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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER-19, ; 1S21. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON 13 BRINGING UP FATHER (1tthcsnd V. S. Psbm Office) . By Gecrcfc McTilani:: If ' PU a-T. & e-m..B- uit,M - OOMT-t00 DARH " ACRO5S THE. COUTi -n. L. 1 If CONrVv LET ME. CtlMDOVeR TOUR. rRlEwOS , T1 "orsi ' tho;h CAUL. HERE. TOOCT v a- V I w m jHiiii i 1 1 uj i emu II l I - I II I LJ I , V I - I 5 tCQHALXi 1 fry m or boll 'em or O poach 'em on, scramble 'emr Ha asked generously as T. Paer emerged from . bis regular mornins argument with the furnace la the basement "Or, maybe," she suggested. "You'd rather , have 'm In a inlet with Jelly T .Hae hat ?"' T. Paer spluttered at he sozaled his (ioot streaked visage under the kitcheii faucet -' The reason I don't i'ke restaurantss because I have to pick , out what Leaf , TToar egTgs," Ma informed him pa- ' tlently, "How do you want me to cook 'emr . . -En!" T. Paer vociferated. "I don't want 'em. I don't want 'em' kept hi the house at all. My Lord, woman, ain't you read what they'll do to you T" "No." Ma answered placidly. "All X know is I like 'em-anyway so Ions as th'ey'je fresh." ' ..-.. . "Don't . eat , 'em." T. Fa pleaded, earnestly "they're dangerous 'nd we . can't afford to monkey with 'em." -, . "What's sot into you r Ma demanded. ."Yesterday you ef both of yourn 'nd one of mine - ad then didn't hay enough." - "Never again." T. Paer promised. "I'm . through with that stuff." ' -rney-re awful strengthening." ma said In defense, "nd digestible.'? "Do you want to live 600 years?" T. ; Pae demanded.' "You'd look fine 600 years old. wouldn't von?" "I don't know'a I'd mind It." Ma an swered. -"nd besides," she added crisply. "I don't know but what-1'd compare pretty fair with you at that age." . "I aln t denyln' that." T. Paer aald . hastily. "but do you want to weigh i. zooo pounds?" . "Land of mercy, no V Ma exclaimed. .."who ever heard of a woman weighing r that much?" v ,- "You keep on eating eggs 'ad you'U be biggern a elephant the first thing you know." T. Paer informed her. lmpres , aively. .. T , . "Goodness," Ma said, horror In her tone, "what makes yon think that?" -i "Science's discovered It," T. Paer . an--., swered. "I read where , a doctor" d dis covered that If you'd feed a woman' up , on eggs she'd live (00 years. nd weigh -zoos pounds "nd have 300 children." 'Merciful heavens," Ma exclaimed, shuddering at the sight of the egg bas- aet -uo you suppose it's true?" ' ".The doctor says so." T. Paer.an 'swered, "'nd If it's only half true blamed if I want to take any chances with 'era. - '."' "What would we do? Ma asked Jn dismay. "We'd be blggeKn a house, , i "You'd be too bis tor a bungalow, any way,. T. raer contenoea, . -iouo nave to have - a slant's castle with double doora" "It'd take a whole bolt of cloth for a shirt waist," Ma mused. ,1 don't see how poor people'd set money enough to buy clothes." "Shirt wsists'd be easy compared to shoes," T. Paer pointed out. "Think, of the hoof you'd have to have to hold up that -much beef." nt'a sickening." Ma shivered. -I don't believe they could get a . pair out'n a whole hide." .. ' I doubt it,T. Paer conceded, ,nd think what a fehah'd be up against If all bis 300 children' d turn out to be girls.' I can't conceive It," Ma, answered helplessly, "every f amily'd have to own a department store. , . . "Jt'd sure play hob with the automo bile -business.", T. Paer-.. stated. "Thev wouldn't be much market for fords un- Icss t-ou used m fop babv buaviea." "I hadn't thought of that," Ma ' ob4 served, "it would kinSa crowd 'em to get a whole ton of woman in one all In one piece wouldn't it?" "Every five passenger car'd have to be a ten ton truck," T. Paer calculated, "nd If they was short 'nd dumpy they'd hang over the edges at that" "It's awful' Ma said, breathlessly."! don t uunK i ll ever be aoie to eat an other egg." "Well," T. Paer -mused thoughtfully. "maybe 'the worst won't come? to the worst" . ' ' 1 ain't going to chance it," Ma said firmly, "egg's ofrn our bill of fare from now on." "When you get to thinklnV T. Paer suggested, casting a wistful eye at, the egg basket, "maybe nature's got a bal ance wheel ready to help us." ' "I, can see the eggs," Ma answered, "but the balance wheel ain't visible," . "But," T. Paer argued, "the more pounds you weighed the more eggs you'd have to eat or fall off," . - . "I'm fat enough," ma retorted - decis ively. "I'm through with eggs." ' "Well,' T. Paer grinned. Tm klnda skinny 'nd that 600 years sounds good to me. I guess I'll try a couple, straight up with bacon. We can't aford to waste what we got on hand." . " , ' v-' -J I I PAHX FRIEND dP M l JI-A.Re ) f Yr'-DOK'T Ll OOR OAE COMIC VOO THTOF ,i -E . ; , V.U K.HOCK THEH - ' " ' ' ' : , NOT OWNrV It lr rfi ffi ' iO -19 l92 tHr ATOf SKRVICC. IMC 'l 11 1 I t1 ft t - . 1 ' J KRAZY KAT (CoprrisU. , 1931. by iBtetaatieoal TnJOum 8ertiee. Iae.1 . . , Now We Know Where They Get 'Em The Merry little Breezes Are Late Barrets .. VBy Theratea w Ton often find when thera's bo nood i . , Home people are pramd of (reod. . Mother Bear. OLD MOTHER WEST- WIND is an early riser. She believes that the , way to start a day right is to get up early. So by the time Jolly, round, red vMr. Sun 'ticks off his rosy blankets to s be?in his dailvellmb nn in the blue, blue 'realty. Old Mother West Wind usually is Von her way down' from the Purole Hills with her, big bag, in which are herchll dren.. the Merry. Uttle Sreexea On this particular morning she. emp . tied the- Merry Utile Breese out ef her i . big bag on the Green Meadows. "Jack " Frost was around last night," said she, , . "so hurry over to the Green Forest to " shake down the nuts for the little people ; there. Ihave a great deal of work of my own to do, so I must leave this for . "you." " "Yes'm," . cried the Merry Little Breezes all together, and started to dance away across the Oreen Meadows toward the Green Forest. . But the Mer ry. Little Creeses are much like other little people. In that they forget 'easily . and put things off. One of i them dis covered .Jahndy Chuck sitting on his , idoorshep, and at once all of them danced over to rumple his hair and pull his whiskers and ask him questions about when- he would go. to sleep for the Wln i Iter,, and it he expected to sleep Tight . straight - through without onee waking. and if he ever had dreams when he was iasleen that. way. r.Therthey discovered Reddy Fox. try ing: to catch Danny Meadow Mouse, and at onoe-hurried over to tease Reddy, by .carrying,, his, scent to. Panny, so that .Danny might npt be. caught: Attef.this -they danced over to call on Digger the '.'Badger to see, if he . -was as grumpy aa rusuaL And by this time they had quite forgotten the nut trees over in the Green Forest. . , Now,. all this time over in the Green Forest certain people were -growing very impatient and certain other .DeoDle were chuckling. to themselves.. The Impatient pnes wer Mother Bear 'jand . the twins, and ' the chuckling ones were Hapty Jack the -Gray Squirrel and his smaller vuuauv uxiaiisrer ma rtea squirrel, ana his bigger cousin, Rusty the Fox Squlr reL You remembed that Mother Bear - had led the twins 'over to the beech trees in the night so as to be on' band the very first thing in ' the morning. V She meant to be Tlht eirV the spot just as soon as ft was light enough to see - to pick up the sweet, brown little beech nuts. &he was. but there were few, sweet - brown, mtle beechnuts to pick up. You ; see they ware stilt clinging to the lit tle husks in the trees. -the "husks Jack Frost had opened in the night with his hard fingers. They ' must be shaken down before they could be picked-up and eaten oy xne tsears. Ana wltQ the com Ins of the first Jolly Uttle Sunbeams . arrived ILghtfoot the ' Deer - and A the tnree Squirrel cousins and the Grouse xamuy. ail eager ror sweet, brown, . little beechnuts. You see, aU knew that Jack Frost had been around the night before. They knew it because his white breath covered the grass 'and the bushes and the trees whew they first popped, out -of bed that morning. And they knew that when be first come the first thin he ; : does Is to pinch open the husks of the nuts. So no one had waated any time in getting over- to the beech, trees that morning. - But now only the Squirrel cousins were wholly happy. They could and ,- did climb the trees and pick the nuts out of their husks, and chuckled and - chuckled at the longing faces turned upJ lowara mem. They knew what would happen when the Marry XJttle Breeses ............................... Tak a 20 Pay Lifm Policy . WithUg UNITED ARTISANS eis AKTi&iars BTjixstara . assets Over tUMHJ - -Tear Hosts Society for tT Tears . 54i One of them discovered Johnny Chucck sitting on his doorstep. arrived. They knew that all those little nuts would be shaken down to" the ground and then it woulcPbe a scramble for them. So the Squirrel cousins Hap py Jack. Chatterer and Rusty were rather tickled to have the Merry Little Breeses so lata. They were greedy. They wanted aU those nuts themselves. But waiting and waiting down below, Mother Bear first grew impatient and then cross. And still- the Merry Little Breeses failed to come. (Gopyrieht. 1931. by T. W Bare eat) The next patience." story: "Patience and Xm- The Dalles Orders a Ohlorination. Plant Por Pprifying Water The Dalles.. Oct, 19. As a temporary means of cleaning up the city water supply, the water commission announced TPueaday -that the installation of a chlori nation plant bad been .ordered, that will be - ready for operation within a few weeks. . The apparatus to be installed at Wicks' reservoir, eight miles south west of the city, where the impounding dam is located and whence the water is brought into , the city by means of pipe unee.. . i . ., . ....... The chloarinaiion ' plant ; Is being In stalled on the advice of Dr. Fred D. S trickier, state' health officer, who was in The Dalles last week. - New License Tags to 3e Yellow and Black ' Salem. Oct. 19. Ordera for 1S0.O00 eets of .automobile Ueenae Plata for .1922 have been placed by Secretary of State Koier with the Irwin-Hodson company of Portland at a cost of 17 cents pair, delivered in Salem, aev compared with 21 cents a pair paid Cor the 1921 plates. .The 11322 tags will be a bright yellow, with the numbers and lettering In a glossy black. acomblnation making for easy reading at a distance. FUNERAL COMPLETE I oaskct, two atrroa, mkaiiss. KfasALMine), outsidb bos. kavs sMftKEtt, rwsisat, NO- TnOSS, aiARKRS' OLOVKS. USB or OMarsa Tililler & Tracey Indaeeedint Funeral Olrettert WASHISaTON AT ELLA i sum Met, sts-44 ir r 4 TXt. H .a Aa A i Ait COttAfe..- aA ABIE THE AGENT r t WdAID&Je, VHbfc&" - 'j (Boys To ftosfe.jvtt. VUS, AAri: f I- ' , - : ; h 4. 2 vtvtic vt(.fi t av I - I jfJUt lJLA tttofn lG4Uj (CopyrishL 192 1, by InteraatioaU Future Serrtce, Inc.) His Head ior Figures Fails Him jH S ''. bm:- LITTLE JIMMY : Copyricht, 1921, ay iBtaraatloail ftatars . 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