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Home, Sweet Home on the “Loneliest Island99
LJ 10It 10 Is a typical home on Tristan Da
^ ^ Cunlm, which has heen called the
loneliest Island In the world. It Is In
tin; south Atlantic and Is seldom visited
by ships. The Inhabitants an1 descendants
of British soldiers sent there during the
Napoleonic wars.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON VV. RURGF.SS
BUSTER BEAR IS STARTLED
STRAIGHT toward the little pile of
leaves In the Green Forest under
which Danny Meadow Mouse was hid
ing walked Buster Bear. Ills little
eyes, for his eyes are little compared
with Ills great size, were fixed rich;
on that little pile of leaves. Danny
With a Faint Little Squeak of Fright
He Scurried Out From Under Those
Leaves.
was certain that they were fixed right
on liis own small gray person. Why
else should Muster look straight at him
and walk straight toward him?
As a matter of fact Buster didn’t
see him at all. Of course not. Danny
was hidden under those leaves. Buster
couldn’t have seen him had he known
Danny was there and tried to see him.
And he didn't know he was there. A
fat Meadow Mouse was the last person
in the world Buster Bear expected to
find over In that part of the Green
Forest. His thoughts were not on
Meadow Mice or any other Mice for
that matter. They were wholly on
beechnuts. He Is very fond of beech
nuts, Is Buster Bear, and It was to
look for beechnuts that he had come
to that particular part of the Green
Forest that particular night. You see
it was the part of the Green Forest
where the beech trees grow.
So Buster Bear wasn't thinking of
anything but beechnuts ns he walked
toward that little pile of leaves and
Dnnny Meadow Mouse. He was mnk
doYOU Know—
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That centuries ago soap and
water were looked upon as
harmful and such teaching
as there was on the subject
strongly discountenanced
washing. “La Civilite Nou
velle," a manual for the guid
ance of youth, published i i
1667, warned children that
“to wash in water injures
the eyesight, brings on tooth
aches and colds and engen
ders pallor.”
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ing n noise deep down In ids throat.
Danny thought he was growling and
the sound would have frightened him
still more only he was already as
frightened as it was possible to be.
Duster wasn’t growling, lie was talk
Ing to himself.
“There Is a little pile of leaves 1
haven’t raked over yet," he was say
ing. “There ought to be some nice
sweet nuts in among those leaves.
Can’t think of anything better than
nice sweet beechnuts. Wish they were
bigger. I certainly do wish they were
bigger. It takes a lot of work to find
enough to fill tiie stomach of such a
big fellow as I ant. It would lie a lot
easier If it were not for these pesky
leaves. Seems ns if nuts Just dearly
love to hide under leaves. Wish they
grew the way berries grow. It would
lie a lot easier to get enough if they
did. Now we'll see how many I'll lind
under these leaves.”
I5y tlds time he was near enough to
reach out a great paw with its dreadful
claws. Danny saw that great paw
starting toward him. With a faint
little squeak of fright he scurried out
from under those leaves, and because
he was headed towards Huster Hear
and was too frightened to know where
he was going he ran straight at Blis
ter. It was all so sudden and unex
pected that for an instant It startled
Huster.
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With You I Am Content
By ANNE CAMPBELL
I HAVES been happy
All summer through,
On the veranda
Sitting with you.
We have been nowhere.
We’ve had no money I
Hut we’re contented. . . .
Isn’t it funny?
Winter is coming;
No more we'll share
The trees’ green splendor,
The summer air.
Hut you are near me.
And my desire
Is to watch with you
An open fire;
Is to share with you
Home's sacrament!
Winter or summer,
I am content!
Copyrlcht—WNU Servt'-e.
I iUESTION BOX I
by KD WYNN, The Perfect Fool
Dear Mr. Wynn:
A young man has been annoying me
for some time because 1 refuse to
marry him. Wherever I go he follows
me and asks me, time nnd time again,
to marry him. I do not love him and
have told him so. Last night he snld
he would never give up nnd would fol
low mo to the end of the earth. Please
tell me how to get rid of him?
Sincerely,
IVY POYSEN.
Answer: Let him follow you to the
end of the earth nnd when you get hint
there push him off.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I met a man yesterday who says he
knows another man who was married
for 23 years and then shook his wife
when she was forty-five years old.
What do you think of that?
Truly yours,
GOODE N. KLEVVER.
Answer: That’s not a bad shake.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am taking an examination to Join
the police force. One question puzzles
me. What I want to know Is this.
Suppose I arrest n man and while we
nre waiting for the pntrol wagon to
come, a gust of wind comes along and
blows Ids hat down the street, should
I let him run after It?
Truly yours,
T. BISKITTS.
Answer: Of course not. Don’t you
see If you let the prisoner run after
the hat he’ll keep on running and es
cape? What you want to do In a case
like that Is to let the prisoner stnnd
on the corner and you run after the
hat.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I hnve been wearing glosses for
about six months, and yesterday,
through carelessness, I dropped my
glasses and they broke. I must get a
new pair. So what I want to know Is
will I have to be examined all over?
Truly yours,
I. LIDDS.
Answer: Of course not, only your
eyes.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
There U a certain man who passes
our house every day and I notice no
matter how hard It rains he never car
ries an umbrella. How do you account
for that?
Truly yours,
I. C. HIMM.
Answer: That Is very easily ac
counted for. He most likely eats a lot
of salt mackerel, and that keeps him
dry.
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WNU Service.
Smallest School in the Country
THE Isle An Haut, ft community of 89 residents in Maine, boasts the smallest
school In the United States. The student body consists of Mary Itoblnson.
fourteen, and Gordon Chapin, eight, who are seen In the photograph standing
In front of the school building.
A FEW DESSERTS
-pliKItK is nothing that goes to the
1 stmt with the ordinary individual
like fresh hot ginger bread, right from
the oven. Serve it with cream cheese,
apple sauce, or topped with whipped
cream, and It is always n welcome
dessert. The following Is an old rec
ipe which is always good:
Hot Water Ginger Bread.
Beat one egg, add one cupful of
sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, one-half
cupful of sweet melted fat, one cup
ful of good dark molasses anil three
cupfuls of Hour with a tahlespoonful
of ginger. Mix and stir well, then
add a cupful of boiling water to which
a teaspoonl'ul of soda lias been added,
stir until smooth, then pour into a
good zed dripping pan and bake 40
minutes in a moderate oven. Cut
while hot with a fork or two, so that
it will not he soggy.
Frozen Boston Pudding.
Break into lots or grate a half-pound
of brown bread a day old, pour over
one [lint of boiling hot cream and let
it stand until cool. Prepare a rich
boiled custard, using a pint of milk,
three oggs, two taldespoonfuls of su
gar, a few grains of salt. Cook until
the custard coats the spoon. Cool and
freeze, serve unmolded on a platter
covered with macaroon crumbs.
Frangipani Pie.
noil out throe circles of nice pastry
and eat with a plate for the pattern.
Hake on baking sheet and pat togeth
er with crushed strawberries mixed
with sugar and whipped cream. Top
with the cream and halved berries.
Coffee Junket.
Crush one junket tablet and dissolve
in a tablespoonful of coffee infusion.
Reserve half n cupful of milk from a
quart of lukewarm milk which is add
ed to the dissolved junket. Pour this
milk ovo- two tablespoonfuls of coffee,
having the tnilk boiling hot. Let stand
until well infused, strain and cool be
fore adding to the milk. Let stand In
a warm place to thicken nnd serve
with whipped cream for topping.
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Gibson Girl Hat
Gibson girl sailor and bovvknot scarf
to match, worn by I’attl Pickens, of the
singing Pickens Sisters of the radio.
The crown, what there is of it, is navy
blue straw ; the taffeta checked In gray,
white ami red. It was designed by G.
Howard Hodge.
Ji Feu?,
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JUST A VOUNGSTER
The medicine man was selling a
remedy which tie claimed would make
men live to a great age.
"Look at me," tie shunted, "haleand
hearty and I'm over three hundred
years old !"
A listener turned to tlie salesman’s
assistant. "Is lie really as old as that?”
“Iain't know," was the casual reply,
‘only keen working for him one hun
dred years."—Washington host.
GET GOING
Mr I.lglittop—Are you fond of baked
beans. Miss I’hil?
Miss I’ii i I—Not very. Rut 1 like
'Item u lot better Ilian l do half baked
beans I've seen on some persons I
know.
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New Clerk Wanted
j Mrs. Jones stepped quietly Into the
| outer oiiiee.
"I wish to speak to the proprietor.'’
she said.
The cheeky junior clerk smiled at
' tier
'.Most certainly, madam," lie said.
%
'The boss is always glad to meet
pretty girls like you.”
She grimaced.
“oh. is he?” site replied. “Then tell
him his wife Is here and wishes to
see him."—Stray Stories Magazine.
Step Back, Please
"I tell you Unit I won’t have this
room." protested the old Indy to the
hell hoy, who was conducting her. ‘‘I
ain’t going to pny my good money fur
a pig-sty with n men sly little foldin'
bed In it. If you think that Jest be
cause I’m front the country—”
Profoundly disgusted, the boy cut
oer short. “< Sot In, mum, get in. This
ain't your room, this Is the elevator.”
Conclusion
"Wliy do you not bring your Inves
tigations to a conclusion?"
"The trouble with an investigation,"
said Senator Sorghum, "is that it
seems to work upside down. 1 have
11 ways formed my own conclusion be
fore I start it. Then it usually proves
to have no linish whatever."
Romance
"fin you find any romance In poli
tics ?’’
"A great deal," answered Miss Cay
■ntio. “In politics, as in lovetnaklng,
a whispered word may mean fur more
than n public declamation."
MUST BE TRUE
‘They say Brown’s wife fairly wor
ships him."
"1 guess that's so. 1 went out there
mexpeetediy the other day and no
ticed she served up a burnt offering."
Shattered Faith
"Always keep your faith In human
nnt u re."
“I try to." answered Farmer Corn
lossel. "But what’s a man to do after
he lias been serving a couple of weeks
in the grand Jury?"
Ex, Meaning Out
"Whut yoiiall doin’ now, big boy?"
"Ah Is a exporter.”
"A exporter? \V hut’s dot?"
"Ah witz a pullman porter but Ah’s
neen tired."