HREE hundred years ago, In
a little village in
tation of the Passion Play.
fulfillment of a vow
devastated Europe following
Years war,
This illustration shows, above,
to right, Alols Lang, woodcarver,
Mary.
AN ALL-DAY SONGSTER
VER in a maple tree on the edg
of Farmer Brown's dooryard lived
Redeye the Vireo and his little
Peter Rabbit knew
nest there, because
told him so. He
it anyway, because
much time In that tree. No ma
what hour of the day Peter visited the
mate,
that they had a
Jenny Wren had
would have guessed
Redeye spent so
ttor
Redeye Was a Little Fellow of About
the Size of One of the Warblers.
Old Orchard, he heard Redeye singing
over in the maple tree. He thought to
himself that if song is an expression
of happiness, Redeye must be the hap-
piest of all birds,
Redeye was a little fellow of about
the size of one of the Warblers and
quite as modestly as any of
Peter's acquaintances. The crown of
his head was gray with a little black-
ish border. Underneath he was white,
For the rest, he was dressed In light
olive green, The first came
down near for Peter to see
him well, Peter understood why he is
called His eyes were red
Yes, sir, his eyes were red, and this
fact alone was enough to distinguish
Bim from any other his
family.
3ut it wasn't
eame down so near the ground that
Peter could see his He pre
ferred to spend most of his time In
the tree tops, and Peter only got
glimpses of him now and then. But
if he didn't see him often, it was less
often that he failed to hear him. “1
don’t see when Redeye finds time to
eat,” declared Peter as he ligened to
the seemingly unending song in the
maple tree
“Redeye bhelleves in singing while
he works," sald Jenny Wren. “For my
part, 1 should think he'd wear his
throat out, Just listening to him makes
my own throat sore. When other birds
sing they don't do anything else, but
Redeye sings all the time he Is hunt.
dressed
time he
enough
Redeye.
members of
aften
that Redeve
eyes,
LJ Know—
meals, stops
nough to swall
when he finds S000 as |
r again whil
unts for ano
the Redeyes that they
nest buliders, Have
pest over In that
shook his prob
uldn’t it anywi ¥, declared
y Wren, “It is
leaves are so thick
it's a regular little basket
fork
n near the en
it is woven a
imost as
pest of Goldy the Oriole.’
“What's it made of 7” asked Peter,
“Strips of bark. plant
web, grass, and pieces
plied Jenny. “That's
about Redeye—he dearly
of paper in
about having a scrap of p
ty the Fly itcher
y af te
piece of snakeskin
down, spider's
his nest.
¥
less I am greatly
Cowbird has
the Redeses: [ am certain I saw
of her in their nest”
est ~=W NU Service.
Sally Sly
the greatly imposed on
“Tell a woman she doesn’t look
well” says catty Katie, “and she will
try a new hat before she will a doc
tor.”
©. Bell Syndicate. —WNU Bervice,
MottiersCooR Book
DAINTY DESSERTS
HERE is no dessert which so ap-
peals to the appetite as ices or
other frozen dishes, during the warm
days. Here are hal? a dozen that will
be appreciated by both the children
and their elders:
Three Fruits Ice.
Put three cupfuls of cold water,
three cupfuls of sugar and the grated
rind of one orange and one lemon into
a saucepan. Add one tablespoonful of
gelatin dissolved In one cupfual of boil-
ing water. Simmer five minutes, Cut
the pulp of three oranges, three grape
fruit and three lemons into small
pleces and add to the sirup when cold,
Stir In the atiffly beaten whites of
three eggs, freeze and serve with the
meat course,
Fruit Potpourri,
Cut one and one-half cupfuls of
ormmnge into small pleces discarding
all the membrane, but reserving the
Juice, Mix with one cupful of sliced
peaches, three tablespoonfuls of pine
apple juice and arrange in glasses.
Add one-third of a cupful of sugar,
one-half cupful of crushed pineapple,
no cherry,
Banana Cream for Cake Filling.
Cream one-fourth of a pound of but.
ter, add gradually one and one-fourth
cupfuls of powdered sugar and one
half eupful of banana pulp. Mix well
and use as cake filling or pudding
sance for cooked rice or cottage pud-
ding. Add any flavoring desired.
Simple Fruit Salad.
Take two cupfuls of orange so
peeled and
grapes, tv ablespoonfuls of
I
th french
tions,
one-half cupful of halved
grape
dressing.
Fruit ice.
}
three peeled banans
the stral
1d three |
the
area
salt,
Milk Sherbet, Three of a Kind.
Mix the juice of
three oranges and
ns with the mashed pul
add three cupf
rr
cupfuls each
three lem p of
three bananas, pfuls of
and three
Stir until
of milk
sugar Is
sugar
the
snd freeze
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Vestern Newspaper Union
QUESTION BOX
ByED WYNN...
The Perfect Fool
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Apropos of the
has
milk
always bothered
question,
me,
one
possibly tell me why
expensive than “milk?”
Yours truly,
SUE PERRIN TENDANT.
Answer—The reason cream is more
expensive than milk is simply because
harder for
bottles,
the cows to sit on
Dear Mr. Wynn:
When 1 was In England, last
sum.
uniformed policemen in London, What
struck my fancy most were the hats
wore. Every hat 1 saw. had a
chin strap on It. What I want to know
is this, do they wear those chin straps
to keep their hats
they
on?
Truly sours,
SIM PILTON.,
Answer—Don't be silly, of course
not, Thosg chin straps are for the
policemen to rest their jaws on after
answering foolish questions,
Dear Mr, Wynn:
I bought a horse from a man who
told me the horse could beat anything
The Blacksmith’s
Daughter
Ey AI'NE CAMPBELL
Hv many times she watched him,
as a child,
Shaping a heavy shoe,
The forge was hot , , , the sum-
mer morning mild, . .
The anvil's ring was true,
And now that she is older, she knows
well,
As he has turned the steel,
So had he east her heart—a sounding
bell
That makes him her ideu.l
The years have touched him lightly.
. They betoken,
As evening colors blend,
She Is, ns she was then—with faith
unbroken—
His daughter and his friend!
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Here is an atiractl suit of
ide-ribbed
many women, The
that will appeal to
eash-like belt are navy blue.
he lost, Can
Yours truly,
IL M. MORVICH.
was his
Answer—He out of
Dear Mr, Wynn:
I noticed a great
boys selling
number of
newspapers on the streets
One jad 1 saw could not have
more than years of age
was carrying about fifty newspapers.
Wouldn't think they would make
the poor little fellow tired?
Sincerely,
HUGH MANNY TAIRIAN,
Answer--Not necessarily, He prob
ably read
Dear Mr, Wynn:
My boss Is going to give me a day
off next week I would like to go
some place, but 1 haven't any clothes
to wear. What shall I do?
Truly yours,
TY PRYTER.
Answer—If you really haven't any
clothes to wear, spend the day at
Coney Island.
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WNU Bervice
ten
you
doesn't them,
NOT TAKING CHANCES
“You'll have to send for another
doctor,” sald the one who
“Am 1 so {ll
sufferer,
“1 don't know how {ll you
are,” replied the man of medicine:
“but
cross-examined me when I appen
18 that?” gasped the
f11at
Ju
I know you're the lawyer who
red
a8 an expert witness, My consclence
won't let me kill you, and I'll be
hanged if I want to cure you.
day."-—Border Citles Star,
The Tummy Letters
The primary teacher was
the children to tell the
tween the letters “4d” and “bh.”
“Johnnie, how can we tell
the instruc
helping
difference be-
these
letters apart?” asked
“Well,” answered the In
front &
3 1,
the back
its stomach in the
has it In
A Specialist
“Doctor, 1 want to co
ahout my stomach.”
“But,
am a doctor
“*Goodn
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Hem
Vanishing Act
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PARTICULAR APPEAL
TO HOUSEKEEPERS
PATTERN 1628
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{ tivating frock that will give you a
| neat and attractive appearance dur-
| Ing your busy daytime hours. And
as for making it—there's just noth
ing difficult about it at all, The
front and back yokes are economical-
ly cut in one, the ¢
| line is readily adjusted, and of course,
| pockets are tub-
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Question All Right
At a college examinati
“Does
sor asked:
barrass §
the ques
Jarra
She Knows Better
*There's really nothing wrong with
you." declared the doctor, after a
horough ex §
*T'd like to nvince
wife of that oc,” said he.
Boe yOu of my
. “She
thinks everythin 8 wrong with me.”
~Cincinnati
he cinema manager was furious,
“What's the matter?" asked his
assistant, “Is anything wrong?
“Anything wrong!” he snorted.
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young wife?”
“Well, a month after the wedding
a belated telegram of congratulation
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New Marital Rift
“Mrs. Gaydog is getting a divorce
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