moving across the Green Meadows, some one moving in a hurry. At that distance Blacky couldn’t make out who it was. “Caw, caw, caw!” cried Blacky, and changed the direction of his flight so as to head directly toward the unknown runner. At the sound of his voice something queer happened. That distant run- ner stopped. He stopped and dropped. Anyway, that is the way to looked. Blacky chuckled. He chuckled aloud: “It's Unc’ Billy Posum,” said Blacky. “Now what is the old rascal doing out on the Green Meadows? I know it is Unc' Billy, because no one else would have stopped and fallen over that way. He heard me and he did that hoping I wouldn't notice him. Yes, sir, that is just what he did.” Blacky continued to chuckle as he flew. Now Blacky's guess was a shrewd one. It was Unc' Billy Possum, and Unc’ Billy had just flopped right over on his side when he heard Blacky's voice, hoping that Blacky wouldn't | the Crow. Blacky circled over him for a minute or two and then dropped down and alighted in the grass beside Unc’ Billy. “Caw!” said Blacky right in one of Unc’ Billy's ears. “Unc’ Billy made no sign that he heard him. He didn’t move. He didn’t twitch an ear. The Merry Lit- tle Breezes of Old Mother West Wind eame dancing along and rumpled his fur. They blew in his ears. Still Unc’ Billy didn't move. Blacky walked around him. “Caw!” shouted Blacky once more, right in one of Unc' Billy’s ears. ‘Unc’ Billy,” said Blacky, quit your fooling. There's nothing the matter with you. Since when did you think you could fool Blacky the Crow? C | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936. Quit your fooling and tell me how it happens that you are so far away from the Green Forest.” Unc' Billy made no sign that he heard. Blacky chuckled. He walked over to the end of Unc’ Billy's tail, and, without any warning, he pecked it. Now the end of that tail was sore, for you remember that it had been pecked by the big Rooster at Farmer Brown's. Unc’ Billy stopped pretend- ing to be dead. He came to his feet with a snarl and faced Blacky. “Caw, caw, caw!” cried Blacky, Jumping into the air so as to be out of reach of Unc’' Billy. His black wings flapped and lifted him out of harm’s way. Then he began cawing at the top of his lungs, (Copyright, 1936, Road House Now School. EMPORIA, Kans. (#).—A Lyon County road house, which had figured in raids, fights and injunctions for years, has been converted in a school house in the Wooster Mound district, replacing a burned building. FOR Bast Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. H+E=IL ’rm:nz is an old argument to the effect that heredity plus environ- ment makes the individual (H+E=I). Bome put stress on H. Others on E. ‘Why do they astress one factor as op- posed to the other? It you look into the question you will find a mathematician at the bot- tom of the argument. The mathema- tician trying to reduce uncertainties to certainties. And then he goes on | = to deal with imaginary quantities. All these contenders miss the poiut. Heredity and environment are not & summation. They develop together. The one aids or inhibits the other. Heredity of average sort in a favor- able environment will produce a pass- able product. In a very favorable environment the product will be good. ASH PRIZLES ANsSwWers FROM And s0 on. On the other hand, ¢ poor heredity in any environment wil yield a debatable product. On thy whole, environment is the stronges factor. But to predict one way or tiu other is to miss the pomnt that life i : wd;velopmenz rather than a summa. (Copyright, 1036.) Enforced Schooling Favored. MANILA, P. 1. {P).—Vice President Berglo Osmena of the Philippine Commonwealth, who also is chief of public instruction, favors compulsory education as advocated by President | Manuel L. Quezon. | Mothers! In treating children's colds, VapoRus PROVED BY.2 GENERATIONS notice him. He wasn't afraid of " MADAM, WE SELL _ALL OF THE LEADING BRANDS OF COFFEE™ DESIGN FOR FALL ASHION “steps out” this season | patterned in various Glen Urquhart | polychromatic stripings. 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Had you happened along that way and found Unc’ Billy you would almost certainly have thought that some- thing had happened to him and that Unc’ Billy was dead. He looked that way. He looked so very dead that he probably would have fooled many people, but he didn't fool Blacky the Crow. No, sir, he didn't fool Blacky Nature’s Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. LL Summer the plants and shrubs have been busily en- gaged in developing their seed children. Autumn is the season of the year when the birds are en route for their Winter vacation. Seed children, with spicy, sticky, or sweet coets are transported to other States by birds. The seed children are indigestible. That is why they are clothed in attractive jackets. It has always been interesting to find some shrubs and vines with berries still hanging on when the birds return in the Spring, this time on their honeymoon journey. Did they do this purposely? So often you will find that s plant or shrub owes its success to the fact that it has developed bayonets along the stem or twigs; perhaps to its bur | or flower. Whatever the method taken to insure protection against cattle or animals, it works. The roundleaf catbrier, greenbrier or horsebrier, call it what you will, has seen fit to arm herself with sharp prickles. You are acquainted with her, I am sure, for she loves the roadsides, wood= land thickets and fences. She seems to resent your intrusion, and her barbed arms catch and tear your clothes or flesh if you happen to be investigating a bird nest hidden among the beautiful, glossy, green leaves. Along about April, in the warmer parts of the greenbrier's range, and until June in the northern stronghold, the small, inconspicuous flowers are the happy hunting grounds and feast places of flies and other small in- sects. It is at this time that the jolly little yellow-breasted chat is singing his wildest and happiest songs, and here, in the most. inaccessible spot among the briers, Mme. Chat will build the cradle. Now that the nest is no longer needed and the leaves do not hide the nest from view, you may collect the dainty home, and know where to find some other chat next Spring. Now you see the foliage in its Au- tumn beauty, and the bluish-black berries. The tiny flowers gave place to a rich harvest. 595 Cant Uteekly for Bost Answers. In This Contest Of Skill Open To Every Member Of Family - Here's wholesome fun for everybody. And substantial cash rewards for the most skill- ful. Contest is open to all, even the children having an equal chance with grown-ups. 'All you do is give Wilkins weekly pictures a clever, prize-winning title; plainly write your answer in space provided in each pictu re and follow simple rules given below. 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