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BY THOR! N W. BURGESS. T4, oot enough a sy, 12 last hen there is njusht and T must fast; ooty the OWI OOTY the Great Horned Owl| is somqthing of a philosopher in that| he makes the most of the prepent and doesn'’t worry | about the future. Big and flerce and | & hunter s Hooly. There is none more | feared by the lifitle people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. Even| Jimmy Skunk lies low when he sus- pects that Hooty is about, for, strange 88 it may seem| Hooty has no respect for that little scent gun of Jimmy's, that gun that even Buster Bear re- fuses to face. . Now Hooty if a tough bird. There is no doubt atput it, he is & tough bird. If he W‘E}e not he would not remain in the Winter in a land of ice and snow. Nq, sir, he wouldn't do that. He would go South, as do most members of the Hawk family. But Hooty is & tough bird, and he has a lot of courage. | One must admire him for that. It takes courage, real cour- age, to face months of cold, often bit- ter cold weathqr and know that dur- ing much of the time there will be little to eat and that little will be hard to obtain.| ‘This is the rgason why Hooty makes the most of a meal when he does get one. He knowp that it may be days before he can get another. So he has learned how to|fast. He can go a sur- prisingly long| time without eating, especially if at| his last meal he had all he could hpld. It is well that he| can do this, fgr in Winter there are | fewer for the meat eater to catch, and this means harder hunting. As you know, Hooty is| a meat eater. A few days before the great sleet and ice storm Hooty had had a feast. | He had caught one of the children | of Jumper the Hare, one who was| fully grown, but lacking in the wis- | dom that kept his father safe from | their many enemies. And so Hooty had caught him and had feasted and for the next {wo or three days had | done no hunting, for he had had no| appetite. Then had come the great storm, just as Hooty was beginning to | feel really hupgry. All through the | storm he had huddled in a big fir tree, fairly well protected by the trunk and the broad gre¢n branches of the tree. There was nothing left in his stomach now. He was|fasting, not because he wanted to but| because he must. Just as soor| as the storm was over Hooty started jout to hunt for his next meal. He dign't wait for night. To think that Hqoty cannot see in day- time is a mistEke, He can see in the daytime very well, indeed, and in the Green Forest he often hunts by day, especially lat¢ in the afternoon or if the day be dsrk and gloomy. So Hooty siarted out very early in the morning, |for he was too hungry Bedtime Stories Hooty Feasts and Fasts. to sit still any longer. From the very start there was nothing to encourage him. Indeed, everything was discour- aging. No one was stirring. It was almost as if he were the only living creature in all the Green Forest. He did find Lightfoot the Deer, Mrs. Lightfoot and the half-grown chil- dren, but they were not stirring. They were lying under °the protecting boughs of some evergreens. He hunted for Jumper the Hare, but could not find him or any mem- ber of his family. He hunted for Grouse, but all the Grouse were lying low. Whitefoot the Wood Mouse didn’t show so much as a whisker. None of the Squirrel cousins was out. There was no trace of Jimmy Skunk it ALL THROUGH THE STORM HE HAD HUDDLED IN A BIG FIR TREE. or any of his children. Then jolly, round, bright Mr. Sun, climbing higher and higher in the blue, blue sky, made even the Green Forest so dazzling, as the sunbeams were reflected by the snow and ice, that Hooty was half blinded and at last was glad to re- turn to his perch and try to doze while he waited for the coming of the Black Shadows of the night. He tried to forget that he was hun- gry, but hunger is something that just won't allow itself to be forgote en. So with the coming of the first of the Black Shadows to the Green Forest Hooty was once more abroad on his great silent wings. He tried his famous trick of sitting still and hooting that fierce, startling hunting call of his, hoping to frighten some one into moving and perhaps making some tiny sound that his marvelous ears would catch. Nothing happened. He heard no one. He saw no one. At the break of a new day he returned to his retreat. He was still fasting. (Copyright, 1937.) _—— 6,570,800 in Tokio. The population of Tokio, Japan, was 6,570,800 October 1, 1936, the lat- est census shows. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937 Winning Contract BY THE FOUR ACES. id Burnstine, Merwin D, Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Jeading team of-four. inventors of the system & in’ existence.) Valuable Deuce. N DEFENDING against a slam contract you usually have very l few high cards. Accordingly, it is important to make the most of your low ones, and not simply dis- card any card that may ¢ome to your finger. In today's hand, failure to hold four to the nine-spot in a cer- tain suit cost the defense & vulner- able slam. South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. 4 AK33 K 9 A ‘The bidding: South. West. 1V Pass 1 NT Pass 6V Pass We do not think much of South's | six-heart bid, since his opening wu“ an absolute minimum. Nevertheless, he did bid it, and West opened the king of diamonds. East took the | trouble to signal with the seven-spot, | and declarer won with the ace in his own hand and promptly played three rounds of trumps. West, who was forced to discard, simply looked | for the lowest card in his hand, which was the deuce of clubs, and laid it down, failing entirely take into Ree Leef *Its quicker because it's liquid ... abready dissolved Just take two teaspoonfuls of Capudineinalittie water. Almost before you realize it the headache has eased awa: d you are comfortable again Pl nt to take. No narcotics Equall ctive for neuralgic and other pains due to functional causes CAPUDINE §ot HEADACHE . Howard Schenken, world's 8t has beaten every other system consideration the possibility that his four clubs to the nine spot were really the important holding in his hand. Declarer now led out four rounds of clubs, discarding a diamond from dum- ray on the fourth, and thereby mak- ing his small slam contract. West, who happens to be just learn- ing the game, asked his partner how he could have known that the four clubs to the nine might be important. East replied, “In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred your fourth club would be of no value to you, but this hap- pened to be the hundredth instance. I had played the seven on your open- ing diamond lead and you could have been pretty certain that that would not be my lowest. Therefore, I was show- ing you diamonds. Hence, nothing could be lost by letting go one of those. And when you have a choice of plays, one of which cannot cost a trick, you should always make the safe play.” (Copyright, 1937.) ‘The Four Aces will be pleased to answer letters from readers if a stamoed (3-cent). self-addressed envelope is inclosed with T0 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN HIS very minute there are a lot of people concerned with the immediate question of what to do for a very an- noying stuffed-up head. If you are one of them, you'll be very much interested in what follows: It’s only a year since the makers of REM perfected a new and remarkably effective formula for relieving the dis- comfort of head-colds. They called it REL Head-Cold Jelly. It didn’t come easy. Over 137 experiments were made. Distinguished physi- cians, pharmacists, chemists, and pharmacologists were con- sulted. Clinical tests were con- ducted in actual cases under careful medical supervision. Save on This Season’s Styles While Selections Are Still Good - Bocke" Sutting :?‘Cfl t quest, & 1a 1 .. New York City. ve an outline without next article in this series esday. and 03 charee. will appear We i i e G A Potato Works for Erin. Production of industrial alcohol from potatoes has begun in a factory at Riverstown, near Dundalk, Irish Free State, under the direction of Holland | experts, headed by 8. A. Maas. It is/ stated in Dublin that féur other fac- tories now under construction will be completed before 1938. Total annual output of all is expected to be‘1,500,000 gallons. Most of the alcohol will be used as & mix for gasoline. 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Now_________ ____ Maple Chairs, brown uphol- stery. Originally $75. Now 845 English Club Sofa with spring seat cushions. Claret frieze cover. S$90 Originally $115. Now _ _____ Club Sofa with blue tapestry cover. Spring seat cushions. Origi- 31 nally $105. Now Small Lawson Sofa and Chair with spring seat cushions. Brown or blue upholstery. Originally $110. 385 Now Eight-plece Modern Bed Room S|1me }V:lith hanging mirrors. Chro- mium hardware. Origi- nally $675. Now . _ 8336'50 Walnut Bed Room Suite with dresser, chest, vanity, single or dou- g]e bed and mirrors. Modern design. 'our pieces. Originally 4 $169. Now. __ $126.50 !’-‘mtlr-lpsi[e}seCBedt Rooxg Suite, in wal- nut, entury design. Originally $172. Now _ $129 Seven-drawer Highboy. Old World finish, solid Philippine mahogany. Colonial style. Originally $75. S35 Now Blauck M;tal Drdesser. with chrome pulls. our drawers. Originally $56.50. Now__ 837'50 Walnut and Gum Dresser and Mir- ror. Classical modern geslgn. Originally $55. 836'75 ow Dining Room 1 Dining Room Suite. Nine pieces: Buffet, server, extension table, arm and five side chairs. 18th Century desggn. Walngtivlehnelelr and gum. Originally 3 $192.50. Now $129.50 }:Buflet h; walnut, 18th entury design. Origi- X nally $79.50. Now____ 839 50 1 China Cabinet in solid wal- nut. Early American design. 852 Originally $70. Now 1 S«larvs‘fm in folid ygalnut, early erican design. Originally $45. Now _ _ $32.50 7 Side Chairs, early American de- sign Int solid wal(‘)lrli;'l Blulehgrées rep seat covers. - nally $18.50. Now $13. PURNITURE AND Brps, Sxxte FLooR. Brown Floral Tapestry Sofa in 18th Century style. Originally $83. 862 Now Grelen Damtask Sg{a and Chair with spring seat cushions. Originally $170. Now $127.50 Louis XVI Sofas and Chairs with green or brown velvet cover. Re- versible spring-seat cushions. Phil- ippine mahogany frame with at- tached pillow back. Two- piece sets. Originally $195. 3142 Chippendale Armchairs in mahog- any finish. In several covers. ss Originally $11.50. Now _______ Queen Anne Armchairs, Philippine mahogany. Blue upholstered seat and back. Originally §13 $17.50. Now Louis XV Wing Chair with down :ar;%reathei;seat cug;ioF. ogany frame. igi- nally $120. Now $89.50 Room Dressing Table Base of Philippine mahogany. Colonial style. 826 Originally $35. Now M%k}‘;og;ny and Gum Vanity Base wi anging mirror. 5 Originally $38.50. Now._ $29.50 Dressing Tables with swinging mir- rors. Mahogany and gum. sso Originally $90. Now :Vaglngn and Gum Vanities with at- ached swinging mirrors. = grigli)r]mnsy szgk Now $18.75 ouble Size Maple Bed. Originally $16.50. Now $11.35 Solid Philippine Mahogany Night Stands with one drawer. §8.50 Originally $12. Now 5 l\cda\lhoigalng aind Ggm {Xr}g{n Table in olonial design. Original- ly$11. Now. . __________ $7.50 Bed Room Chairs in mahogany and Eovers. Originally s covers. ginally $8.50. . 83.75 Studio Couches Bed height, with blue base and blue stripe cushions. Originally $55. Now 841 Love Seat style in brown with contrasting welt. Origi- s35 nally $47.50. Now ___ Bed height, in geen tap- estry cover. riginally = e Al Sofa-type with rust friezette cover. Origi- 848 nally $65. NOW.--mee--- -50 e i Brodloo Carpeting Brings a Smart “Ground Tone” to Any Room —and the new Duratwist, along with its beauty, brings long wear. lts non-crushing pile of hard-twist yarns makes it suit- able for any room-in the house, and offices. 1t makes an especially smart background for furniture when all-over laid with no floor showing. Choice of rust, burgandy, dark green, blue, sage green, taupe and desert tan. 9 and 12 foot widths 27-inch width Ruas, Forre FLooR. A $5‘75 Square yard $3'95 Yard s b