The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 21, 1907, SECTION FOUR, Image 47

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON.' SUNDAY JOURNAL. IPUTLAID, SUN'PAY MOIiriirG, AMLIL 21, 190? i. ' . ' . ' ', ' - " ' ' '' ' '' '. v-, i . copyright iT. The Hen AMnmmCumvf ILLIE. listen to mother, won't you, deart" and Mrs. Batten's sort brown eye , pleaded more ef f actually with her only on than the soft vote or the caressing fingers. "Sure, mam." we Wtl- ' fie'a final aurrender, for be u fated Ilk hla lather to to refuse nothing to the air autocrat of the houaehold. i . i , But tn this eaee. Willi began to fear that Ma promise would b harder to keep than any he bad heretofore made. For Mr. Batten had been pleading with him to give up baseball, and baseball : waa as tha breath of Ufa to Willi. He played better than the bther "fellers" tn his school, a fact generally conoeded by making him captain. Tha year be (ore be had pitched his team Into vlo tory and himself Into the doctor's hands with a strained-wrist, this latter mis-' fortune oonvUiclng"Mra, Batten that baseball was Quite as dangerous ' ft football, and was the cause of her oar lest request to Willi. - ' Tha ucuiMi Af her reaueat waa trpon : Willie's appearing garbed fot the Brst practice day of the new season, and be was allowed, reluctantly, by Mre. Bat tea to depart In, hi baseball tig to Im part the news to the "fellers that they must ehooso a new captain and even a '' new pitcher. ' '. f ' - It wasn't ft pleasant thing to liars to do. The boys of Public School No. 4A. , wbo practiced In a big open lot next to tho schoolhouse. kave no use for molly coddles. And Willie remembered how long and painful had been the process bvfor bs bad made them understand ; ! that. In spits of his soft brow eyes ' " and gentls vole, ba was not One. H ' did not want any revival of the odious , ii-- aA hia eouraca which bad V UllUUWi. w l heralded his coming to the school ' . . . .. .... hnM .Hra-hail Ollt of fcerakled Ms . coming 10 nm w.. which opinion b had thrashed out of sai than ba could remember. go all the way to the lot bo tried and tried la vain to think of some good ex ,cuse to drop out of baseball., 'Hnng women's perves. anyhow." bs growled , to himself, repeating a pet phrass of hla '- fathsr-s. ; .; , v -'. W TEX.ilNa.THI5 BOYS ' :' By the time bs ha4r.ached the lot ; and bad" been hailed Xlth ; shouts of "Hurry up. ws'ra watting for youl? ba bad not thought bf anything to say. so In despair,' hs called tbs boys together , . ar.l UU than be bad ftomstbing tm- '., portant to tell them. ,. , . ' ' ' r "Mother says I've got to quit" - ."Oh. nothing like Itt" cried Iks Dreen. "Always be a mother's boy and you'll ' .never get hurt." ' ' " " V " " ; Willie s face reddened. Here at 'tha , ouuet sure enough, he saw danger of ' , the boys thinking bs wanted to quit of .' ... bis own accord; " ... rv - " . i' "Mother made me promlsa to quit" I he went on. quietly, "but I'm not going ' to."'-' -'- .-.,. ' ", ' "Hooray! Hooray for Willis Battsnf" irl 1 the other boys ta unison. "That's stuff. WUlls. .Don't bo tied to your . tcolhrr. apron sirltiis." . "But" said .Wllllt, "W got to U "N OW, boy and girl, ench Just Jootc at rue, and Tou knovr, my deaxt. f .' In that rriMtul conntrv. Vntinot ,i And harinf been ao nicely taught. "T I EWIT, tewoo. tewlt-twoot";. sailed old Mother Owl s sb iiew out vi ui ir nu tied herself o a branoh of the. aim "tree.- , ,v ." ' "I'm comingl fm eomlngt" piped little Hoity-toity, us he alao flew out of the ivy and flutters down beside. Mother Owl In the moonlight They had been aeleep all day, but now Hoity-toity waa iv wide awake. He was hungry, too; for owls, you know, only begin thU- day when the ' stars corns Out, and little Hoity-toity vae wondering what tbere'd bs lor , Dreaaiasi. ' "Now, dear." said Mothsr Owl, set- i tllng her feathers, - "you stay bar whilst 1 go an J searcU. tor something to eat Walt patiently, and I will soon bring ' back ft fsw dalntias for - our breakfast" "Why shouldn't t go and hunt too?" said Hoity-toity to blmelf. as Mother Owl flew off. ''I cm quite sble to look after myaclf now. and I'm sura I should find something just as nice as mother could." No sooner thought than done, and oft ' he flaw,' crying In his squeaky bihy voice as be weut "Tewlt-tewoof tewlt tewool" Now that ws foolish, for. of course. It told all the rrlraiey-crawlar things that owls think nloe to eat ef Holty folly's coming, so they all disappeared In a twinkling. It was not vvry nur ; prising thon that ths little owl looked everywhere HUout finding even ft beetle.. "This l terribly dlrpolnllng. aald 1 poor liclty-tolty mournfully, as hs slop- dons without W knowing It. and you're got to help me." "Of course we will," chorused a dosen willing boys, nothing delighting them so jnucb as si chance to get even with r oi.a of those despotic elders wbo strive to k: a. boy's spirit down. ) ; i " If was arranged that Willie should , leav his baseball rig at , Jlmmla Wynne's, and go there to dress on the days when tho team practiced. To leave them there he wes obliged, of course, to go home In a suit of Jlmmle's, which he explained to his mother by saying he bad lent his clothes to the new cap tain, who; . suit was very threadbare, until after the great match with School . No. 18.. -. - ' ' " ' -Mrs. Batten approved of his generos ity, of course, and hoped. " cordially ' enough, that School 45 would win the ; coming contest She was, Indeed, very much Interested in school affairs, and at every game played by-Willis's school, bad been . an ' anthuslastlo '., rooter," although not understanding the game at '"'' A XJJTTXB TO VIOLET '. When Mr. Batten beard what his wife bad done, h did not PPV 1L , "It gave the boy a little harmless x erclse. and kept htm out of other mis chief." ' But as the days and even weeks : iapeed and Willie grew wiser and his appetite larger, Mr. Batten was forced . to admit that Willie must havs found other and equally healthful exercise. Willie bad faint twlngee of conscience at tiroes, but he made It all light with that uncomfortable' member by promis ing that tho day after the great bat tie with School No. 14 be would "con- ' fess."- . " ' '.. " "Willie." said Mrs. Batten, In her K "mother's darling" voles one morning, - mm sul' " : Aunt Rachel and you-1 Cousin Vlo- morning. "I sm going to take you to i.. ha tntk Af next month." Willie started violently, as ths owner " of a guilty consclenea should start and unintentionally said! ' V. "Why. that's tha day of lbs gams be- . tween our'school and No. U." "i knn. it - renlled his mother, "and I want to taks you away, so thst yo Will not feel badly at seeing anouier " toy In your place." " "But I won't feet badly, mother, bon vest I won't" nt appealed, . perfectly frightened at what bis mother's plans might bs and bow they might Interfere , with Bis. : ,. ;.. ' '...v. v. -'. "My dear "boy." his mother, shaking her head, went on, "allow me to know , a lltjle more about human nature than you. Tou gave tn ao quickly and so ' beautifully when I- asked you to stop, playing baseball, that' It would have . been' very unkind of me, knowing a I , do, bow fond you ars of the game, If I had not watched the effect of this : self-denla!r upon you. And I have no ticed that you seem ss much interested ' In ths game as ever, and bave,' ! am sure, been "watching the . team prac tice." . -'. ' ;' ;"'. ". Willie's guilty eonsclencs made hlra gasp. If his mother had gueased . as . much as thst what else might she not ' point your toe- I move, of course, as dancer ought Aud only think how grand 'twill be ;To have it aaid you dance like dm. f ' ! r " Ro, now, my dear, each point your toe, ' Just look at me. and point it ao." ' ; ' ' IXTZA GHOVE. ppmt it ao. I learnt to danco Hoity-Toity and the pad to rest for a minute on tho top of - a rosebush, , , - .' .Determined to bav on last look : ; around, he flewwut Into tho path, -when what should ho see,' just Inside , tho summer house, but ft llttl gray ' mouse! '... ' . . '"- "Ohl" said Hoity-toity. "Oht" AndJ h blinked again to make ur br wasn't mistaken. No, there It stood, quits still, tn patch of moonlight and within asy reach of Holty-iolty' Utile claws. In snotber second ths baby owl had pounced down upon the mouse and sue- ' ceeded with some difficulty la carrying 1 off his prise. , . "la that you. Hoity-toity?" cried his V ; mother, ss shs heard fclm - whirring through ths air toward the elm tree. , "Come and see what a nice fat eoca . roach 1 have found for your break- faet!'' ; . "Oh, I'v aomethlng far nicer than tlist'" cried Hoity-toity rroudly. "Lotk. . ln t that finer-' And be laid hla as- a tlve down. , , . "A mouae!" cried Mother Owl. "WelL' I never! Tou clever boy to find It!" ' But alas for poor Holty-toltys pride I " , No sooner had Mother Owl set eyes on . the n.oue than ehe turned away, blink- ' ed flr one eye then the other, aud . ssld slowly. In mournf:iI tones: '.lu. mi. nnip Iknwl IIah . . . . iou nave oeen aeceiveai inil Is I lns mors thsn tbsn cluck" mousel" , s noth- vork ' "o poor Hoity-toity had to eat the breakfaat h(i mother bsd brought hlra have guessed f And while hs fully ta '. traded to confess, hs felt that the proper moment would not arrive until after ba had guided his team to victory , on ths 80th, . "So." bit mother waa going on. "I . wrote - your - Aunt Rachel and asked her to Invite some of Violet's friend , to the house on the loth, and make a party for you. Because I felt that ' tn another city where you could personally know nothing about the defeat or victory, yia would not feel ao bidly." - : . dnce you start ua!na subterfuges when people won't let you have your own way without resoitlng to them. It Is remarkable bow many you can ' think of,i and hew quickly. Willis did not argue -with' his mother. He thanked her politely for' making ur a party for bint and went,' upstairs to bis own room as quickly ' as be could go. , Once there, he seized a pen and wrote to bis oonsin Violets A I though they did not see each other . often. ' ' there was a chummlness and an tin derstandlng between these two that Mouse ftsr ftll, and Littls Boy Blue, of th House-ln-tbe-Osrden, 1 etlll woaderlng how his clockwork mouse cam to bo, lying under th elm tree when la quit sure he left It la tho summer bous th Right before. Day Dreams KEN I'm maa." aid sailor Johnny, "I'll bo a bold. And -IK salt tho mighty ocean la search of wsalth untold. And I'll build myself eaatls with ft . tearful donjon keep. And I'll hav ten thousand vassal ' who will guard me In my deep. "Then ril reiou some fair princess from robber, don't you see? -And sh will thank me sweetly and say she'll marry me; And when I wed the princes I'll be a king, you know. And I'll have a million subject who will bow before me lowl" But while he was1 a-dreamlng Of tho itlma that was to be. The teacher aaked him gently th slm- -ple rule of three; Then his caatle and hi kingdom faded Into air at once, And the erewn that Fat decreed blm was ths tall cap of a dunce. t Nicholas. - ' f , MRU. BATTEN WAVED HER PARASOL ; Game ol Guilty or Innocent (v NIC of th company gets htm 1 soil- dp to represent th Old . Mn nf th Woods, th rest take 'Hi names of the various animal. Such as lion, tlgsr, leopard, etc Th player seat themselves around tho torn, and th old man. stand ing tn ths centre, tell tbem that some of thslr number have committed " a crime and h Is about to qusstloa thsm. In order that tt may dlsoovsr the guilty ones. '-..'. He then begins: '"Now, Mr. Lion,, wher have you been hunting, and what hav you eaten today!" "I bunted In th forest and caught an antelope.". " ' "Thsn ytt r twlc guilty and must pay two forfaits." say th old man; and th lion must pay bis for feit without jelng told ths crlmss he has committed. The old man passes on to ft Polar . bear. . . "Wher illd you bunt and what hav . you eaten T" be ask., ' "I hunted tn th water and had fine nsh t at" Th Polar bsar 1 pronounced Inno cent -Why?. Becauas ths secret jf the gam Is that bo ftnlmal 1 to br'ng la th Ut ter "o" either la their hunting ground Baby land OW many mils to Babytandt Any on can tUi , -' Vp on flight ' i. ' ' H .' To- th right-'. Please to ring tho belL What can you la Baby land ' r... Little folk In white , -, Downy heads., r, ' , . ' Cradle-beda, . 1 ' ',. -" ; Face pur aud bright What do they do la Babylandt -V Dream-and walk nd play, .. , : . Laugh and crow, a ' ' Shout and grow , Jolly times hav they. What do they say In Babylandt - Why, tb oddest things; ,'. 1 Might as wsU ; . Ury to tell - ' What birdl sing. , Who ta Queen of Babylandt . .'Mother, kind and aweet; And ber love, ' s'rom above, ; . S Ouldea the llttl fast ' Ptrhapa Ptnn Waal , Willie' mother had Just ftddrsssed a letter to ber father, wbo waa stay ing in town In Psnnsylvanla. Wil lie, also, hsd been asked to writ to his grandfather. He did so, and be fore addreeeing his envelope be scan ned cloaely the addresa his mother had written. Flret there was his frandfather' name, then "OreenvlUe. a." Taking an envelope, he wrote hla grandfather' Dame and under It the addreae: "OreenvlUe, Orandpa." ;Lft Xtg Trail Behind It . My sister and her friend wer sweep ing their playhotiae. A piece of the broom fell upon the floor. Seeing this, my sister exclaimed: 'Oh. the broom Is leaking." grew, perhaps, out of the fact that each had mothers who were a little too strict i ' .' i - . The letter which Willis wrote to Violet was a queer; one, considered Jtoat arty viewpoint and queerest of an was the way It wound up:, ISow, : be sure. . Violet, and have .something that breaks out , Tou can do It easy enough by watering red Ink and splashing It all over you. Let them sinkln well, and then hold your head oversthe kitchen Stove to get.lt r the food they eat . "Forest" and "antelope" botb hav, an "o" In them, so th Hon has to psy two forfeits. "Water" and "fish" having no "o" In them th Polar bear ' waa declared Innocent Th great fua 1 for th old maa to ' ' keep th secret - to himself and t let th player pusal v; why some ar pronounced guilty , and others Inno cent ven those, hov.-svsr, who know the secret ar very likely to make a' allp, aa th answers must be given promptly on pain of - forfeit When the game la over, the playera must pay tor their forfelta la any way the old man decides. ... .'. Some Puzzles for Your Wits Pictur Pttzslea. Ths two picture pussies represent games of well-known novels by squally WHAT NOVILt Doggie in Church THERE waa once a Pnie doggie Whose Ideas wer boom what ogg ' r or he tauugbt to g U hurck k was permitted. Pa he waiked sans invitation . 'Midst a pious congregation, . And their eftorte to remove hln quite outwitted. And In dogged aggravation , , lle lndul5"l In meditation. ' Whll-t a-slttlng on his haunches la the corner. ...i,,,.. ' Till hU brlKbt black sys On his wlatrea. when. rt''Kh,t.'anoa V He resolved of his small presenc there to warn her. Fo around her chair he bound-AV K it his feellogs were quite wounded. When, perceiving her embftrrsssmg PheP-eield"hlni by th collar. ; . l:re the rou time t hoUer. And expelled htm. "aplte til glance of mute contrition. ' ''I'1 good and hot The thing that would clinch the whole business would be If .. you could go out of your bead, talk craxy, you know. But be sure and do It ao Aunt Rachel will write us by ths 13th '. not to come out a you may bavs something. Act It welt and I'll give you ray new camera the next time I see you." ,. ... ',. , ' , ' , ; : " r Tou can tmagjne hat Willie's . scheme waa, from the above extract from his letter, and. though In the short space allowed for this story we 'may not make the acquaintance of bis rlever cousin," we may be sure that - Violet aoted her part well, for on ths morning of the 10th, Just as Mrs. Batten and Willie were starting for tha station (and WUlls was by that time getting pretty anxious) a note arrived from Aunt Rachel, which put an end to the projected Journey. ' , Willie announced that he would at - once write to Violet and tell her how . sorry he was that shs was 111. He did go upstairs and be did scribble four words all over a sheet of not paper. ' "Tou ars ft brick." Then he sealed his letter up and went to ths comer to mall It ' '. .' -, ' - ' ' That was ths last Mrs. Bat tea aaw - of Willie until lats that afternoon. k. Of course, about luncheon time she began to grow anxious, and when Mr. ', Batten returned from the office,, sur prised at flndia her at borne, she told him her worsiLWars that Willie was ; 'staying out so that he might go and ' 'see the bassbalt game. i ! Mr. Batten said: "Wall, what of UT Bursty bs may look at ft game," , , V MOTHER BEES THE GAME His wife, finding blm so unsympa thetlc with ber views, refused to go to the beach with him, and after while, feeling rather lonely, with both fcusband and son out she decided to ' go and aee the gams. Besides, she -had ft sneaking deilrs to see that , Willie's school won. ' Consternation struck ft group of No. it sympathisers when they saw Mrs. Batten approaching ths "bleachers." , Luckily, though, thsy found she bad not discovered Willie In tha captain's uniform, but was only looking for him among the apectatora. matters stood, and admitted that 41 ' waa getting th worst' of It They vary oongingir amj w even insinuatingly nini mat. . Willis bad been allowed to remain In th team ther would have been a different atory to tell. - , This rather botheresl Mra. Batten, - and she began to feel that If No. 46 lostlt would ba her fault 8h looked about fr Willi rathor Irritably. "Burly." ah thought, "ar ft loyal , member of the school be ought to b there, at least to Inspire by bis pres enoe." . I ' . When ths "Toung . Wretches, who knew very well hat waa winning, perceived ths effect they bad bad upon Mrs. Batten, they procjeded to groan at every fresh victory of th school, and Anally Burt Cooobs cried outt "If only Willie r pitching." ,'. Mrs. Batten grew mors and more ' anxious; sh could not se th faces of ths players very well and shs dlda't know mack about baseball, besides, they wer ftll vry Ulrty. Th sun . shon straight tn hsr syes and th was getting angrier with the boy of No. 14 every minute. .. . - , Finally ' Burt Coombs erled out again:' "Oh, dear! ob. der!; If Willi wr only her." '' . 1", " With that Mrs. Batte- Jumped upon on of th bleacher, waved her para- . . . . . aw.. m well-k.iown ftovellats. gee If yoa Caa tell what tho Utle are. - ConuiulrBm. Wbat word la that which If yoa add syllsbl to It wlU aaako It shorter f ABlddl. ' ' My first ft pronotia oftea sd; April 1 4 Answers BIBHOP WILBXHFORCS-S BIDDLB Th human body. L A chest iTwo eyelids Drums tear drams 4. Kalia a. Palm . Soles 7. Musclas 1 Hart 1 Hare M. Calves. i 11. Vanes - ' 12. reet. Hands which has: 14. Lashe 1 S ! n n-atane 1. Ayes aud 17. Tuilps. 18. Adam's apple. 1. Puplla. SO. Temples. . t. T ?n uuua. S. Cheek. U. Pallet. . ' -' ,'. 24.. Waste. . "t brows" (eye-, brow). , - u. Arm , -''I ' ! K '. V' ' , CONCMDBVMS , ; L Becaus very watch has ft spring In. it -. -v " - ; ft, Lapland. ,, ., , - , 1. A hole. i . 4, Ueuauea It was an arrow (narrow) escape for his child. . s. Becauae one you stick with ft lick, and th other yeu Uck with a stick. . . Tw, Inside and out :. T. The letter M. ' t. A dry attlo tedrtstlc.' t. Because It must b ground befor It 10. ou'liw be well shakea before tak en. the other muat be takea and then well shaken. . IV Two pigs. 4 ... It When It I ft Jarjajar). BLANK iPACB PXJtZLB. '. Many yy) y men ay that under the croe ar hills and valleys Just aa ther are pn lend. , 1 I love to sit at my in the tae. den, watching tha huy,hbb as they fly from flower to flower. , a. Don't tttt your llttt brother, Flor rle; It is too bad ot n. ConttTtdmm. Who was th first whlstlerT Th Wind. What tune rlld he whlatls? Over the Yil.'a and fr away. S hv rei a tr'iv-ler rver Hirv. 1n the de'ertT IIwhuh i t the ti 1 T. '(h in (MiulwkiiMi th- -. by la -vnipntliv Ilk" V-! ".1 .., . ? T-rn M It ) a (::-v I -. 'sol in the air and shouted: .. "U'niJe Batten. If you care snythirir for the honor af your school, twlp ywur team to win." Mrs. Batten sever clearly under stood what happened arte? that and, as for Willie, It took hint some time to realise that hla mother, who had begged him .e give up hie favorite ' game, bad grown so exelted over it as to shout out to him In a publlo place to disregard her command au4 help his team to win. Win Itdld, Uowever. and Willie was? borne home n triumph by bis frlenda. "His mother, following, never aak4 how Willie had gotten Into hla eoe turae Bad gone out o , the field. In so short a time. - As Willi told his cirsclenoe. thr was no neoesatty to confess, for his mother had told htm In the end to do just what ba bad dona. ' ,- ' When Violet and her mother' next visited ber cousin, Willie, the little' girl found that all of Willie's friends were moat snxlous to Indorse Willie's note, "you ar oncx," ana 10 cun-. gratulats her upon U quick recov ery froVi tbs measles. I .. I JEAN RIDD1SU , a Gam of Sngs. To play thla gam four cotton bags ars required, each of them half nile' with dry peaa. the bags being securely, i fastened at the mouth. , ' I The tTTo players take bag In each hand and throw the rlgbt-hand bag to their opponent Immediately paint ing the letl-hanii bitg Into the Tih hand, bo as to catch the bag the op ponent sendB In the left hand. ; To Bipea for Thaaksgiving Day. Tt.iaaaii. a. Binall boy of I, waa out In the Karden hoelnn. Herbert, pa Ing )-y. sake J hlrn what he was doliitf Ris ing. "Whafre you going to plant Ut ' your garden T' "Pumpkin plea." Optical Illusions A" RE these four vertical lines -par allel? The eye Bays no. but II th sketch Is locked at edge ways with ths eyi at ths bottom of ths page, they will Pe seen u e per fectly parallel. ' When you look dlrtet at them they appear to be the.nselves Irregularly c b" " no ther optical . illusion. When ft beam of light paaaes throuxh a dark room, you -think you e m light but light la Invlmble. Tou ae only the particles of dust which are always floating in th air, and If those dust motee 'could be removed, ae In a vacuum, for Instance, you would e no beam. To prove this, lake a red-hot poke and paua It genf.y through a beam of light on some eunr.y day; and a demo black fchadow mill e seen for a mo ment whre the poker has pa-iwd. Thi , heat consumes the dust part Idea, anil the light becomes lavlelble. having; 1 no solid matter - to reflect It Star Monthly. , . I VI .1 a 1 BEAM Or LIGHT. PARALLEL LIXE3L My next ft Jewel, seldom refused; My whole, aheap and wholesome ftafcl "lis usually ft breakfast dlah. What la th answer! SUxed Prorerba. Her tr six well-known proverb. They are sat duwa In order, but th I' r . tar of th wrie hav gut mix ml. 1i and put them riht: L Silrbi to a hriaet lkcof retohteg. 1 Tt si vnr oto Iteft ot rlmne. L A tchtls ni mile vaaea ennL A Lhfa a faio si tebret nhat on bara. ft. Erhet si nyam ft pils bwettzl hi pcu dna bet pit . Lai at tno dglo ttha aretlltg. . Battle Diagonal. Each word baa a letters. The dia.r onal from upper left to lower ru: c spells a battle of the Civil War. fouk on tn I7ta ox uepiemoer. ' a. Juiirlnii. next t. -.-..-. Ouiltluaa. payment for ue of money, Whol'y, Penaltlea. A kmj of dnra-r, Acltien of a A cnmmoD guru i flower. a.MiMk.M SM 'WAv v ) :'...;;; 1.