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\ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGION, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE Cc—9 LIFE’S LIKE TH —By FRED NEHER. Sonnysayings L BHIUNESINE N —By PAUL WEBB. i » HOWDY BOYS--AH RECKON ) SHORE.! WE HEAR) [ AH FIGLRED Now | wanL- THAT'S FINE' . ) TY CENTS, LEM. CAR - == = WHAT MRS, PIPS DIARY. 4 'WOULD YOU SELL YOURS FER.? See Noppy lookin’ through a knot- hole with his nose, baby! THE CHEERFUL CHERUB T4 like to go where 3 \ music ¢rows — S While violin notes fl!{{?/l/// blew my hair = Td wander t‘nrovgln the organ groves And gather little race notes R 80X, W‘ m\TaEAUSPTIAC IP?IEAE gSzL VA\’PE{‘;EM%E"SSS *SAVE ?‘nME“! SAVE IT FOR » FEW DAYS AGO, BEASTS - NOW LDO‘SAT ARENT PaosE T "8 3 BEFORE THEY GOT 4 /| THEM = FRIENDLY, PLAYFUL i THAT WHIFF OF a AND SIMPLE APES - B\ PREHISTORIC ' ATMOSPHERE : Bedtime Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Through fright some knowledge you may [1 And even wisdom may attain —Old Mother Nature. HE school of life is & hard school for the little people of the Green Forest and the Great Meadows. Yes, indeed, it is a hard school, a much harder school than boys and girls have to attend. Fear is a great teacher, but a hard one. Hunger is a great teacher, but a hard one. Experience is a great teacher, but a hard one. It is through these three that the little people learn how to live that they may grow up to BRIAR'G BARK., GROWL AND FLYING LEAP GOSH ! T0O LATE 0 B HOLD H\M BRIAR! b e AWAKENED BEN / TIRED BY THE DAY'S 10 CATCH 1T EVEN/ éAL rLL GET YHE o any of them do |} wyc\TRAENT, THE BOY MAD DECIDED TO 3’| BB, OTHER ONE/ live to grow up. Of course, more do £l Tiot tnarlde B0 mhesewr youlmaret SPEND THE MIGHT IN THE TENT AND NOW: one who is fully grown you may know that one has learned and remembered the lessons taught by the three teachers I have mentioned. Taddy, the tiny son of Old Mr. Toad, was leaving the Smiling Pool to find a place for himself out in the Great World when fright taught him his first lesson. Blacky, the Crow, discovered the army of tiny Toads just setting forth and, having a fondness for tiny Toads, called all his relatives to a feast. The mere sound of Blacky's voice had frightened Taddy, and at once he had flattened 2 ’ ALY f ~ L “Now he'strying toclaim he meant NEXT June!” himself under a leaf that happened ‘&“ G = to be handy. There he had remained motionless, too frightened to move, | ¢ 9 and constantly growing more fright- I LIFE’S DARKEST MOMENT. ~By WEBSTER | ened, if that were possible. Not until - he was sure that Blacky and his | |/ friends had flown away did he move. He had had a dreadful fright. Other little Toads who had not been ‘ quick enough to hide had disappeared, $ . TWIN CONTEST SO HUNDRED BERRIES FOR NG FOR TH' TH' RIGHT BABY DOLL-- START GRE! STARTING I'LL ENTER REGGIE AND UM--OH, BoY!* ' Y TO ADVERTISE TH' EGGIE AND COP THAT FIVE| | ER--1'™M LOOK- NOU'RE IN 00 SURE CAN, never to be seen again. Great as was e e MYSELF!' THOSE KIDS = IN BY GIVING ME that fright, Taddy was over it almost | }. '500 o ‘?‘S%T‘ND‘OTJ‘?‘%\B?Q? QUGHT — TO WIN HANDS T?f?fiiig{;_p as so0n as he had started on again. FIRST PRIZE THAT_RIGHT AWAY ! DownN i OF COMMERCE'S It is that way with the little people To THE PAIR - of the Green Forest and the Green OF TWINS Meadows, and it is well that is so. | |1, | oo Loow But that fright had taught Taddy | F i two things that he never would forget. CONTEST One was that Blacky the Crow was SrenSoRED BY | an enemy, and this meant that any THE CHAMBER big feathered creature was to be dis- trusted. The other thing was to hide instantly when frightened. The latter was & most important lesson for a tiny Toad to learn. 80, hop, hop, hippety-hop, Taddy went on, until jolly, round, bright Mr. Sun broke through the clouds and began to dry off the grass and the earth. Taddy crept under s . 2 N/ WELL,YOUD FEEL # < le} D YOU NP E WHATSA MATTER? AS LOVG . LUTHER BET $2 _FOR WHO TOU S\ MABE HONEST LITTLE LUTHER THOUGHT g;veoem:( e e lgxg-s::en e AS TVE LIVED 1 REVER SALD | LKE CRYNG TOO IF |/ ME OM GOLDMINE AND \HE WOULDNIT PAYS Y/ 1ie LORSE. DIDNT HAVE, A CHANCE AND ground was damp and comfortable i 1 WON OvER¥30 AND JTHAT GW'E'ACKSON' KEPT THE TWO BUCKS HISSELF _ AND The rays of jolly Mr. Sun couldn't DEVER WELSHED LUTHERS GOWG TO PAY THE 90 BUCKS? reach him there. He settled him- B p EXCUSE ME FROM LAUGHIN' _ JACKSON'S self to spend the day. He would move on when the Black Shadows came creeping across the Green Meadows. Taddy hadn't traveled far, as you and I would measure distance, but LY for such a tiny fellow he had come '() I 2 & long distance. He was tired. 8o he e 7\ 11 el °| | dozed and rested and was content. (/ f/ ," b Yy / - The Great World no longer seemed ‘,)‘/"f’lw »/ a place fraught with great perils. N sgeic {;" ,%{//1/’/////‘/ 4 //' . You see, he felt so very, very safe under that piece of shingle. Now, very close to that piece of AN /l}(, shingle was a little piece of board, “TAE DIRT ROAD ’/},’ 77 ";fl ( Iy and under that little piece of board @ (937-M-v-TRBONE . several little Toads had sought shelter from jolly, round, bright Mr. Sun. Taddy didn't know they were there, E LL B . for he hadn't seen them when they | | THIS LITTLE INVENTION OF MINE JEFF, 1 TOLD THE COLONEL Al \F IT DONT WORK ¥ 1S CALLED A BULLET-PROOF COAT! | ABOUT MY BULLET- PROOF Y 0 DOWN YOU SHOULD HAVE L E T T E R - 0 U T e Teimtest of acundn. &"sofs westimg | | 1M THE 60y uno NVENTEDTHE f ¢oAT— PUT ITON-WE'LL munl;'S.TfiRY ASA C : A PAIR OF PANTS e e e S % | | BLLET-PROOF VEST FOR THE J/—'| SHOW THE COLONEL in the grass. For no reason at all it HOW IT WORKS! MARTYR I.IKE' gave him an uneasy feeling. Then as : £ . NATHAN HALE! BY CHARLES H. JO & he peered out he saw something = — R moving in the grass, something long o A R and slender, and Taddy gulped with sudden fright. That was a member of the Snake family! There was no doubt about it. Mr. Watersnake was LAUNDERS the only Snake that Taddy had ever CREAMY l | Letter-Out and the gentle show it. seen. This one was entirely different, I Letter-Out for apart. too small to be feared, yet he was a Snake and Taddy felt a sudden chill. It was little Gartersnake. Letter-Ou: , He slipped his head under that other COLLAPSE TRsn S S R A piece of board, and then began to crawl under. Buddenly out came two I l ""'"g'?‘“ ARAE Y b Ty i little Toads, hopping frantically, and a little fellow and striped. He looked BRIEF l Letter-Out and blaze away. NERVE sivh behind them came that little Garter- S snake. He glided forward lwlftl!.h In N Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word | second he had caught one of those —— called for in the last column. Print the letter in center column opposite }I"“;.l To-ds Thenibe passed b;yg:d Eye to}he Future. the word you have removed it from. If you have “Lettered-Out” correctly addy’s range of vission. oy —— e your word is toil. shivered. T /17 ’ < / HERE YOU ARE, MOM/ THERES_ONEY ONE MOR Answer to Yesterday'’s LE he im': 1eg:wuxoomnam;h:::1:;;ym£ ’!"'3‘ Ewg%’é":swi %’ft’l"& "EILS;;LEE&L’ 3 ZV‘E&? rwi 2.‘2{ 5.’#{:%% OT EIGHT oF EM/ léoqu'z':a 1:5:% r?"lrc &Yfiim er to Yesterday’s LETTER-OUT. b ot IN THE PARLOR! L DON' T g ILLION DESCENDANTS, be watched for,” thought Taddy. WANT THEM T0 ANNOY He Tt ?1'5“39 o300 13/00 R0/ 1 WANNA MAKE SOME Z 80 one more fright had taught him MY SEWINC CIRCLE 4 / MONEY ON HIS Letter-Out d P " 7 BALLETS I T l e, O 120 oo ot AR A5 | ) | something 1t was important for him g NS AFTERNOON & . i / DESCENDANTS / LABELS to know. 7 = 4 A (Copyright, 1937.) STRIDES I R Letter-Out and he will quit. 5 DESIST A RN A gg’uvom and he was unfast- qug:rhi:'tdgxt:k:: f:::clnd Olaf sl | l ‘ DD, from carrying out his threst to kill her CRECHE l C I Letter-Out for a loud huza, ;;"c‘;;‘v"fi;*&“l‘; e CHEER could sober sufficiently to wrbitrate. KINDRED I K I Letter-Out and the horse was this. fi“;vffl:m:gl&dfllxmdf .“.:: RIDDEN jury at Olso, Norway. which tried her (Copyrisht, 1037.) ‘v(:dl'gk;l ':m.mgujmm.: Proapiin s