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CAPE MAY COTOTY TIMES. TODAY, JTT5E 10 1927.

OUR FLAG

ERE la 4 Uttar from Perry." aalfl Belay. "]uat «ot It out of AMtha mall-box. Kha aaya to9B J morrow la Flar Day. I'd for-

; ro'.tar. all about Itr

' "\fhy. ac 'Ua!" bar Orandmothar exclaimed. "Wa muat hunt for tha old Flay and hanr It out It -&aaa*t bean up for a loot tlma." 'Tou know, they are yolnr to t^ara axarclaaa at aehoot. tableaux pnd thlnya and I waa to be Betey Roaa. bul now Parry will have to taka my place." Betay want on. * “Ifcat'a too bad that you can't be there.’' aald Orandmothar, ron•OUkrly. “But your rood health la more Important than tableaux and thia rood country air la maktnr •

new ytrl of youl"

Batay airbed. Bhe loved the country and to be with Grandmother on the farm, but ahe mlaaad her family and the achool Ufa. “Cheer up now and we '<111 look for the flar " aald Grand m ;lher. "Tou muat ret It Into hape for tomorrow I haven't had It out for yeara Bo up tc the attic they want and found the old Flar. carefully laid away In an old trunk Aa Grandmother had aald. It waa a waa bit torn about tha ad re* '•*■#11 now Mtatreaa Belay Koaa " Grandmother aald. handler it to Betay "you oar. Juat all down in th - harder, end mend that flar. and e a little tableau for me:'' “Oh yea. eo I can.” aald Betev. •mlllor brlrblly Teklnr her eew lor thlnr» ehe went to ell In the . etinny rarden The blr fler

wide acrea The boy waa older than aha. and dreaaed In faded oearalle. Hie feet were hare and he bad a v*r In bis mouth where two front teeth were mlaelnr. but Betay didn't mind that for ner bly brother Hal had been the same “That aura Is a flna flar. srtah't we liad one.” be aald. “Tou roakInt BT" “Oh. no." aald Betay. “I couldn't make aueh a Mr flar! I’m ]ust mendlnr It Tcu know, tomorrow la the ISOth birthday of the American Flar—I 1“»1 learned that In achool." ehe added ahyiy afraid that aha was aoundlnc too “taaxh-

"Tou don't say:" axclalm.ad tha

G limmering etan on»Md of t> Stan of the nation, bright and true; Each one a State of our great land From Atlantic to Padfic'a strand. Stripe* of gad. our (trangth they show That all who tee our flag may know Of hmom’ blood that flowed that we May freely live in tfaia country.

Aad white itripe*. too. between the red To light the path where toldien bled And point the way to future peace When war and itnfe their barm shall cease Thi» it our flag. red. white aad blue. Protecting our land for me and you. Proudly aalute as you pas* n by And loyahy show when it waves oe high.

ThelHANDYBOYAEHOME

We PETREL

I abou

■ tier In «he eras. Batay loved Be brave color* and rompared them with th* r»y red end white roee* bloomlna In th* flower bad* with th< *1v1d blue larkspur crowding

about

ati at once she heard a ruetl* bedde her and a voice apoke out “Bello there, whet'r* you dolny yrlth that arand bis Aa*?'' Bhe looked up and eaw e sunburned frockled fee* peering thru' th" berry bushes that hedged th* **'T'm fixing It up for tomorrow." Belay answered very eedeiely. “Taln't Fourth of July!" her

elaltor returned.

“Ko If# Flag Day.' Betey said. T>or t you keep Flag DeyT" "No. never heard of It." and her visitor pulled blmaelf Ihru' the

bushes and stood beside her on the I elaU

on Betay. “It aaya In our history that Georg* Washington ordered : on# to be made by a lady named

Belay Rosa, and ao abe mad* the VERT BOOT remember* th# 1 but when the p ease ng era wake up flrat American fla«. I was going to old Bible atofy where It tells 1 the next morning th* petrels he* a be Betsy horn In otr achool .bou, ,. rt e r wal^w OB the, 0V . rl ^. B u. * - tableau, because that'* my name. | water, well, this IntaraoUng f lh .

'•Wall, my name's George." raid Mills bird lhat loves tha ocean ac ; the boy, “and I reckon Ml have to j much lhat It nevgr learaa h, gata j w ** h * a order ona from you!" They both iu name Petrel, from Peter, balaughed at the Idea. | cause It can walk on the water too.

' something lhat very tew croaturw .

can do. When performing this ,0 “P a living from th* wonderful ettwt the bird hga *o> f paaelng ship*, ao their tegular keep Us wings spread, aad xnova 1 ralloaa must oonaM oi Us small lhem slowly with a fan-Uka motion 1 marina Ufa that finds tta • which prevents It from ptnklag j u -« aurfAca. tj— «~* —

Ha la a llttla bit of a fellow -only I of about six lochaa long, but with very l,r - They « vro wing*, and Ivfif legs which Pvrpetuel moUc make him appear much larger than I Uve^-U.m an be really la Tha ba"k and wing* J * b *° »* lM P C aooty black abaflir.g to gmgleh { 11 mrmr - — rn wn underneath. While the baseUong time It of the tall la pura" whit*. 1 managed Hie leg* feet and bU.' ara aa ‘* u ‘ >“t* yi black aa Ink, but tha wab that covered that

Join* the to** la bright yellow. Ha not only n.akea hi# horn's on the restless bosom of th# ocean, but he insists on atAylng far from any land—usually hundred* and hundred# of miles far out at aea. where there I* nothing bat water—water

—water

of them

>e*t In crevice* of r.ocfca pp certain Ac arctic islands. January aad Vabruary being the month* lhat they devote to the children. Oh some. Islands tha pair dig a horiaonta] burrow Just under the roots of the grass, and leave the Bagla While

egg there.

“Thai sure la A Fine flag," He held. "Tou Making If

boy. "How come?"

"Well.” replied Belay, "after Ihla country left tha British rule. It bad to have a flag of Ita own, ao the Congress decided on thla kind— thirteen stripe# for the original steles and white stare for all th*

due Held—I think Its

prettiest flag In the world. - Betay knew him now for th# eon I don't youT" of a poor farmer who lived away "Bure la." agreed the boy. at the other aide of Grandmother'* "That wee ISO yeara ago." w<

MOURE THIS OUT gy WAi~rEfe wgv.uMptf~* I ^ —■~N t-x* "a p- <

1 up

would find It *"lgb*y ionpeome If flocks of Pettels did uo! keep them company. sllenUy flitting hege and there over th* wavaa like wlndtoaaed butterfllea. Numbers of them folic tv the vessel day after day In hex voyage acres* the ocean, and feed greedily on the scraps thrown overboard from the ahlp'v kitchen—only they call It galley

instead of kitchen.

Though tha big steamer may ba plowing through the waves at full epecd. the pelrela not only keep up without any seeming exertion, but dart far ahead and then com* swinging back, and actually aeem to be playing hide-and-seek from on* aid* of the ship to tha other. surface aad depend on their singe, but generally their little black faal are pattering over the waves, up one aide and down the other, actually running cm the water

Even when there u no wind. The young are probably Vu only they can walk or stand on th# w. - ^c. or twice a day. a* Ui* moih. ter. Just by moving their wing* a .pend Ihrlr tlme f . r out M ^ little fetter. By th* time dusk B nd It would be out of the question cornea, and the sun ha* taken hie j (oi . then, to egrey food In their hlUa . Uhtly dip It. the west, the petrel* ^ for pevaral hundred mile*, eo th#

country's flag gel , that hav# beyn playing around th# j mother Juat eats It herself aad

rapidly moving .hip all day. aeem J when ahe g*u hc-u. a*, mw*..

: :.-Ai, Section T l r , j Si^M: f lew thou mte of flloaa--a '

- —e

flsWlioiifdr nailing;, After’noilinfl j — Note that b ektgndip«l»llotf that nailiftjj rrKfldinowith fma at c about has drawn b so a laheditace; •» and beotnodeal c

Aasembled frame

MITERED FRAMEl

3

"I'd love to make you one." aald Betsy, "but 1 can't eew very well

only mend a Utile."

'Tell you what!" cried George suddenly. “I saw an old flag up In our lofl on# day. Them pesky field mice had got into It and ate holes In It. P'raps you could mend me that and then we'd run It up and

surprise Dad!"

"Won't your Mother fix It for

you?" asked Betay ahyiy.

T haven't any Molher," aald Qeorge. "Dad and m* live alone.

TBc little girl la frtgbu-nrd. Maybe you'd be frlgli altouId are wbat she dace. With a soft pencil draw a atralglu line fi dne No. I to dot No. S. and I hen another from dot No. 3. to dot N< •nd eo on until all the number* hate been used. Wliai

Irlghumlng tha little girl'.'

IUMOK CROSS-WORD PCEEDE] in order spell the name a lime

we love:

j Behead depravity and leave!

i frosen water.

I Behead animated and leave to

| dwell.

Behead to convene and leave a

| head covering.

. Behead (o correct and leave to ■ I Behead a means of transports-

I lion and leav* falling water. Behead angry and leave price. Behead ic think and leave an

, Bthrad nut far and leave a part

j of the head.

J A CKIJCBRATBD DAY

ly. he might like It! Once be wa* a soldier and fought with them

Spaniards."

"Well, yon go gat It." Betay de-

cided. "and " "

wrong to le

spoiled!"

"All right." said the hoy. “I'll be back In a Jiffy!" and he disappeared thru' the hedge. Betsy found she had mended all the Utile ripe ,n GrandmothePe flog, eo she gathered It up and carried It lodoore Grandmother was busy at her desk, ao Belay derided to hunt for mending material* herself. "Of courwe." eh* thought. T don't know how big , but I'll look in th# Piece-bag for aom* alufl." fill* : um m aged In Grandmother's tag; and chuee some red end whit* and blue scraps that aeemrd th# right : she came out into : garden, ahe new George running toward her aver the paefure.

carrying » bundle

•Whew! she'* pretty bad!" he "Tied, panting, aa he cam# thru' i th* hedge, "here, look her over" I Belay and he spread Ihe torn old fleg on the grass. Some of th* \ *'»:■< Were gone Md there were *» In the red and white atrlpea. ! My. my I" aald Belay In dismay • It have to cut out new stare

almost Uks making a new Ip if 1 can." George eald • er they eel to Work and • pretty fair stare which

Betay carefully sewed Into place. Grand m: thei. happening to a lance thru' Ihe door, saw their earnewt

faces bent over ihtlr work.

"Well, thla la really, truly tableau " ahe exclaimed, con.l g

down the walk.

"Oh, yea. Grandmother!" Betay cried. Tt'o a really, truly flag too. We are mending it *c Georg* can hang It out tomorrow!" ■Thet'e very flue and useful." Grandmother praised them, "and 1 am very proud of your nice little

C HIB project Involves the usual method of making picture i frame*, screen or any Dam* like construction baaed upon nailed mitered Joint. Th*

I halved mitered Joint

are not Included In thla project The mitered Joint la one of the simplest forms of construction, for It Is really a butt Joint made at •other than a square angle: at th# 1 earn* time It Is a difficult Joint to make, because not having a square bearing on# piece will slid* by the other while being fastened, making exact work a mattar Involving considerable sk! L We will not diecuae any particular alu of frame but will describe the method which la commonly used In

making any mitered frame

A picture frame Is based upon a section similar to th* one shown, the cabbei x being the essential characteristic. The si as of such frams reran to the 'naide dlrr.i alona or “sight." which In moex frames Is S" Isas than th* sli- of th# gtaas or pScturo to be pi iced In the frame. In vary small frams* with narrow molding* an allowance

of from A* to A* may be mad* while In lergar frams* tha allowance may be aa much aa In any cast the bass of (he rabbet should be enough larger than th* else of th* glass to allow for any ellgb’ Inequality or Inaccuracy In cottln; th* latter. To the alx* i f eight add twice the width of th* molding In obtain th* over all length if each 1 place from which the frame la to Cut miter on one end In an accurate miter box a* at b of b d. measure eight accurately from y and mark with sharp knlfs or hard pencil at x of other and. or b of a b and saw th* miter carefully to this mark. Be sure that th* opposite members of th# frame are ' of exactly th* same length. If the saw cuts xccuratsly and smoothly. - further fitting will be unnecessary. I but block planing may be required To last the accuracy of th* cuts Isy a steel or framing square upon a strait hi surfaco and place the adjoining pieces of melding up against th* outMd* of aquare with th# bottom of the

show any Lnaocurary Is the Bor* brad awl holes aa at receive the nails to be u*< slight burr may appear wher awl point comas through the which should be removed that th* salle drives Is thaae

to aUde along the Joint ant sight edge coincides with piece at C 1'laca b In tha vis* and the nail from a. Repast th* pi with the pieces forming the Jelnt d a. To nail Joints a s and place piece In via* as at D. h careful not to start th* Joint* or d a. If a molding with a . Ished rurface 1* being mad* M ' frame 1 <ao* •ach piece In the as at E. Until th* worker has

to be a Util# Urad. and aeiUe down with th* baby by f ... tor tb , lr nl<M ., j ^ th# p . rtly aiBe , twl f ,

and with heads tucked under wings are soon fast asleep literally rocked to rest In the cradle of She

deep.

Th# vessel leave* them and forges ahead through th* night.

Not j

vary nice way. It to true, tot nailer the etrpomstances. It to al out th*

beat ah* can do.

Pallor* call the petrels Mother Carey's chickens, and they hav* a auperatlflpn that If any on* on

board Injures or kliM on* of them that some disaster to aura to happen to th* vessel, so they are never harmed. If the sailors can prevent It. When unusual numbers of petrels are seen. It to thought to be a sign that th* weather 1* going to b* stormy. But th* rougher the ■realher. and the higher th* wave*, and the more the water swirls and foams, the happier th# petrels Seem, at soy rats they are then more ecUve. probably feeding on whst the commotion bring* to the surface They have th# distinction of being the smallest web-fooled blr^b known.

THE ST AR-FAYS

UOKIZMNTAB 1-Forgiving •-MuslcBl not*

7-Jiodent

tug t

Bouts. My *■

Wheel track

i-Conjunction *~My mvt u ! 4- Dlatant Ul Georg-

10-Jllght labbr.) 6-lndlan gam# I My fourth la jl-AocompUah 8-On j ln Donald. i*-JEncountered U-Praflx. Two | Mr anh Is n Id-Contraction ,11-11 eery black 1 arr.o*. of -It to" liquid j sixth 1* Jt-Eitst ll-Berrrag* i Teddy 17—Vehicle 1* Mister - abbr.) I M) - seventh BEHEADING ACROSTIC !« Fra nils. [Th* letters baheeded. arranged ! My whole to

i 1 oula, but n brahxm. but n

r. the mending w. Id the flag out o eci It proudly, tl oet a* good a. n. Ih.r brought tl

But the i proudly ti up. In Iron

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I KNOW il« uu tk, Fu. I., *, ,4b., „ d ^ ^ bnibl dir * Who, I«ue,i ,.|b.„ a j ^ "" • l «( •■cf. nMf A.* Snl of 41. th. ,u,. th, Cl,™ ool . »» h^b « .,d«. lb, , hope, some summer eve when ahipv of cloud are wiling high, i o boar j a vcxacl bound fn that far kingdom in the tky.

1‘1’UBE ANsAVl:iOi BKHRAMSO ACROSTIC—F 1c A lire. Chat. A mend, Train, I rat VACATION A IKI.KHRATKO DAT FLAG DAT riiiVRS THIS OUT—An uai

771 i Kl.I.dW balrcl Hu»lc May. • "Gl: >WN haired Teddy and i Utile VEEBOVV-haired Billy, and 1 j aay the ’Salute to Our Flag.' ~ Su.le May wear- a PINK tuse j RED lightly i dress and Teddy ' wears a GREEN suit with whits

collar and c

a Is RED i stripe*. .

TEE-I

and his socks have RED GREEN trimming at th# top*.

Util* Billy wears a light BEUE I *"T‘ * uh «• romper suit. He doesn't really j ch „^ lh * ch,1,lr *'“ »>*ve PINK) belony to the class, bul he comes Th . w 1u help recU* on "Flag Day." , the burd

The big dag has RED a

1 Whits | whit* lettering.

Hello, Kiddies! Here s a Chance to Get a Nice Box of Crayons l“SL‘ 1 XT‘i hr W do tk^ brti U ,oh , | ™ l ° r " J u *l In » il ’ best srlection of colon. Gel Out Your Cr.yom, Girl, und Buy. Sind iu your pirtu„ „ ni h.v, ft b, T«™U, of iwil wool. Addin.: UNCLE BILL, Editor Children'. I ’uu., TIMES. Se. Id. City. N. J