C4IX Hit COTOTT TIMIS rMDAY. KABCH »■

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rOR-- -THE—^rGyriG-

PATJ^: CELEBRATION

P ATRICK BTAN h«d celebr*tei In* “T^« W*%rtn» of . St Patrick'* Dar not wl«l> Th*r. waa a parade comlnr alone (nc »*!: hadn't aocar.'. a atrcct naarbr. Pat lorad paradra to The fact wa?. hla nncl« »o hr ran In tho dlreclton of the bad given him a toy ptstol which | mualc and aoon nwt the parm3* ;

really ehot a apark and anaokf 1 He cava on*

The HANDY-BOX.

Hooray, hooray Petty totted atrey her YELLOW

er the OREILV (ran She tucked I t RED mtlkinr atool l>ene*th her m and noddinc her BLACK early i

you pulled the trtccer. Pat had played with It a ound the bouse until he waa tlrud, then he went out and fired a lot of aalute* m honor cf the Saint. At laat he ratne to a ca» IBUnK ataUon and Idly anapped the platol rlcht near a ear which waa taklnc on caaoline. There waa a crand exploalon. and It wa» a wonder that Pat lived to repent- Luckily he waa only acurehed a bit and hi* clothe* torn. Of cocra*. he waa acared atlff He waa sure they would put him In jail fur the reat of hta life, al- • hough he naver meant any harm He hadn't known that the fume* cl gaaoUn* eaplod* If a apark toudw* *-em. He only knew he had done ermethlng dreedfully wicked and he was ocared out of

hi. wlu

He was only etx yeara old and had a lot to learn. *o rlcht after the expiation he began to run like mad HU mother waa away on a vl*U and hU aunt waa keeping house, or he might have ron home. Hu aunt teemed to think email bov. were Jua". peata. Instead of running home as he should have don*, he begar. a wild race up and down the at reel* until he waa loat. Ile had never bee: off by htmaelf before, hut he could have naked hi* way If be had not been eo eevred *t what he had done. All the policemen In the city would be after him. he waa aure So he ran very fast until he waa tlr»d Then he tat down to reat or a doorstep, lie hadn't gotten hl> breath yet. when he saw n dreadful stjht' A policeman coming down ver hi. arm. put | BU.-K Sower* growing or. -he shed »>« atre^lralght ****?^’ t ip. and started . roof. The abed poal waa | but he was too much _,t hi. YELLOW : There were a lew PINK » h * nirockj wlo(i , 4 to Vun. M be crawled under And hU GREEN , In the grae*. [ tb# front steps and waited untl! lost ;*t:j • way out behind Belly had BI.LTE shoe strings tb( mtiD had peaead. Belly's vr -ipron almost rov- tnd ihs bow In her cep waa BLUE. The officer hadn't noticed him. bred her PINK Cute RED lightly) : *o waa the eky. for Pat heard Ms footstep* go. Jr***. Her kerthlef cboui her n#«k Pain' *11 the clover* GREEN anJ thump, thump, paal hla hiding ess » re ill:* the ruffling about !-.he !• tiering GREEN, t ,. for on* place and then die away In the r PINK mill cap. j car. ; have too much GBI'EN on distance. After awhll*. th# llttlT’:c UHDWV « s'ood patiently If Patrick'* Day. fellow crawled out and sat on the i.r-.vh the TEl-LOW thatched' Both Betty and Pat have PINK , step again. ,, •rung shed. There w.- * fe» cheeks and RED !lt». of roar**. Suddenly he heard a band pla>

HEXAGONAL

TIS *P rtBC *VVTve»~ the boy ijf^ls the attraction of t"»

he turned M ;j ,pac M and many

and ran and ran and ran Th* # | s . .hem find that a kit* an* parade waa all mad* up of ra' 1 ** lxrT ' ,... mro er day mak# a nearly

of policemen, marching Ilk* *° 1 ' blnatlon.

dleral ThU kit* resjuir— three *««»• I*et dodged up *n allgr. climbed c . clb er light, etrong wood a fence, ran dowr a street, croaaed j ^ . . . d 4# . ion g Notch.

vestibule of a big dingy

the end* of th*

. ard croe* them In their exa'

building. JuR « he go, there, th. hoJa wUh brad while

they are being bound with a atr.ah fie' Rrlng In upproxlnnale.y tn StTig p°» !!iori »*»«“»*•« l + T * 4# " e,rc “* . ... -V. ervoe with eh*

of the building opened ,

and somebody came out. It waa a policeman! My Pat was acared'

He Jumped behind one of th* b! *;nocr with chalk, dlrld# door* which were folded back ^ f __ c< by ,p*rlng off against the wall of th. veRlbule. >tx UmM; U y the Rick.

ao th* center and th# end* coincide with their respect!** Polnu. Ti* the string to th* end of each etlck 1 l. *. 4. ». «. apecing them to . fh . hold th# end. IB that position when 'the string is drawn ttgl' Al»o tl« . ' ‘ the string between points I. ». -

and squeexed himself Into as small a spare aa he could. The policeman hadn't seen him. fortunately, and Pat stood there a long time, hla heart thumping like mad. People were going In and out of the

briskly. They

l. t and 1. I. ». r

of different eot-

■tber. or W may be

color*

hiding-place behind the outer door, i'*’* TItTT''" Pat could ae* them through « j • tl . crack, and when he had calmed ; V ccp,nr *' down a bit. he peeped through. the proccaa. the minute he peeped The paper covering may be through, he felt like dropping right I ,,n • Plain place

and dying of fright. For; or » P*«ied tc

what do you suppose? Everybody j TifT 3 v-T .v

gotnr In and coming out of the ’

building was a poltcemnn:

Or* thing was cettaln. Pat fall this was no place for him. It waa full (I policemen. They were busy hunting for him. he was aure. But where should he got What should

Once he had seen a movie where I a fellow got rhaaed by a lot of ! Poor little Pal waa scared suffer policemen. Not a funny movie. ! than ever! He had beard the awful bat reel terloo*. In the end th# * truth. The cop# were after him all

loosely, say about 1* Of lOOMI

1 la each aectlon. Uy It face down on pute to the ouuld* strings a* at o* |the floor, turn the edges over aajd which will add to th# attracts

fastened to potnta *. »: K ebetlf

\ahown at b and past* Tut piece, nee* of th. kite when :t U fiylr* |*~ “1“-, foided and "tied at th* ,f paper abcut 1 H* x *' e-d T»R*! Make th. bridle # by ‘ ,h. airing

iver the sticks end upon th< .aper | tha end. aa at f. .Bowing It to f * ! ’

o hold It 1r. puT.-e aa at c. and near I owey /ron-. •■ ■■ ti.re r f th* kit* 1' 'L-tal.

a!

Games for the Saint Patrick Party

e VEKYBODY said that Be:lye varied alxi invitations tc her St. Patrick', the largw Day Patty wer- ;ust th* cuteut ceived a j :.iBgs ever. They were written a green bIt. t>nue ink or. green paper cut Ir. Thlnkln, the Sbapy of a man's eloie pipe ' the game list. In addition to the Invitation 1 t,«r was Itaelt, was a huts note asking that j the guests each guest wear .umath.ng given PATRICK The patty wa* aa eats as the write belo invitation* Th* first gem* to be ] word* lr.«. pleyec waa called "bucking fit. i the first ii Patrick.' and the name had a sentence dunb.e eign'.hcancv. for in on* qcence thi

and the guest !:i.d!ng i tty shamrock plant In |

j Puzzle Corner

Uy S-l-4 form a mascl i My form a pubUc play- j c round. Uy li-T-S a dcmaetlc animat | My 1»-1 form part or th* verb •to be". My whole la the name of a fa-

DRAWING LB00ON wM-TKft. VJEV-UPlPs^

rigtt?

The men looked astonished for a Wbo'd « oment. then one big fellow got 1 an

up and took Pat on hi* knee and j j

asked him a few qucatlona be "So you think you're going lo | ,j,

Jail for snapping th* fdatolT" b# . r ___ TUA

exclaimed. “Don't you know goir . .

folks have been almost craxy looking for you? They've offered a reward for the on* that find* you.' But I did explode th* gasoline. - ••Id Pat, "only I didn't mean to. I

ta Just firing a salute.'*

"8t. Patrick would never stand for having you arre *d.~ laugh■ 1 j on* of the oHirer*. "Sit down and celebrate with ns awhile 111 re | ill up your folks and tell them i

'a all right"

Bo little Pat wa* placed at the table with th* oops and they hsd a regular feast. Th* buUdlb* sraant police station but e sort of club house, and all the good Irtahm-n were celebrating St Patrick * Day. : aure did have lb* time of hla and h# wa* nevar afraid of icemen again. Hfe motto wa* Tf you're right, the cop* are' your friend*: tf you're wrong, yon ought to ‘fees up Ilk* a man!”

Big Sister Teases

0

You'n tcaung? Yea, I racioc But still I think jron’re wid to krA To whom Pm writing. T*k* I

_ ml

cr. Mias Fima, cflofaml

f course. Elise. I know you'

there,

•MmoU right up against my I'B

chair. j

And standing so that you can see— : My letlrr's my private. No. I think you're mean as mean can be! When sent it woci’t have tar te **

j It's juil lo daddy—yoa h»w w?ci

! • ‘ P 04 * you knov it’s impolite ' You saw. of courae—Mi«

jTo stand and weld, a pusoc sn*c> I i ou know that mothet Uughl you;

Hu!

“Well Soon Gd Him I Bet”

right. I To do such things—have

think of | Already he f«lt tho handcuffs or. I got) of Justice ; his wrists and himself dragged Into *

la Uungeoi

police station " *

lied that

ly n-eant to honor 'land. Way off : r . 1

U». dunanc* fc* oouM heard .h, band playing 'The Wearing of th.

Green."

He begen to think of all hi. , loved one*, hu parents and brott.. era and aIRcre. end Utile Honors, <'**#T with her Mack carl# end j * Tk ? •J'" 1 Hogore would lw mies #■ 1 bett»r Juat sneak log him that day. Honors wa. on'.v i r-.nd th# way home." ! 9’e •*>‘1 she thought Pat «r>, , j*lf. j Jie.o. * • ugh th# crack When I-at thought of hla luti, - cnane* Juat thee!friend he atepped crying. Honors ■. lie*men coming up i b*d ne'er ##en him «ry. even whet l thu la what they * h » bad fallan down and hurt h-r . 1! '‘ suddenly felt very trav, hair, blue ey-e Ht. Patrick w.. brave.- h , : . v and a half year* j ■* ''Ryan t* a good i :.e of them we* I'n- not going to ran eweI'U glv* myeelf up! • name?” | *-'P fe e rose end quick as a neefc j before hi* courage had ••r-. e -o said' uieJt . be puahed open t , tc- ,

*7 1 U r™t. tbal's true,

at triggernsir ttlfgM. 1 koow^Uher tban to «lo *

o very m tali

Ikmg. please, don’t .um 1

sag!

So bundle up' If tbr snow birds .ag: Don't tlimk it means that it it *p»ing - Tot whfle the March winch send then chill Be prepared for cold days trill