Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1937, Page 36

B—14 TOONERVILLE FOLKS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, MOON MULLINS—Back Talk. SAY, LISTEN,ZAZELLE- YOU CAN'T TELL ME THEM TWO CHUMPS ARE TAGGIN THIS SHOW AROUND JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE CRAZY ABOUT CIRCUSES. L 7 DRINKING ALL “THAT ThaTS sl S / (IR “IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TOO SICK TO GO TO SCHOOL, I'D BETTER SLIP OUT AND HIDE THE CASTOR OIL.” CROSS-WORD PUZZLE Measure. A villain, 7. Lizard, Chemical 9. Continent, Cenobites. Performer. Jots Lord 87. Emblem. A god Puzzle Implem Conveyance. Auction, 1. Drink. 2. A saponin, Container. Tarnsgressions Failure, Wands. 1. Armies. Seine, 55. Residence. River. Contests. Cheat. Girls. Pie. 9. Fops 1. Folklore, Prayer book. Money. Indian Peasants. PRI Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle. . Mold. . Premium, . Caldron. . Features. 3. Atmosphere. 5. Withdrawer. . Linen. . Loud speaker. 9. Signs. . Tatter. Pork Soldiers. 5. Meaning. 7. Communist. Bone. 3. Sister. . Nomenclatures. Pusher. . Pendants. . Juice. . Attribute. 7. Fortification, Containers. Food. 1. Rabbit. 2. Tune Standard. 5. Notion Garden. Stone. Underworld. Bedtime Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Showing off may be of use, Thus providing an excuse Hummer the Hummingbird A GREAT many people love to show off. Probably you know some. Often they are people who really do | not amount to much, but want other people to think they do. Sometimes it is done to try to win the admiration of one particular person. There is a great deal of that particular kind of showing off. Among the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadow it is s0, especially among the feathered folk in the Spring and early Sum- mer. Some are beautifully dressed, as you know, and strut and show off their fine feathers. Some sing. Some do funny dances on the ground. A few | show off their skill in flying. Some are always ready to fight to show how brave they are. And it is all done to win the admiration of the ones they | have chosen as mates. Showing off is the beginning of love-making. Hummer the Hummingbird, he of the brilliant green coat and the flash- ing ruby throat, has long been admired by all who have seen him, for he is like a living jewel. He is fully aware of this admiration. Being aware that he and Mrs. Hummer are much the smallest of all the birds, Hummer likes to attract notice by doing things that others cannot do. Otherwise he would not be noticed at all, and one can LACK — WHAT You B CoFFEE AN AV AR Tarzan's determination, even eagerness, to ven- ture into the land of the Kaji did not blind him to the hazards of his journey. He moved warily. But could his caution preserve him from Mafka's unaccountable powers, which struck unseen and DAN DUNN—Secret Operative IDan unn HAS FREED HIMSELF AND KAY FROM JAIL BY PUTTING UP A BOND, HE HAS THIRTY DAYS TO PROVE HIMSELF INNOCENT OF THE BURGLARIES OF WHICH HE IS ACCUSED, ELSE HIS TEMPORARY SUSPENSION AS A SECRET OPERATIVE WILL BECOME PERMANENT| [T -=HE IS NOW LISTENING OVER A DICTOGRAPH TO A CONVERSATION IN MUGGSEY'S ROOM?! l-(‘l‘- s MESCAL IKE—Discrimination. - SAY, 1| JEST SEEN 5 MULEY BATES IN TH POOL HALL A WAL, A WAR ON CRIME—Stolen Papers. 3 oA 8 +BANDIT APPLEGATE, MASQUERADING AS ALFRED POWER, NO SOONER ARRIVED IN ENGLAND THAN HE SCHEMED TO never feel important when unnoticed. Mrs. Hummer, on the other hand, doesn't want to be noticed. She is modestly dressed and much prefers to be unseen. It is for her benefit, to win her admiration, that Hummer does his most unusual showing off, It was Sue who discovered Hum- mer darting from blossom to blos- som in the flower bed, and her squeal of delight brought Sammy and Farmer Brown's Boy. “I wish I could find Hummer’s nest,” said the latter. “I haven't seen Mrs. Hummer this Sum- mer, 50 it may be that they haven't nested as yet.” “If we watch him perhaps he'll show us his nest, if he's Sammy. Farmer Brown's about as soon try to us to the nest, even if him. He hasn't any always providing there ing the nest and care v YOU THEY'RE CRAZY ABOUT BINGO. CAN ASSUR YOouU OF “Guess you never tried to watch a Hummingbird,” said he. “I would just as to try to watch Hummer for any distance. Besides, he wouldn't take young is Mrs. Hummer’s job. Once the eggs are laid his chief concern is to have a good time, carefree and happy., If Mrs. Hummer were here it might be of some use to watch her " WELL, THE NEXT TIME MULLINS SHOWS UP AROUND THE LOT, THEM LIONS AND TIGERS OF YOURS IT AINT MAY WOMNDER THAT. " JoE, | DONT OFTEN BSTHER YOU, WITH MONEY MATTERS, 3UT SINCE YoURE NOT SLEEPY— 1o, S e B e At R « . . Meanwhile, in the castle which was the heart of the Kaji kingdom, Stanley Wood fell more and more under the enchantment of the cruel, beauti- ful queen. Finally he could contain himself no longer. Ignoring the risks of his recklessness, he declared his love. 48. I THINK WE CAN MAKE PRI Paz. OFf.; Copyright, 19317 Poblisbers Syadhente » N = ~AN'LIFE ON TH' OCEAN WAVE IS WUNNERFUL THING, PAL-'S GREAT LIFE | TELL YA-=- THE PAROLED CONVICT STOLE A SEAMAN’S PAPERS-- and try to see where she went. But she isn’t around. I wish she was.” Just then Hummer darted away like & shot, straight toward a maple tree in the dooryard. Farmer Brown's Boy led the way in' that direction, saying: “Perhaps he's gone up there to perch. Some folks seem to think that Hummingbirds are in the air all the time. Of course, they're not. They perch just like other birds. Look, there he is!” “Oh!” cried Sue. “Just look at him! ‘What's he doing that for?” Just in front of that tree Hummer was going through an odd perform- ance. It was as if he were suspended 4 N got one,” said Boy chuckled. watch a bullet Wwe could follow interest in fit, is & nest. Build- of the eggs and SUPPER HAS CLOTHES ON, PABY rnes of G-Men Activities Based on Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Modfied in the Public Interest. D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937. —By WILLARD PSST/ DONT MOON- BUT 1 A S LKING UP BE! YOU WITH A TENT P \ GRTEFS \ WHY THEIR B “"!_‘ L - ikl RB SNVORRY. A TR i | THOUGHT WE GouLp JUST Go CALMLY OVER. SOME OF THE — ITS THE SUREST INSOMNIA CURE N THE WoerLp TeLL Mz IN THE MORNING For & long time she gazed at him impassively. ‘Then she spoke, in a small low voice. “Love! So that's what it is.” In that moment she was a woman, like any other, listening to the mel- ody of love. But quickly she became again the queen of the awful Kaji. Drawing herself up in all her regal majesty, she cried: “How dare you, wretched slave—how dare you aspire to the love of Gonfala! I am a goddess as well as a queen. For your crime there can be only one punishment—death!” summon the guard! -=-By NORMAN MARSH WELL, HE'S SCARED PLENTY NOW--ALL WE GOT TO DO IS THEN WHEN DUNN GOES T0 COURT WE CAN MAKE HIM TESTIFY THAT DUNN D10 BURGLARIZE THOSE PLACES --GET ME?? 4 She turned to 7 SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO FORCE IRWIN TO WORK AGAINST —By S. L. HUNTLEY NAW, BUT ALLTH = JE THES, DIRMEE 7OTHER FELLERS HAD GIVE HIM A SHOVEL HE OION'T gg\JNE h o] O DIGG! Dg-{ENM, D?D HE 7 HAD T© STAND UP ALL BY HISSELF! Registered U. 8. Patent Office, —By REX COLLIER APPLEGATE RETURNED ABOARD THE AQUITANIA AND PROMPTLY DESERTED SHIP IN NEW YORK CITY-TO KEEP . AN UNDERWORLD ENGAGEMENT # P YES SIR, HAD LOTS O’EXPERIENCE SIR- by an invisible thread and was falling and rising in almost a half circle, like & pendulum set to swinging with great force and speed. From a point high in the air he would shoot down at breath- less speed within 4 or 5 feet of the ground and then up in a perftc arc to 8 point as high as where he had started. Without pause he would swing back through that arc to his starting point. Back and forth, back and forth, he swung, as it were. “What?"” cried Sue and Sammy to- gether. “That Mrs. Hummer is somewhere over there. He's performing for her benefit, not ours. Look! There she is, sitting on a little dead twig up there,” replied Farmer Brown's Boy. But, though Sue and Sammy looked and looked, they couldn't see Mrs. Hummer. They didn't mind much, for they had seen Hummer perform his pendulum swing, and that is some- thing that many, even among bird students, never have seen, (Copyright. 1937.) Art From Crude Tools. A nalive of California, although never having taken lessons, in art and whose tools are a table knife and a bricklayer's trowel, produces huge cement statues. Most notable are one of Abraham Lincoln, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt. Twizzler Answer. The combinations of girls, escorts | and the respective schools are: Joane | George-Harvard, Helen-Bob-Pannsyle vania, Margaret-Bill-Columbis, Mary- Henry-Yale, Janet-Dick-Princeton. i ; ! “He's showing off,” explained Farm- er Brown's Boy. “That's what he's do- ing—showing off. Do you know what that means?” 8