The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1919, Page 17

FIRST LADY IN TH E LAND | At other times of the year the president's wife is first lady in the land. But not now. Ask your little daughter. She knows. She dreams of this new first has written to Santa Claus all about her For without a doubt the most important person in the world right now B the Christmas doll And, believe us, many an anxious t maybe Santa little heart is us will forget to br your own shoulders girlies won't wake ? Of course! You'll « club. How many kid less, missing: the Empty 8 tmas day? Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter Decide to Go Visiting BY THORNTON W. BURGESS (Copyright, 1919, by T. W. Burgess) FTER visiting the Smiling Pool and warning Little Joe Otter| plied Billy Mink. “I've been feet jing rather restless for some time any f very Muskrat to wate out for | way, and there txn't any better time » Bobby Coon decided that the | of year to go visiting than right ighing Brook was altogether too | now, before the snow and ice o ous a place for him, so he| There's a certs d back into the Green Forest | tance from he firmly resolved to keep away | I've been thinking of visiting. 1 the Laughing Brook. Billy | lieve I'll start tonight, and I'll wt ink and Little Joe Otter talked| long enough for this trapper to « ings over. | “I found three traps,” said Billy} i “There may be some I have | found. Anyway, it is certain I believe I'll go away for a visit,” ed of setting traps and cat thing “That's a good idea,” Joe Otter, “I belleve I'll go vixiting myself. I always did like to travel There in no sense in taking foolish risks, and that is just what we would | be doing by staying here, I think Tl go down to the Big River and stay a while. The fishing here isn’t |as good as it might be, anyway. I | wonder if Jerry Muskrat will go vis iting, too, Let's tell him what we are going to do and see if he wants to go along with one of us.” “He can't go with me, declared M in a most decided tone lon't believe el with me. en you and erry is @ little afraid said Little Little Joo Otter grinned, “I guess he has reason to be,” said he. “I've inca since} THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1919. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS 1 WonpeR. IF SANTA CLAUS GOT MV LETTER ALLRIGHT? | Rope | PONT Force TO PUT DOWN EVERYTHING ~~ I suppose Hel. Be AROUND LISTENING AGAIN ‘TO NIGHT ~ THEY SAY HE COMES AND PREKS IN THE WINDOW TO ome IF YourRt ts FRom MAMA AND ITS NOT YO BE OPENED ‘TILL X'MAS MORNING WHAT WAS ZAT PAGE 17 | Danny Has a Clear Conscience ? lhearo sume’ tf on, Motuer !! Goo BOY, Now, You KeeP QuieT AND Go To meep! —By ALLMAN On, I've teed A PRETTY | Guess 1 Dot’r Haye To WoRRM — Peter Knew NOT To Be OPENED “TILL XMAS a) It Was Bottle. By Gotty- tr IS-A LBoTTLE a | CAN TAKE TH’ Tor OFF HOLD OUT Your. WANDS, TAG = THERES FWE CAR AMELS ~You GOTTA DIVIDE 'EM 1K with yes a ( | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONSES Even WEYUEYUEY = WHATS TH MATTER WITH You kos 2 T DDN’ DIDW'- DID’ MALY'S SONE HOw CAN A CAT CAT UNK! SHE KNOW ITS XMAS NUST HAVE Y POOR FISH? KNOWN IT WAS | | | CONE ALONG TLL SHOW “YOU “THAT MOLLY MUST'VE, KNOWN IT WAS TH MERRY YULETIDE! MOLLY'S XMAS PRESENT To TH FaniLy ONK< ! —By BLOSSER THA CARAMELS WOULDNT COME OUT EVEN 7 So TAYE ONE, AN’ (Cu LDWIDED been told that the Mink family has| “I believe I'l go away for a visit.”|% liking for Muskrat meat. I hardly think he'll want to go along with me, | when that trapper finds that I about those traps, he will set more. enough to hide a trap so tha an not find it. But, you know, | Becidents will happen. He knows that You and I make our homes alon the Laughing Brook, and he will| ply make life miserable for us| continuing to set traps, Do you know what It I'll do? | Joe Otter i I don’t believe he is|t er, because is such a home @ body. But, anyway, we'll tell t we're going to do, and do an he pleases.” nk and Little Joe Otter Muskrat how they were going to fool the trapper by going visiting. They urged him to do the same thing. | Next story: Jerry Muskrat's Trou bles Begin. | OTTO AUTO Goo, 1 Dowl'T KHOW, BUT L TAKE {T FoR A BRIDGE —“THERE'S 0 | ANY OF tas HERE wl JAPA =: ' “wev'D EVEN PUT ONE UP WER A SHADOW - THid 15 A STEEP One - MAYBE BECAUSE IT RUNS “What?” said L ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS Olive Roberts Bartors NAUGHTY NICK Wiek got cross and chased the king! ; the magical mush |green satin do How would e fairies like 1 colors Bent, a leaf flut ind, and when # d Seretulty they fo yelope en invita going to “How #p 1LW.W. HELD = | | COLLEGE CLUB 'T0 DINE | 38, {9 held on an open| “Hic Jacchus” 1s the password to} y _ |the College club's Christmas enter varge, because he carried an I. W.}tainment in the club Tuesday night. | 7. badge when stopped by Patrol-| Dinner will follow thi GRIEF STRICKEN OVER SON, MOTHER DIES that son, W John & man R, Solberg, at Third ave, and!” Let's go eat a N., | BY MRS, FREDERICK PETERSON | 5, og gt.. 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