CAPE MAT coujrrr TIMES, FMDAT MAT IS. 1M7.

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The.HANDY BOYAt'HOME Br cmarucs'aVkinos j| >STyrEr*KORMAL SCHOOL. PlVMOUTh.n.m:

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Tto o tree seat

Picnic table and seats TREE SEATS

BARBARA HELPS

h AKISAKjl r *»l!r •

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lifer ih« two IUU« punnrd to ha to a Sol

dlnr Allra wm laM up '

Ar.d auto onoo

P»Ser Uttlo hood with a drop of woo not :oi.« U filaappoorti*. blood ooana from It wWo bo bad *ho cooldtit think of anrtbtea

scratrhod hlmaalf.

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Hut Barbara's mothor a awar unexpoctodly, and was no ono to loaro Baby With, Barbara had to atay at and amuso him. On this day. William was not foolln* any too cood-cat .,od. and so bo 4omandad com taut attsntlon. Barbara did ovorythln* ahs «rald thlaa of to mako him happy and to hasp him froi almost anythlnc

; ahowad him tha _ tha room and told him a funry UU ••Is story about aach. But Ir.torastad William tha moot of all was tha way no could ratUo tha ! frames scale* tha wall by taklBC tha tdcoa of thorn In bis tiny fat a whan Barbara hald him up. rbara was afraid tho

i. whilo fur dt« which

tired as a prt

“Well. 1 do declara.* bora* out rest la l Barbara, and tha tears wars Tory *o-<~aj

r tho surfaoo.

i do unlooo aho t

o with Mothor would

William. Barbara climbs) up on a chair, ot a botllo of lodh-io. and with a Uttlo class rod which, waa fastsnad to tha cork, palntad tbs cat noaUy.

IHlh sketch should a many "Handy Boys" caa ir. tha school yard, la tho tchurch, farm boms cr town S*. or • harowar tress cr a and fsopi. father, llouch. but atronc ■wlsrtal should bo asad and a* oaf It naUec tocstbar. the too la should ba so plannad Oat tbay air, bs IS' to 1(* wide sad about H* from tbs (round. Ike •upportlae poms batny drtrac lata the (round and I •dears a tailed to them. In tho •arm aaat the porta ah olid ba tall er.ooyh to I. OT tha arm to bs P* a boro tha •eat the trdyura a and ana b raut-

ahsuld ba thick aacuch so tbay wiu not band akcaadrsiy batwaau baarlnm or mers baartnys must ba

at a. runnlay bayoad tha ladyafa to auppart tha aaata f. Plana canter of tha backs about l a bore tha aaat. Tho ona traa may bs built upon tho asms j dpi a. while tha two traa aaat upon cleats Ottsd to tha tra

Tbs picnic table may bs placed between trass upon ladyara Ottsd aa at h and braced as at k with a middle support aa at 1. If tha labia la more than elfbt fast lot*. Tha tup of the table should bs *•* from tha (round and about »•* wlda. Tha aaat ledyera should bs lone erenyh. and the seat board! placed that ona may alt In comfort while satiny. Thus tbs Inside edc of the seal shouiC ba about Mt 1 from tha edya of the table. If lb seats are 1«* wlda tha ladysn should ha about M Inches lone and 4* ta *' wide

brouyht bar from tho dty. Toa could blow Into thla music boa at oas end and mak« a pleasant wh 1st liny noloa, or you coold turn a little handle and Hay bolls Uko s chime would rlnc William was dollyhted and put out hU bands for the

“WlUum oss cars." ba staraly. and whan Barbara pal attsndor.. he boyah to serwarr loudly. "*es cara! (as carol' “Ah rlybf Barbara sold. "woTl yo aad see tha trolley ca soon aa you stop crytay. Tha racket cessed lr.i Barbara wboslsd the little fellow across the street and turned In tbs of Cross Street, where tbo bad m an eld bob bUsy atony laadii larya. much wrinkled and (aunt

saa ytrl WUUam wouldn't bo aaHadsd unI ahs yot a aaucsr of mttk tor Mika to drink, and before Ae know what was happsnlny. william bad spilled the milk all orwr Mf It mads the pretty far badly, so abs took Mike out Into tha kitchen, yot a basin ot warm water and a clean doth, and did the beat ahs could to undo the mischief. William had followed her and was playlny with a stick ha found on tho floor. All at does ho began

to cry.

“Ob! Ob! WlUum tut hla

The Puffin, a Funny Looking Bird of the Ocean

» 1 all the birds It would be hard to find one quIIs aa lunny looking aa thla lorar ef tha ocean, that tha books ipeak of as tha I’uffln. Funny saa» too. but In a way. It seems tt nit as It Is all puked out—oo P-Sr does «a woll aa anything

•a*.

It many ways It la unblrd-lika. Hi (.ser shape and some of Its fcatlu are unlike most of the folks

ro portion, and Its body nothing oo much as a hafly Mown np football. The

.* about It and color of Its MU. which la almost equal In alas to tbo Mrd'o hood; and looks something Uko a post hole dlyyar without a handle. If this ridiculous MU had only boon palntad In one color. It would not liars been oo bad. but Bke Joseph's coat ft Is of

Is railed, la a glaring ye’low; th«

1 puzzle Corner ^

A DUMB FRIEND PX VsIPAX

U you will U* other apwors as they '"•■d. What U Uf 'IVIOB CROSS-WOKli IfIXhE

“'•HlAO.VTAh VKimCAIi >»« <pl > y-Half a acoro

My dear inch and EdWa Intel.d surprtalt* Charlie Colo on hla birthday anniversary. Won't you fslluwa eoms-moay svenlny—eight Mauri's has arranged orerrono aaoamblos at Brown’s drug atora. £varyons Ir.tcnda brtngU* aom thing for rt 'raohmanu too. Tour contribution-—ham earn wtshee. tto famalo woman—JuM fsltot from his collage—mootly t'harlls a mother kuowa and t vltad aetno chaps also. Mind- drug store at -Ight

JIM NORRI& HYlUtA UEAI»KI* WURO

next section blight blue, and the, at great dapiha, * hawing that they

of It including tha Up. » 1 fn.. 00 'A*^!*'*

_ . tha I ,h *l' ar * “ ft *f “o matter how deep eot red f u ' w it diraw Fishermen tail wend ra do not shade Into atortrs of these leathorod dl r. but each ono to as etsar-coi 4b4 ^ b i ood . hoond tsroetty aad distinct aa the pdo®** ,0 “ , which lhay follow their pray, patch-work qalM; In fact that la Whan a Ruffin singles out a exactly what It looks Uko—so mo i ocular flab for Its naxt rr.awL H kind of patch-week. ! might aa well giro up and Another tMog about this curious I breath, aa It la sure to I U la that tha gundy colors only j taken aad captured In t

and they settle down to tha pros* bualneas of housekeeping. « bright colors fade, aad tha b takas on a dingy broWB. and It la j no different from any other bill—| at least, ao far aa tha color of It i goes And aa they are aald to only | nurta once, and that for life, Mra I Ruffin narer again sees her husband with a wonderful trl-color MU. ao aha can only Uts on the memory of how handsome ho waa to tha courting days. Some men are Uka that; when making lore they dress In the height of fashion and as soon -a things are sett led. and Ibaro la no more uncertainty, they go around, in orer-alla. In tbo nastlng season Puffins gather In eountlaas number* on the rocky shores of north Atlantic Ulanda; and Instsad of nesting on

In tha hard soil, two or throe feet doap. and at tha bottom lay the single brown-Uh white eg*. When the young hatifli they are 10 m ore beautiful than their pwr.•nia ao they wisely stay hidden In tbs burrow aa long aa the mother la willing to feed them, flb* f

to sea and catches small fish

:h aho brlnya home and arras In a neat pile near tha entrance of tbo burrow. When aha has twenty or more, aha takes ona

carrys It down and feeds It to her hungry offspring.

Tha Puffin only comes to land during the nesting season, which

tbs months of June and July,

tha other tec are spent In and on the water, not even coming on land

sleep.

They do not always dig their burrows, for If they can And

“ lade. It

H|fl | I :h work. ao ikey coolly dlapomeae tha real

owners and taka

CARELESS ANN O F til the careless children Ann waa jual .haul As t And in her dreamt her tUbes came and all her faults n Said Madge, her favorite. “Really. Ann. I Ami you d . on left me lying oo the «oo»—I*m aur* to Midi s cold. Then Annabel began to wad. * You threw me on a chav. Where I’ve been hanging howl bead down—Ae puppy* ruined my hi But when a dollie sard. ■'You’re jurt a little heathen. Any." She fell aahamed to hear that firm s dollie from Japan.

Whet's you

ML aad Barbara lei UtUs box. but ho soon bajan to wonder what was on tho I aside and to rop It on tbo floor and shake It. “You'll break lias nice music box.

and visit Rosy aomoUmos and bring her peanutsT“ “guro.” agreed tho old mac amiably, “wa ll bo glad to see yo— Rosy aad X. for I am yoing to stay with her. kho knows me. dose Rosy, tor I bare takoa ears of bar other elephants for yaaro.

mt. llttls glrlf"

Barbara Dunging. and my broths* la WUUam X>ua-

alny"

"Dunning. Dunning." mused old fellow. “Why. roars ago I worked for some people by that What's your deffe first

She waa net prepared for bis

expression of Joy-

"I hot It - the same." ho exclaimed. rubbing hla bands together. ■'The Trumans and Bawyara and Dunnings wars all rotated. I remember a boy about flftaon years nhi that I'm mWhtr certain must bo

begged Barbara '^^r^^d think Unowr

politely, “he. the elephant got a lunch at

Bn g j noon." she aald. ' and we live In rMT j that big house at the end of thla

The JUNIOR C HOMEY OOOXXfS Mix together 1-1 cupful ahsetagM tag toll or any good Cat-J e-i Add % cupful oC honor and «R yolk of l egg tat till creamy, thou add 9 table*poenful lemon Jutee and b«df

namor*

“Toa" smiled tho old m when ho smiled, he had

Barbara. "Name Isn’t Billy." scolded tho UUla chap ' N'ame WlUum.' "All right.' laughed Barbara. "101 mo have tho box. WUUam. FU got you a ©noble Instead " it took some minutes to persuade j him to trade the box for tha cookie, for ha wanted both, but Barbara waa firm. It aoamed to her aa though her mother would

street. Como and see him." Bar. and 1 sho’% gota"; rr.yVVS.’ibkro

groan barn back of tho boute at j U, ^ n * ^.'" k

for a few days. beca«

tha circus aho la with Is going Into tbo country." Barbara didn't just understand thla but It waa very interesting that Rooy waa to bo a neighbor for

a short time.

"Ob. good la!" and Barbara clapped her handa "May 1 come

The gld man nodded thoughtfully. and ha and Rosy moved on. When Barbara and WUUam reached home, their mother waa them, and soon Mr. Dupnlng'i footsteps wore heard on tha porch Tbo family wa* eating tho noon meal happily together when

* tut*’ Add the flour^and baklc* PIW—R Beat an egg white till (Ml Mht careful!} fold It ta*- tha dough.

lAby onto u g

from ti.e O; of a about li minute* (or

gold** bret-n) in i

Thla rsclps will mako from'I to II cookie ftCqaBUr* to the aMS you chooa. io bare thma. D.dMp*

i '>5kr m

:m

from l«

• «roo Mom

keeper. It only took a fo* aM menu for the two BMO to Masi that they really had known 4

other, and both see pleased to renew the a

known sash cutLatoS

There waa a good deal of mat which tha Uttlo girl couldn't uaCebetand. but aha did get enough of M to loam that “Old Tom ' had hekM a valued employee many yearn bofore. and waa a Witness to Mm signing of valuable papers a pea

knock wax heard al th» aide door j which tha fair dm

rabbit

They am sort able to a degreo. and Uka tbs company of thslr own kind, ao they are usually seen In large numbers when swim min* and Ashing. When a flock alights on the eage of a cliff, they all Instantly turn and face tha open sea. with hooka towards tha land, showing plainly which one r' the two they prefer. And they stand In weli-dreoMd ranks. Uka dumpy Uttlo soldiers on parade, and they often keen this stiff, eract position for the longest time-without movthe order to break ranks, when the formation melts, and tha ao Idlers dtsperat. Mumahow they remind one more of grotesque Jepeneee toys, than living creature* *nd on* would not b« surprised to see them ranged on the pountcr of a Arc and tan cent atore. They are ml Id-mannered and unsuspicious.

j and barely move out of the way If them, aa with soma people, might ■ aI1 intruder appears on the scene makes right. ! Aa they are seldom molested, ao Aa thslr legs ars ao short, and j th . r bat* not learned what fear la. thslr webbed feet ao hard to 1 an 4 treat tha occasional human bemanagr. Ihelr gait la Just u aeries lnxt that coma ihelr way. Just ai of wabbles, which le anything but . th . y would some kind of strong*

graceful. Whan walking they set ( blra>-

MY WISH “

JT -tS.”™- T F j “ sequan.-o Both sexes dross exact- < I 1 11 toll you what I d do. iy alike in short bUofc out-a-way Id wuh thal hivdy tprin* ooata. and very full loiqr wl.lt* j would tail

n* w r—

war# all wearing black rimmed j through,

j spectacles ^owjxulaohtanablo.^^jjkj wy, that pretty buds would

nrsa on land drop* f>«m them as a | ... ! t a rmaot. tk< insianv they . mrr And everywhere 1 d go

! Hie watar. and their movement, be-1 J'J , carpel of green grass

. oma qulck^^kracefu^^and alert^ ; Instead of wintry mow.

! niera. and really mors wondartal ) Bui since I have no wishing ling, j dlvara. ^ Th'^ .*^.*1^*7—^!' , ** ( And each lime brings its ebeer: »- — *- •*— “ ’ 'jI'm thankful for Ae joys Aat com

>wed U • had •

Tom ' was not allowed I

stay ta the green b uloa clean room

fcous*. and Mr Dunning «

able to get tha bukltM

because of whaj "Oid

Tom" hasw.

And it pleased liarbura vary much to have her father any to Mar. ' UtUs daughter. If you hadn't been ihe patient, helpful and Mad. hearted little girl you are. WlUUuu wouldn't have been ao woll takoa care of that morning Mother went away, and ‘Old Tom' wouldn't hsvo com* (o our door. Ton can't bagto to know how much you hare holgad

Daddy."

•Tm glad." breathed Wat ban and her ayes wars shining wRt happlnoaa.

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HOOP TIME 1

OWN Ac street Aey'ra *4

Hoops, all in a ling; In the spring hoop rolling | I think is mighty fine,

j With a little stick ** j The hoop is moved aluogihip ! Down the street the rollers Keep Ae hoop up itoady tvernor Do not lei it fall, of the Uni eta it keeps on rolKKIwantr

It won't go straight ^

! You musi 1 And t

Oh. I just love booftTn’Yr, wm | Upon a sunny dq-rtactlon to

I BYDRA BKAjf l« F~‘ ttoZb of

1 A btatr LEfxt Thursday m<,.t"'nek Kl r.*''"‘Uty Chamber

(To Pc colored.uirfc pat all or crayons. H’ko sprilod in CAPITAL Utters use that Lotorj

!K Is a dlttls paper doll to i Red Hiding Hood's parry dree* j hat. The nt and cut out. She to llttla j has laiga PINK flowers srtth "**-■• - ■

I riding hood. Paint bee| <mKKN 1>araB printed all Over ft. r hair TKUxOW and her chrok. 1 hat u 1BL1-OW with a big, H * r Up * j light UUK SIN plum*. It la be

1 PINK flowi

hold

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