Listen, Please.

SKATE SAILING ** (JUNIOR COOK|^ : : ‘ L ! RAM SCHATIX

HAVOI. b id been 0“ 1! * •pe™ ' m ' J ’ • -.‘.out what : Ja*: P'» •' :• bt* cellar. He bid ! enough tor grbor * h ' re ,!nd ' B1J ' I '* ,c

ikaCcs ’

be govi After all the rtet- food of bcltOar |

Ijae Jf ta ptoaeAOt to hare a rery I

rjWft onderetani* riala <ll»b Toe wUlHto UUe oao, |t p jjxlei biro, and, for luncheon or breAfaaS. It

V'-^: Nobodi'kne- "i-le It difficult for him to. be prep^d In adva«e. and wl.L

bf w „ maklrr—not even rarrr onl the additional eurprtec keep eereral dare.

n , wxt bia which he had Intended to »prir>* Cook eetonyh rornmeal rouah to

how- upon fcU friend. If Emtv had only i oj^i* thr»* or four copdnta. ni'rt t.^r, racer end excited. Inatead Of vTMle atfll hot. »dd one capful It • cvoi ar. l irdUTeiwnt* of baro. For tin yon may cculd -j think vooil ^ke thU one.- the nobbln end of a whole

• hie breeth—then he exclelroed: p rom iaed Bill him. or par*- of a »l*ce of ham— • The lake-# frozen over’ There'. -Come on down to the lake and ; taj ponio, that t# aweet and mod

- about * fc rt thick. I i .eee l^ta w ,. a trT | t OBt .- of foiiowt art akaUad on It al- Both her. proceeded to Lake Or- '

eno. esrrytnd their akatea a-.npped tee where I’m *rfn«."

BUly looked cr from the bench mrT I?Jtlr ( howlden. and with the -Jin-.lnr ■ where he wit puttiw h«s«e .kite aall held ow^ ; rot—a window

end. Early e er. Ernie burrexcited abc

neuch for'(Ttndln*. Klnve out a bread tin with cold i rater. Drain but do pot wipe. Poor the warm rouah Into thla i nd act In a cod plana to chill- < When ready tooerve. dice In * , neb ell can, dtp ta cerumen! aod ry in mmkl fat. »‘U««e dnppUufa

That * Juat what X for-

t bench

. flnlehlnj hupe .kate aall held Over Blira! _

'* fo r b 1 * (.rad. and carried alone Juat aa If ‘ ” _j radlo."ar.d aald calmly n wer* a k!te bet PC taken home tn 1 .. ••Juat what I «»» aattlnp for. j ^rcni: wind. Everybody turned

HoWa U-.e wind- , „ , to look at them a# they went by t- that BID ha* ■«* a •The wind- repeated Ernie, an- .. Toc to be anraeltaa a lot »«' I 11 ”7 w-u naa » tonlabed Whit h«« th# wind to ^ W j, r ;i oc .- commented Ernie. t-MA* — n - ,K,ii,rp» Jo with It? We re r-lttc "'»'lnr -jj, th «. worrl« me- - lattyhed ' ”,T

_ . .. . vot roe- anawrred Billy, with p,,, --n,^ , a « don’t know wb.it "I cant prove It retorted Ernie.

*r DON'T intend to tell you wno . h a{ fc! , (Hrtid'e bewilder- c . 0<! u j learned how to 1 * * ^ different >kat , op „ ^.ke Oeorye teat

In luch a ibort addreit.

I I am. but let you fueu. , n-.em-A I've more important thmgj to say :hla winter. In«ead c. .‘u« * - winter—and believe

. .lJT.JJ 1 r« on the Ice. Fro »olr.c on , rtjjnje. I, - Tcuni be the only c

Ersle’e eye* opened wide. ^ | take with c

"Bot Bill can CHve hi the other aide of the lal ,i-1 Bill* «how him he l

I want to tell the world that I Have not been treated right. And ask it if I haven't cause

Enough to make me bite.

\ certain Bttle boy. who* name

I will not me idon here. U really very careless and Forgetful, too. 1 War.

Tie food be gave me voterdi*

\l'a* scarcely fit to eat— A bit of gristle and a bone

Without a shred of meat wvalen _

1 a. this. If# a akata aall That a ToJ., b. .311. «. i

! "Toil haren-t *o: an Ice-boat. ! ^-Who do you think 11™—*';**’' j preeidect or eomebody? - re.orted Kill pleaaarMy "No. “ . ••-boat, but aomethlna cloae^ s -i-

Cotne In here—m ahow you.

He took hte chum into a amaller i . oreroom and pointed cut a tab (white object, about aa hlah aa a

broad aa a fellow's two

no the -AH right f* aarewl r | "FT1 race my ekat aall ■ There j bedspread any day Ftl

Itte boat tailing, the boya were ' bilged to -tack.” which meaea gig- , sagging to and fro with th wind .

>uld

1 <i retched.

I -if, a kita!" exclaimed Ernie . ' Txwka like a kite, doeant «T* enawered IU ourner "Bot a kit#

vrnuldnt be ao heary or to

A Up or two of foam.

Tien gaDy went to take a walk

And left me sitting home.

That I should so complain I hope

You do not wonder now—

I want some one to lore me and A good aquare meal—bow-wow!

and th# erra* piece# are made from broomstick# Th* *#11 '•* cot r * TT good looking, but I think tt will

d. he work ell right."

-I guam tfH be an right for you.- replied Ernie, glumly.

•Why—dent you like K?"

There had been a note of Indif-

ference In Ernie’# voice.

"I dont nke three new-fangled

j puzzle Conier ^

DOMEi3TlC FOWLi pv WALT WEUUMAJS

For thla eon of work, De roasTo j J1 was better adapted. Be'-was * able to keep hla couree atralghur. end to oktru over the toe rotxfc taatet than Bin coeld with hla home made euittt. Watching from the atartieg p.-ce. Ernie oaw De Pearl • iuch the eppoelte ahora and etart back while BIB had eom* / three hundred yard* otiB I* ge.

that ha knee •kale nailing. The wind was directly behind the racers, and D* Faarl who knew what ta do with e, though’ that

i directly before ffc.

wind. -Bottled down- waa right HU • S>e«d myaterieealy slewed ap. • nd soon he was scarcely muring. BEL on th* other band, grew that th* proper way to -..ah* * in 'he asm* direction <> *** , »aa to -tack" dowa before u. r la the aan.e rig-sag vacna when going agaicat th* wind. luaeed De Pearl, he called out:

• Why don't you tack?"

But tt waa too lai* for Clarence to catch on. Th# race wa* altno*!

m CAKTAL

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Err'.* was Jubl! thueteallc. Xet me try It! <x claimed.

EULAW-balred Sual# ld*y la. th* high Mghu tor etUa* > Teddy I of *mw aa th* feat, firtrg liRuWN-baired Teddy ihaa a HROWN eult oa under hi# j AB the «i 'ren ka<. ow-balung IJttle' 'oat and the atod beaSde h*« HEU MghUy) c# ka TE1XOW - haired Bflly ha* JtF.f> with T1XL/)W roiiner# ThaomewlaWhh raas. J both hu hand* tn aerrerder. UtUa BUly errar* aa ORANGE : yew can paint Kua!* wear* a OHEEH coat and r-Uw t u*e RED and TEl.iyiW »had< — " RED eap. laying* and glmrea rr.laed) kaltted #a!I aad cap. Hte yoo i Teddy waar* a UU’E coat and a i rortteager* the a roe ceUvr. | Paint the border ef t>»

RED cap. hi* mittens ar# RED 1 Th# fear* 1a 1 XbOW and the HR iTJf aad lb* tatter s

also. Bta bbota are BLACK fleave j »ky ta BMTE above th* White rldg* j W4TC

■ ea K hen

* you didn’t ■

n to be later- i net I" cried j

. _ Ernie. "Bkat* aaiUng la the -

. h ™,

BHL Tee got a surprise , ou .^

—And there tn th* .mall room.! " W,n - ‘• t '* *° ^* ck w lh * uk ' covered ever by *oro* oM here. ’ e' 1 BUI. "I want to ehews b-ankvu. was a eerond ekat* eau. i »• I‘»*tl how to get th* saoat out/ je^f- i - U.™ s.. Tviin .

i out/ ,

Another letter Contem

This Week

the entire 11

1 be plenty more when th* tel- \ right from th* atart. however—It

Iowa see how fast and Interesting j won't be a fair race."

U k - ” i "Oh. I don't know - put In BID. a

eached the edge of I llttl# annoyed at hating hte aai: cave a err of a.- , e4l!f , a a - rm nol , r .

!l reeled In proving which

But as they

the lake. Ernie gave a cry of #*- ' nlahmant! Not two hundred

yard* away waa Clarence De pearl. , _ „ . .... .

a fellow who never deigned to i ,rt ** r “ U - but 1 U **•»• m !

; treak to Ernie, although he some- ,h, ‘ ##me."

tln-.re recognised BHL In Ho Pearl'* Th » two conterant*’lined up. hand waa a beautiful, daaaltng area ‘ ‘ n(1 ** * wor d from Ernie, put their of snow-white canvas—a eket* •k 11 * 0 ** r ahoulder that waa sail! | n **re#t to the aid* from which the "If* Pearly 1" cried Ernie. * !Rfl na blowing and began to

"And he'# got a akat* aalir re- ^ 0 ’' '* lt » rro "

.ialmed Billy, gennlncly eurprlaed. Th * *** them. .

"Bet he didn't make It himself." * n| I ekaleaalllng U rery much , made of ch****l m uttered Ernie, rallying to hi* | . - " ' ' ■ i . i ,

j friend'* aid* now that competition

cry ttr.pnrt,**!. particularly for "■ POOR RICHARDThere are many reason* why b<i># aad girls should to ihrtny and aavc money LbcI- Btli would like 40 know What yjo beUeve-

Llwoi to to. so is i-/ndacting Bto ^ ^ , other totter lootest I hi, sc-k 00 • tto euy-ct “Ithj We MtotaM hare, fr *“ U - 1^“* .‘f

r it, itM

Died April IT. ITM

C HIB month we oboe nr* the birthday annlvereary of on* of (he leaden of the American Republic. Benjamin Franklin, tba p<-«r Uttl* boy Wi.o worked hla way from Breton to Philadelphia, the '•printer'# DertL" the Postal Clerk, the author, the diplomat, the •ta’eeman. the educator and the *< Irattat. Perhaps more deaertptjv* rerma could be applied to thla man. bat It quite take* one's breath away to think that one person could to credited with • vereatH* a p reotmBty. Ben Fr.-nklin. or Poor Richard, aa he Is know* aa th* author of Poet

» » u ' l ”

j A* » Utile bay he

Uevolutlcn

botosw. And B cr* tote coior work *Pl Liters K> Code Bill

1

As in the- prervotu letter «»• tret* this mje in no way in«*rfetre with the Color (tastes!. Tto| winner in each age rises of (techj < ootoei eill receive a box of Cray-! ons. Yon can enter either con-1 or both of them. If you wfah i

irur'si goat dr«*i:J» S • *m r* - 1

. lierv 1-

K »pedal prise of Oar Hollar l*et III U awarded leg the te.t teOeg . gnrdlr** «f ape. JJ*

tge S, Borh •aMv-*- I

totter, ■

Thto.

in* J, He tea B. •*

> up to you to put him

Will

i domestic fowl ti.»t id,

srred him all to ptoor,.

What fowl k i|* Puic a, e

OS no

The letter, beheaded arranged

areiy wll. |cra#rsi

», the came of

known tree. ! “• name of a month. 1. If X am mistaken I will own I Behead a nursery rhyme char,l - i *«« *nd leave -rk |

* more pudding. Alma.; Behead dry

Waa Helen late far school tot roe know If Iren* can

from.

Bthaed ns on* and tear

had appeared.

•TP# a dream all right!"

By this time Clarence De Pearl . had noticed the new arrivals, and ' I the sight of Davcl'a home made ' sail had moved him to come over. It waa Da Pearl's nature to bt

Barca stlc.

"tVhere’d yen get th# funny j i'-oklng aall?" ha asked, with a

"eerltar emlle.

'Oh—Jost something T made my-

to take (telf.” admitted BUI. with a lai

Behead a t

ahead*01'ti* ** Pl “ •»enrthlc < French word f

6. ffell Archl* dinner la ready , im^****'! ,b * * a<1 t ' f ri

T. Jack borrowed Id*', peac'i * ,r '* Je *-

yesterday. Behead a moving pic I. How *!lm Edhh 1, getttng! | » na !*»»• a a’.ippery r.jih. JUmOR CROSS-WOIU) ITZZIi: Behead what ■ UB '

leave the tayar ana

at D* PoarTa superior attitude. Say—that's a dardy yoa'v* got!" ••Com twenty dollar,—* boasted

Clarence.

"Bet you It lan't any better than RHI'a even If It coat e hundred dollars. ’• pot In TSrnie. hotly. "What do you krow about skat* • ilia?" sneered Clarewc*. Tx>ok 't my bamboo cr.wa pieces—hi# r* only broomsticks! And th#

c | 'vnvea u better on mine, and

(there’* a window In It. ao'# I can

Fortunes Through the Year

CH month i, runnored hoi* . ..

' born is IL in thu gam* the | ” " ■* aai< «i«-

■ «*• . m rereon. C0D .

^ o hU ° r W blrth thta U '* R!ia hwr ln aHrih

1 for flT?**’ 1 ’* ,i * ,ortun » In atore! June — Qttjr. Impetuoua will I for fh*t person. (The fun of the j mai ry early. WflI

seeing how nearly j Ju^_p»j" r . .

! .f ft moat

’•» compared with i A _ Kaloua euppoaed | will make *^w^*t»'wl Vc%et '^ and

toptemb*.-—I

I oorrect th.

to bestow up n him. Her* u the

Birth Monti Table:

but Inclh.eC ^andaffec.

acr**t. as^hw a

HUhe HANDY BOYAT HOME' "■ CHARLES A'. KING. - STCr E: NORMAL SCHOOL. PLhnfxm. u h

ibey will to judevd oa their marlL rcjardlrsa of whether they are

long or short. « m , Utter* muat to malted m fncle i '** •• Jmar ‘ IUm * '' ’^ a j BiU, .tlldroB'a Editor of 'hta pa- tgr IB. CAUteri-*' HiV' I

per. See Isle CRy. mo they will rhrwteT.

Felt washgr^

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^HlS U a toy the can make fru: _. ktr ’ a uf a-jod.

J atormy. e

A chatterbox. * Uoklt. ' i-ej ■ju&rrelsotn* natupa i tc

-Uber*’. kin and tbcugfcttui c e

December — Wen rrer

1 at ? | body.

•unied ’rb* body

the angle of o,, deck's

TOY'DOr.K

r drawn along a table t

require a piece

*.* * oa *- »ay out th* -orm by t, equarre n.aklng th* urves the -arum reUUon t- them

aa J th* sketch. s*w th, r, . , '*• u™. . J "l’” u '«»

•he adgm eguare and smon’h ., u heela on the eno ox the axle •* half round flh, Btl d i * * ten . w, ’ lh * bred aa at * and .Tntahlng with saaJi «t»r , ‘IL U '* .• 00 *® ,r ' r '■•ntere are a «k* hole at d to » b *° th. whreu

la - ; taaed. Paint the dusk M «^a rra

dowel axle Mxk and make in* *

reach l. ncia Hill by thv astme time |

r«H a«*»|

vest for gotten the winner. 1 . t »«* » I^dorert Draw tog (Age M, Itewi* WV*’- Jj L My mail hag waa * Mg! (Oontlnued on I >a

nre to glre your i

j honoring th*

**lry and aa a young I

Ben’—=ta FraakOa. th* man. >*can>e the spokaaman f»r the tmerioan people. la England aad >i Franc* he pteadad thetr causa. H is hard u think of th* !:"l* boy • ho crept Into the Quaker Meat- ’ * How* In Philadelphia in order reOt after hta tire.

Arch

ate wtth a rell the fouadar of

Can you

IV wheel*. 1 , « w off th# renter i Jj’i

»^**L A f.!-weaher should! ,ea

and the hete I th.

; lure the Ud who ! Street m Philadal ; under rerh arm 4 j a great CotrereM,

jrt.U the mu* bog Of ifc. Whtell*

Aalf. tUry With the

: founder of the Halted to*i.» pes’al : r;??? t.— ■. »-• of the *«co B vUah-ente of Beejaj«to Frenkli II boek. ibave been wrltt it about them i on all know how he drew oteejtrtolty tram ih* fightenlng durtag

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