THE CENTRE 1 JENNY WREN'S BIG COUSIN ETER RABBIT never will forget his surprise when Jenny Wren i him one morning if he had seen any thing of her big cousin. Peter hesl- tated. As a matter of fact he couldn't think of any big cousin of Jenny Wren, All the cousins Peter knew an about were size, HEE ything very near Jenny's own Now Jenny Wren Is one of the most Impatient small persons in “Well, well, Peter, have lost your tongue?” she chattered, “Can't you answer a simple question without taking all day about it? Have seen anything of my big cousin?” “You needn't If I am slow the world well, you you be so cross about It replied Peter, “I'm just “lI Saw Him Only Yesterday on the Edge of the Old Pasture” trying to think who your biz cousin is. I guess, to be quite honest, 1 don't know him." “Don't know him!" sputtered you know him, know hira. 1 Thrasher.” In his surprise, Peter fairly jumped right off the ground “What's that? he exclaimed, when was Brownie the Thrasher related to the Wren family?” “Ever gince there have been any Wrens and Thrashers,” retorted Jen. ny. “Brownie belongs to one branch of the family and I belong to an. other, and that makes him my second cousin. It certainly Is surprising how little some folks know." “But I have always supposed he belonged to the Thrush family.” pro- tested Peter, “He certainly looks like a Thrush” “Looking like one doesn't make him one,” snapped Jenny. “By this time you ought to have learned that you never can judge anybody just by looks. It always makes me provoked to hear Brownlie called the Brown Thrush. There isn't a drop of Thrush blood in him. But you haven't an- swered my question yet, Peter Rab- bit; I want to know if he's here yet” “Yes,” sald Peter. “I saw him yes. terday on the edge of the Old Pas him! Don't Jeany. “Of course You can't help but mean Brownlie the know “Since ture, He was fussing about In the bushes and on the ground and jerking that long tall of his up and down and didn't know what I've any way sidewise as if he to do with it never around seen his tall the Jenny Wren giggled “it thrashes his tall around so much that he Is the Thrasher. I he was wearing his new spring suit” “I don't know whether or not it was new, but it was mighty good look ing,” replied Peter. “i just beautiful reddish brown of his wings and tall, and it certainly set off his white and buff with Its dark streaks and spots. You must admit that anyone seeing him dressed so like the Thrushes Is to be excused for thinkiog hisu a Thrush” W. Burgess — WN Service “That's just is because he like him,” said sie, called suppose that back, does love waistcoat QUESTION BOX By ED WYNN... The Perfect Fool Dear Mr, Wynn: I am a poor woman and sell dough nuts for a living. I charge three cents apiece for the doughnuts One man says he will buy a dozen doughnuts every day if 1 will take off one cent from the price of each doughnut. for the hole, I can’t afford to sell them cheaper than three cents and would like him for a customer, What shall I do? Sincerely, OLIVE OYLE. Answer-—-The next time you see him tell him you have decided to give him one cent for each hole when he re turns the holes Dear Mr. Wynn: I am In love with a young lady and I thought she loved me too, Last night I called at her house and her sister told me my girl was not at home. I happened to look on the rack in the hall and I saw my girl's hat hanging there, so 1 knew she was home. I never want to see her again, Am | right? Sincerely, BOB O. LINK, Answer—You are acting silly, Be cause you saw her hat in the hail you say she must have been home. In that case, if you saw your girl's stockings in the wash you'd swear she wes In the laundry. Dear Mr. Wynn: My father told me that a "window" and a “widow” were just the same How can that be? Yours truly, FRANK LEE SPEAKING. Answer-Your father's advice Is very good. He means that when you get near either of them, you want to look out, Dear Mr. Wynn: A girl friend of mine was married yesterday and of course I went to the wedding, Some relatives brought their baby to the wedding and all during the ceremony the baby cried. It seemed to spoil the whole thing. I expect to be married very shortly and. want to know how 1 can keep the guests from bringing babies to the wedding. What shall 1 do? Sincerely, N. GAGED, Answer--When you have your wed ding Iovitations printed just have printed in one corner of the invita. tions—"“No Bables Expected.” © the Amsociated Newspapers WNU Services Many Tongues Broadcast Crechoslovakin believes its broad casting stations lead the world in the number of languages broadcast, That at Prague generally makes its dally announcements in Czech and German, but every week it also uses Russian, English and French and occasionally Polish and Serb. At Bratislava the announcers speak in Russian, Slovene, Polish, Rumanian and Hungarian, SOME GOOD DRINKS JHEN the weather is either un- seasonably hot or some days, a chilling, tinkling drink and the next a hot one, A de il drink that will appeal to near tastes Is y need, too cool we the following fruit Fruit lced Tea. one strong tea, Make two or cup of using three teaspoons of the tea to bolling water. Let #1 stand five minutes to steep, then chill the oranges Chill i: a cupful of Squeeze julee of lemons sugar enty of three and add end with pi of water ugh {oo sweeten, add a half with thin ive, gallon slices of orange and serve and iemon floating on the glass Ginger Ale Cream. Serve ice cream in tall glasses, fill up with ginger ale. Chocolate Ice Cream Boda. Into a tumbler put a small ice cream, pour over this two spoons of chocolate sirup and fill the glass with chilled soda from a syphon Mulled Cider. Put one quart of sweet cider into a saucepan. Add one small stick of cinnamon broken into pleces, oue-half teaspoon of whole allspice, six whole cone of table water drawn “Pop, what is imperceptible?” “Hen's teeth” ©. Bell fyndicate —WNU Service, AN AIRPLANE FLIES OVER By ANNE CAMPBELL ROM an airplane looking down Over the recumbent town, Slum and mansion, avenue, Alley, boulevard and street, Melt Into an even view, In a harmony complete. All 18 equal from the skies. God, whose home {8 Paradise, Sees his people as do we: Little folks with alms so high, Gazing heavenward to see A red airplane in the sky! Copyright.—WNU Service. cloves and one small plece of ginger root. iring to the bolling point, let boil three minutes. Skim and turn Into a hot stone pitcher, serve hot In small steins. Hot gingerbread, snappy cheese mixed with rich cream, makes a palatable luncheon with a stein of cider, Delicious Prepare a sirup of one cup of sugar, one-half cup of water, cook until it spins a thread; pour the sirup over three beaten egg whites and add slowly to one quart of freshly made english breakfast tea infusion which has been chilled: add one quart of Punch. and freeze punch to a Serve bowl in mush, tall thin glasses, Ginger Ale Cobbler, Fill soda finely crushed ice, add (the with ginger ale one pineapple small size), then Serve at once, © hy Western Newspaper Union. 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