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city of Cologne, Germany,
wrought by time, war and
load of rubbish, and no one cared.
A NEIGHBOR WHO WASN'T
WANTED
ARLY this spring there had come
in the Green Forest a stranger
who had once aroused a great deal of
suspicion, not so much because of what
he did but on account of his looks.
Perhaps some of you will remember
the suspicion with which OI' Mistah
“Just as If We Honest People Haven't
Enough Worries as It Is,” Grumbled
Peter, as He Watched the Stranger
Flying Toward the Big River,
Buzzard was regarded when first he
came to the Green Forest to live, All
the little people of the Green Mead:
ows And the Green Forest, around the
Smiling Pool, and along the Laughing
Brook shivered with fear every time
they looked up and saw him saiilog In
circles high up in the blue, blue sky.
Why did they shiver with fear? Be
cause they mistook him for a member
of the Hawk family. Yes, sir, that Is
what they did. All summer long they
bad to be everlastingly on the watch
for Redtail the Hawk and his cousin
Whitetail the Marshhawk. All winter
Danny Meadow Mouse and Peter Rab-
bit and Bob White and other little peo-
ple who remained on the Green Mead-
ows were obliged to watch out for
flerce old Roughleg, ¬her of the
Hawk family, So when OI Mistah
Buzzard first appeared he was mis
taken for a member of the Hawk fam-
fly because he looked so much like
one, and it was a long time before his
neighbors learned that he wouldn't
harm one of them for the world
The very same thing happened when
another big stranger appeared very
early In the spring. He was a big fel-
low, just a wee bit bigger than Red-
tall the Hawk, and wore a handsome
white waistcoat and his head was
largely white. Altogether, he was a
fine looking fellow. But he was a
member of the Hawk family, There
could be no doubt about it this time.
One good look at his hooked bill and
great claws was enough to settle that
question in the minds of all who saw
him. So there was no welcome for
him when he first arrived at the Green
Forest. He wasn't wanted there,
“Just as If we honest people haven't
enough worries as it 18" grumbled
Peter as he watched the stranger fly-
ing toward the Big River. “I suppose
now we'll have to keep our eyes open
for him as well as for Redtail and old
Whitetail”
Danny Meadow Mouse quite agreed
with Peter. did all birds,
teddy Fox and Old Man Coyote fell
much the same way toward the stran-
ger, only for a very different reason.
“That fellow will make our hunting
all the harder,” grumbled Reddy to
Granny as they watched the stranger.
“The more there are to hunt, the hard-
er the hunting. Somebody ought to
send him back where he came from.”
Granny was watching the stranger
sharply, and pretty soon she caught
So he
“A woman's idea of an entertain.
ing man” says observing Olivia, “is
one who can say ‘Um-humph’ with an
animated expression”
(©. 1912, Dell Syndicate. )—WNU Service.
England. It
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gasoline
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a gleam of white as he turned in the
alr, Granny gave a little sigh of sat-
isfaction. “Don't worry,” sald she to
Reddy. “I guess we can spare all that
fellow can take from us,” Then she
changed the subject and left Reddy to
wonder why she seemed so little con-
cerned about this newcomer, As for
the stranger, he pald no attention to
anyone, If he noticed that he was
given no welcome he apparently didn’t
care. He just simply went about
his business and didn't meddle In
the affairs of anyone else. After
a while his neighbors noticed that
his business seemed always to take
him in the direction of the Big
River. He never visited the Old Or
ALWAYS
CHOOSING
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
fee ee eee eee eee fii ibe fished
LWAYS pushing good aside,
To take some poorer thing,
Passing something true and tried,
To something else to cling.
Always losing happiness,
Some poorer thing to hold,
Trading something hearts possess
For something that is sold.
Always man must make his cholce,
And often chooses 111,
For it scems the still small volce
Is altogether still,
Always thinking nights of foy
More good than days of bliss,
Treasures squandered by the boy
An aged man will miss,
Always like a marketplace,
Life displays its wares;
Some will pass the things of grace
And buy themselves the cares,
Always ours the chance each day
To keep our joy, or sell,
Since It is forever, may
We wisely choose and well,
(©. 1933, Douglas Malloch. )~WNU Service
He never hunted In the Green
He never circled about over
Meadow, as did Whitetall
the Marshhawk, In short, he never
bothered anyone, There wasn't a sin
gle thing that could be brought agains:
him save that he was a member of the
Hawk family. But that was enough
If he wos a member of the Hawk fam
fly he was an enemy to be feared and
hated In the eyes of Peter Rabbit and
Danny Meadow Mouse and all the oth
er little people who fear Redtall and
Whitetall,
It wasn't unt!l Peter saw a surpris
ing thing happen at the Smiling Pond
that he learned the truth about the
stranger, which was that there wasn't
the least thing In the world to fem:
from him. And until that time the
stranger was a neighbor who wasn't
wanted. Afterward-—well, afterward
things were different.
(©. 1932, by T. W, Burgess }—WNU Bervice,
chard,
Forest.
the Green
Coast Artillery
Left Unguarded
Not even a £0-a-month
Here 1s one of
equipment, entirely unguarded,
AFTERNOON TEAS
PAPA ENOWS—
HE c¢pol afternoons In late winter
and early spring offer splendid op-
portunities for afternoon teas and “at
homes.” Nothing could be more at-
tractive than “four feet on a fender”
with a cup of tea to drown all cares.
One of the nice things about an
afternoon tea, Is that everything but
the tea may be prepared beforehand.
There is no hurried, worried hostess
when entertaining in a simple manner.
There 8 no burned roast or roasted
hostess to detract from the pleasure
of enjoying one's friends,
These should be five or six kinds of
sandwiches, to meet all tastes, Mak.
ing them In different shapes and the
color combinations always appeal to
the eye.
Here are two suggestions for sand-
wiches: .
Open-Faced Sardine Sandwiches.
Drain twelve medium-sized sardines,
remove skin, falls and bones. Pound
to a paste with two tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice, Cream two tablespoon.
fuls of butter, add one teaspoonful of
minced parsley, salt, pepper and
cayenne to taste, Add to the sardine
mixture and spread on thin splices of
rye bread. Mix three hard-cooked egg
yolks with a little mayonnaise and
make a border around the edge of
each sandwich, A slice of stuffed
olive in the center of each makes an
attractive touch,
Pink.-Face Sandwiches.
Take one-half cupful of cooked
beets, put through the food chopper,
add one-half teaspoonful of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and one
half cupful of cottage cheese. Mix
well and spread on triangles of but-
tered bread. Make a border of three
hard-cooked egg whites, One or more
sweet sandwiches should be included.
Maple sugar (grated), cream and
chopped pecan meats make a delicious
filling for white bread sandwiches, Cut
into fancy shapes,
(©, 1932, Wentern Newspaper Unlon.)
——
And Probably Win
A Michigan professor asserts that
only the mentally capable should be
permitted to vote, bit the other kind,
of course, will continue to run for
office~Dayton Dally News
“Pop, what is a fleet?”
“An admiral’'s pastime.”
(©. 19732, Bell Byndicate. )— WNT Service
Nifty Spring Hat
HAPPY little girl, just bursting
with pep, and she has never
tasted a “tonic!”
Every child's stomack, liver, and
bowels need stimulating at times,
but give children something you
know all about.
Follow the advice of that famous
family physician who gave ike
world Syrup Pepsin. Simulate the
body's vital organs. Dr. Caldwell's
prescription of pure pepsin, active
senna, and fresh herbs is a mild
stimulant that keeps the system
from getting sluggish.
If your youngsters don't do well
at school glon’t play as hard or eat
as well as other children do, begin
this evening with Dr. Caldwell's
Here's Another Stab at
Age of “Mother Earth”
One of the most remarkable dis
coveries of recent years is the radio-
active metal, uranium, which gradu:
ally changes into lead, says London
Tit-Bits. The rate at which this
process is carried out Is well known,
and It is invariable, By taking rocks
which contain both uranium and lead
and finding the proportion of each
metal now existing in them, the
length of time to bring
about the present state of affairs is
not difficult to Such a
calculation sl
must have been solid not far short |
of two thousand million years ago. |
The §
necessary
calculate,
ows that the earth
i
withs ofthe earth around thei
Syrup Pepsin. This gentle stimulant
will soon right things! The bowels
will move with better regularity
and thoroughness. There won't be
s0 many sick spells or colds. You'll
find it just as wonderful for adults,
too, in larger spoonfuls!
Get some Syrup Pepsin; protect
your household from those bilious
ddys, frequent headaches, and that
sluggish state of half-health that
means the bowels need stimulating,
Keep this preparation in the home
to use instead of harsh cathartics
that cause chronic constipation if
taken too often. You can always
get Dr. Caldwell’'s Syrup Pepsin at
any drug store; they Pave it all
ready in big bottles,
sun and the moon around the earth
ure not what they were originally,
Science can reconstruct them and
discover the time needed to give
them their present shapes
All of these methods show that the
age of the earth must be more than
one thousand million years and less
than four thousand million years.
We shall, then, not be far wrong if
we fix the earth's birthday at about
Liver Stores Heat
Dr. Henry G. Barbour of Yale uni
versity recently reported to the Na-
tional academy that the funciion of
the liver is that of saving heat when
he body is chilled or at the onset of
fever.
depressed feeli
bladder condition.
Human Porcupine on Hike
Herr Wisnecki-Energo, an Aus
trian artist, is walking from Yienna
to Berlin clad only in bathing trunks
and sandals and with 2000 pins
stuck into his body.
na. Herr Wisneckl-Energo says he
can wear 5000 pins without feeling
any discomfort,
Where Men Are Scarce
suggested by the publication of the
volers’ lists for the nine parliasmen-
divisions in the
Cheshire, England. In each district
the women voters outnumber the
men, and the total excess of women
over men in the county approaches
Tre agonizing aches from
neuralgia can be quieted in
the same way you would end
a headache. Take some
Bayer Aspirin. Take enough
to bring complete relief.
Genuine aspirin can’t hurt
anybody.
Men and women bent
with rheumatism will find
the same wonderful comfort
in these tablets. They aren't
just for headaches or colds!
Read the proven directions
covering a dozen other uses;
neuritis, sciatica; lumbago;
muscular pains.
Cold, damp days which
penetrate to the very bones
have lost their terror for
those who carry Bayer
Aspirin! All druggists, in the
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