RURAL ENTERPRISE
ç r fie T A LE o Æ
KIDDIE KATYDID
Mae Busch
Scraps,-:
BABY COWBOY
SLAYS FATHER
W IT H “ TO Y” GUh
o/ •
Bullet End* Parent’* Life ai
He Praite* Child at
Play.
/¿P A rth u r 5 c o tt B a ile y
A GREAT SECRET
through Johnnie's open window. From
nearby came Chirpy Cricket's cheerful
And In the distant swamp
rH O E V E B K a ty was, and w h at piping.
w ever she m ight have done, n o the musical Frog fam ily held a sing
body In Pleasant V a lle y knew any ing party every evening. Johnnie
thing about her except K iddie K a ty Green liked to hear them. But he ob
did and his numerous and noisy jected strongly to the weird hooting
and horrid laughter of Solomon Owl,
family.
To be sure, many o f the w ild fo lk — who left the hemlock woods a fte r
and the people In the farmhouse, too dark to hunt for held mice.
As for Kiddie Katydid, he paid lit
remembered hearing her name men
tle attention to any other o f the night
tioned the year before.
But they had q uite forgotten about cries. No m atter what anybody else
ter. until August came and Kiddie said, he solemnly hurled back at him
that never-ending refrain. K aty did.
K a ty d id ; she did, she d id !
You would have thought. If yon had
heard Kiddle, that somebody had dis-
puted his statement. But such was
not the case at all. Since no one ex-
cept the Katydids knew anything
i
5
Here is the popular "movie" star
w ith « Buster Brown bob. In her latest
picture. Miss Busch was born in Mel-
bourne, Australia. A fter attending S t
Elizabeth's convent. Madison, N J ,
I «he »tarred In vaudeville before enter,
j ' nS pictures. She has black h air and
about the mysterious Katy, nobody gray eyes.
was able to say tru th fu lly that she —
didn't do I t In fact, the whole affair
nie Green’s mind and made him feel
was a great secret, so fa r as outsiders
better, anyhow.
were concerned. And one night John
Kiddle told his own people about
nie Green even thrust his bead out
of the window and cried im p atien tly: Johnnie's outburst And they all
•‘A ll r ig h t!
All rig h t!!
I admit agreed th a t It was a rude thing to
that K aty did IL And now do please do.
•'Doesn't he know," they asked,
keep s t ill!"
O f course, h’s plea failed to silence '•that the night belongs to ns?"
I® by Grosset A Dunlap)
Kiddle Katydid. But It relieved John-
New York.— All evening long three
year-old Dazuros M an ,« r,>de through
the bouse on a broomstick horse
bravely clicking two rap pistols end |
snuffing out the lives of numberless
Imaginary Ind iana lie cried delight
edly :
“ 1'apa, I'm a cowboy!"
“Isn't that nice?"
“Papa, loo k!— you're en Indian. Fm
going to shoot y o u !”
A second later the father, Ano-
statsoa
M an at.
dropped
mortally
wounded w ith a bullet In his heart.
The child had discarded a toy pis
tol and picked up his fath er’s 32-cal-
iber revolver.
Mother la Shocked.
T he
mother.
In
the
kitchen,
screamed. The three-year-old child,
shocked, dropped the smoking gun and
started to cry.
"Mamm a, I'm hurted."
T h e mother rushed la and carried
her husband to the bed.
Patrolman I ’onnaght n of the West
T h irtie th street police station, hearing
the shot, rushed to the house.
W ithin
a
half-hour
Anostatsoa
M anna forty-three, a chestnut ped
dler. had died at Bellevue hospital.
Physicians telephoned the news to
the Tenth avenue home. T he strlek-
A N E W A L IB I
A colored convict had received a
Bible from the chaplain, but the very
next day waa haled Into the prison's
own court, charged w ith petty thiev
ery
“How does thia happen?“ asked the
chaplain sternly.
“1 Just sent you
a book In which there la a command
ment. T h o u shalt not steal-' D idn't
you receive It?”
“ Yaasuh, yaasuh." replied the negro.
“B ut Ah a in 't had tim e to git dat fur
yeL"
HE WHY sf
T5 SUPERSTITIONS
$ y H. IRVING
KING
Had
the
Best T im e When
the Most Noise.
Making
and his relations brought her to their
found that hia “touching" consisted
TOUCHING FOR WARTS
minds once more.
In rubbing the w arts with hia fingers
Each night the K atydids’ rasping
from right to le ft— or sunwise. which
N A B IG bank. In a big eastern city,
chant was repeated again and a g a in :
action clearly Indicates a survival of
there Is a porter who has a reputa sun-worship. T he chief value o f a
K a ty did. K a ty d id ; she did. she d id !
tion
oil
through
local
banking
circles
But since in any crowd there are a l
study of modern superstition is !n
ways a few th a t w ant to be different of being able to cure w arts by “touch patching out our iraperfe-t knowledge
from the rest, now and then some ing" them.
of the past, says Maspero, and as In
Now and then Is found a man who the touching of the bank porter for
member o f Kiddie's clan Insisted that
Katy didn't— somewhat in this fash Is thought to possess the same cura warts there Is clearly a lingering rem
ion: K a ty did. K a ty d id ; she did. she tive powers of touch which are ac nant of sun-worship; the facts point
credited to the bank porter of the big to a sim ilar origin for the royal toucb-
d id n 't!
How ever, there w ere always to city. It appears as if to certain hum to a sim ilar origin fo r the royal
r any others to drown any such puz- ble Individuals bad df-scended the mi “touching for the king’s evil. ’
(© by M c C Is rv N s w b p ap sr S i r-dleats. >
ziing statem ent w ith th e ir shrill clamor raculous powers which form erly, and
that K a ty really did do It (w hateyer for many centuries, were supposed to
It w a s !) that nobody paid much a t be possessed by the kings o f I rance
tention to those who didn't agree. and England—especially o f England—
N '
=
On warm, dry, midsummer nights when they “touched for the king’s
the K atydids a ll made a terrific evil," otherwise scrofula. T he custom
racket.
H ut there wasn’t one o f of “touching fo r the king's evil" In
England can be traced back to Ed
them th a t outdid Kiddle. H e always
ward the Confessor definitely, and Is
had the best tim e when he was m ak
probably o f a much older date. It
ing the most noise And since he liked
was continued by the British mon
to station him self In a tree near
TALKING LADIES
archs up to and during the reign of I
F arm e r Green's house, his uproar Queen Anne and the ritu al for the I
often rose plainly above th a t o f the
H A T do the Earthwom en talk
-touching” was retained In the Eng- «
other Katydids.
about?” wondered Jaxxbo. the
llsh P rayer Book until well toward
L ying In bed in his little room un
“I t would be Im
the middle o f the Nineteenth century. man from Mara.
der the eaves, Johnnie Green some
T h e “touching" o f the bank porter possible for me tru th fu lly to reflect
times wished th a t K id dle would keep
the life on thia plane: In my forth
quiet long enough to let him go to and hie congeners la apparently an coming book unless I gain an accur
echo of this old-time royal practice;
sleep In peace.
upon investigating the methoda of the ate impression of the dlat-nctlon In
T o be sure, the balm y breezes r
the conversations of its various classes
la
M /re «w m ”
a a
In effecting K his
“cure" ! It ♦ w was
w afted many other night Bounds
of Women. I w ill start at the bottom '
And he betook him self to the poo-
est section of the great city and he
hearkened eagerly as M rs H ardfi«'
conversed w ith Mrs. F erm jaw across
their m utual hack fence,
/ I l
— 5 , M IL D R E D M A R S H A L L ------------------ " f
" I d e n t know arhat w e re com!»
Fscn »bout your name; Its history, mesnina; whence It £
to a-tall, w hh servants gettln' so Im
— « derived; »gnihcsnce; your lucky day and lucky jewel
pudent and Independent.” M r* H ard
est was saying. "W ould you b lieve
prefers Holda. Often she is confused i t Mrs. Ferm jaw . the little bussv
HULDAH
I w ith H ilda. Though the la tte r name says to me only thia morning, she s a y *
M rs Hardflst.' she sayn 'I know M r
has great vogue In England and also
iH O L 'G H s m e etymologlsta claim In this country. Huldah Is equally Hardfist gets *4-50 fo r every » bricks
A that H uldah the p r phetess of p revalen t Its Scandinavian ancestry be lays now. and I w«M't coa>e in and
the Old Testam ent, should not be Is almost lost sight o f here, though help you w ith the dishe» any m -re
Identified w ith the Swedish H u ldr, : It Is noticeably more prevalent In for less'n a dollar an evenin'.“ she
the evidence seems almost c m d u s lv e Swedish communities, and for some
says.
In favor of the assertion th a t they i reason has quite s bit of popularity
• Most interesting." reflected Jaxx'-
are one and the same name In differ
And he hied him self to M rs. Ysa
in the Sonth.
IVxwter's sumptuous draw ing r v »
ent forma.
Amber la Huldah'» tallsm anlc gem
T he old m ythical Ho!da. or H u ld r I t w ill protect her from disease and where an Inform al tea party w»» ta
Mr«
(tb e faith fu l or tbe muffled) was a give her great physical strength. F r i progress. Just In time to
w hite spinning lady, who makes her day la her lucky day and six her Peyster-Luggs rem arking, “Rul y. •
feather bed when It snows. According lucky number
dies, what the end of It all w ill be
I rully don't know. My maid Celesre
b r W IiM le r S yn d ic ate >
to the legend, she brings presents at
demanded another Increase o f 110 a
>-
the year’s e n d ; rew ards good spin
week yeaferday. rully."
ners. and punishes M ie ones. She Is
M a te ria littic M od ern M a n
"Odd, very." thought J s ix bo sad
supposed to have a long nose, w ear a
Bishop W a lle r T ay lo r Sumner of o r e - j ■ • M
b;n,«-lf to a meeting e f the
blue g-'WB and w h ite veil and drive
through the fields In a car w ith gold goo. defending the modem g irl— Bishop ; (Adies' Browning and 8hakevq>»»-»
Sumner belleven that the modem man. | club, where Mrs. Highbrow Wpecg.
en wheel*.
and not the modem girl. Is reponsible tbe president, was saying. T h e • ’
In
the
Scandinavian
countries,
where she la very popular, they call for the petting party, the hared knee, nation la one not to he lightly dis
cosmetics, and so on—said at a New missed. you know. M y cook gave no-
her H u idr. the propitious Germany
Orleans luncheon:
t|ce today because I refunad to gtve
"Modern woman, for all her free her * ”, more a week and the use rf
dom and frankne«», Is more spiritual the sntonioblle"
than woman ever was before. Modern
" I think I I I om it th a t chapter ’ as t
A U N E O’ CHEER
Jszzoo apologetically to himself, ar J
man la more m alerlulisllc.
'T e ll the modern husband that hia went to take a lesson to change f <
o
»
By John Kendrick Bangs
a
love la growing cold, and tie won t »0 subject.
a
000$
, ® sy O sorgs M a t'b s w ACaossr
m o d i as lift hia eyre from the ««.rule
< 0 0 0 0 - 0 0-0 GO O-OOOOOOOOOO
o
'■ But l»H him Ida dinner is growing
D E F IA N C E
WRIG1EYS
NEW
Fits hand —
pocket and purse
A dvance In fo rm a tio n
Narcissa— Looky beah. black man.
what's you all gwlne gimme for my
birthday present?
Black l l a n — Close yo' eyes, honey
She did and be said. “Now wbut you
see?”
Narcissa— Nothin’ 1
Black M an — W ell, dat's wbut yo* *11
gwlne g e t
M o re fo r y o u r m oney
a n d th e b e s t P e p p e r m ia l
Chewing S w vH fo r any money
Look fur Wrigley'» P. K. Handy
^^^n^yoaH)ealerj^ounter
A good Intention clothes Itself w ith
sudden [ o s v r — Emerson
R e tp e rtfu lly D eclined
R H A T ’S IN A N A M E
LX/
OMB 0« Blaeh Cars' I shall
10t pat yo» off
Corns os »sd ao year worst
to ms— I'm bars,
AU fearless of yoar herb sod
sneering scoff
V
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As loca ss I* vs for allies F e ll*
a
and Cbvvr
I
a o Come os: I s ready for you
w ith so miad
a
o
To pat yos by a s til
a a
day.
I 11 take yoo as yoa estes what-
e sr yoar hied.
Mor lot yoo was tbo s im m e r
for d eity.
a
a
a
a O
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My
weapons ora bat lawgh'sr
and belief
The- 1 sir. Master of toy Sou's
Domala
Not yoo. and os Ito novorslas
Lord and Chief
Hold all usorple« Woes bal
rebels sola
iff! by M -
a re H ew yyw ysr S y e S I-e 'S I
:o o o o o o o o o « a » » o o o o o o o o t" c <
O”
cold, and zip:
" n tnr
room like a aimak of lightning '
—-
R e lu rb ith m g f lo o r *
Varnished floors that have sustained
a tra b h re and »'her martin of rough
usage may he m a,I- 1» I«"» <l"'” " " "
by merely lum hlng 'he »pole w ill, a
tittle linseed »11. • '
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vatnlah which la Is be removed from
the surface with a rag
flan,Ipapey la
sometimes h e ,.— « O . »'••’ •
•" "
dons apply a ....... • * « * " ’ • " * * W "
nlab
A fter a h a r d * ...... • '« " ’••«
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uvaled and 'm i.h e .l o f f '" « f"w
It w ill requite a m.ue tbtimngh ever
haaimg. by cleaning
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remover and steel weed «•
bruel, end d o ll,
,„ e bars w .-d ............ .. "»•
(n
by M«< la re ■ s w a y s » " '
You esn't a u u s t the
"Ben. I ’ll give you 110 to have your
picture made In the cage w ith that
lion."
"No, anh. boas, not me."
"H e W 'c t h urt yoo
He hasn't any
teeth.”
“Mebbe ao; but I ain't going to be
gummed to death by an old Hon."
fLxw of FUnicis! N*.
ether Sot uses have K.
Beeauve no other hot
cake Sour u Ucndad
the Fapjatk way I
R ain on the Diam ond»
S IM P L E E N O U G H
*ASbo> as-— fas esoev B-esi 's a Z
BBREVIATED
STORY
Cl
Pack
Madge— Do you think M r. I ’han
loves you more than be does baseball?
Maude— I really doo't know
Last
night he told me th a t my eye« were
like diamonds.
Madge— T h a t Is a sign of affect! m
Maude— Then a little later be said
that when I cried It made him feel
like a postponed game.
I
W
HANDY PACK
G a rfie ld T e a
Way Your
G randm other’» Remedy
The Gun Exploded.
en w ife fainted. The child, unahle te
realize w hat bad happened. Laughed.
Held Great Fun.
H e thought it had been great fun.
A ll evening he had been proudly ex
hlbltlng b it two cap plstoLa. They
clicked and looked like regular r e v i
vers
H e romped ’ hrough the boswe. “M ay
ing all who crossed hia path.“
T irin g finally, he wandered around
looking fo r new experience.
H ia fa th e rs 32-caiiiw r revolver lay
on a box nearby, b looke-1 fam J.ar.
T hia made three guna he had n w
Attem tkiBg to im ita te hts f-<rraer
play, he looked ire n a d fo r the enemy.
H e saw bis father.
"Oh. pap*, loo k!"
H» puiied :he trigger. T h e gun ex
ploded
T h a t was alL Except that poiice
are In a quandary They do 0 « know
w hat 4hqwie«io« to make of tbe chi d.
who answers a ll question« and d *
rasar 1 In detail w hat happened.
Stork Leave* Triplett;
Electrician I* Shocked
here
"W hy would yo«
than a t tbe tesai, re ?'
“D U how fooushl Why. simply
reuse yon are out at the seaahura.'
K ee p on S w attin g
the fly where sr has at.
And i a t forsat to swat the rat
A s l Wh .a yon rs la Iks swstt r.g bis
Hand iks blooasla e « o o s i i tie.
Sw at
F o r every stomach
and Intestinal liL
T h ia good oid-faab-
|.>ned herb h «n o
remedy for constl-
patloo. stomach Ills
and other derange
ments of the sys
tem ao prevalent ’ bes» days Is In even
p-eater favo r as a fa m ily medicina
In your grandm other’s day.
Prep ared n e*»
tak a th a t touring car. and
w ant you to send Bp another 004 la
about two w eeks"
' I d tw o wceka?"
1
"Tea. my w ife has made np 1
u>
to
learn
going
mind that «1.» la
drive."— American Leg; n W eekly.
A B it C o n fu tin g
•Judge Flubdub doeaat seem to
know h a lf l i e timo a bather bes go'mg
T h a t 's probably because h e t been
reversed ao mnch by the higher
• o n r t* "
Q U IT E
SO
New Y o rk.— Louis Brwi«ky. m ast-r
electrician, was opsri when he » u
ebliged to work, khowtag that M s w ife
had Just given birth to a baby boy
Bn-dvxv was expected to buy tbe '« b y
a p a ir o f shoes and ws»e ««ber things,
and It was n e -ta s iry te w tw t without
taking tim e ouk
N e -i.« -** to nay. his mind was mN on
Ida work at ail. T h e Br-Mskys s irre d )
had two children, and Louis ootgrata-
lated bimneif on t i e birth of :be third.
T i e sam e bad teep» «ed him at tbe
Broadway theater la Long Island O t y ;
“l c u-s.” cried the narae la glen, " it a
a h oy!"
-Yes. of c-urae. and I am very
happy." rep* .ed the electrician.
"T h ia
»7» a swallow rea
-N o . yon doa't kaow ." ewntrsdWed
miles witb<i«'
in
s
e
t
ala
the aarse. “It's anovter le y — It's :w;aa.
a i-p p ia g "
L cu ik
A in 't that grand?"
-H e d have te travel fu rth e r th a t
Louis avowed that It was. but be
dropped the receive» an the book a that aowadaya."
trifle dased.
B at tbo teiepheae was
T a lk I t N o t C heap
-lng.ag agala.
T know all about H." said the eiec
I em»a tas n ss who belters
m
a
t
«nib
-« ressa on. r »d<si
trieleu. "Another boy "
i t cost ms Sfty ds. ars
-T o n d e n t k n o w ' said 'b * »*dee
T s a sy. -O sad aso ra la a. J-idgsf
T t'a a girt.
I t s trip le t*. Louts, gtre
hoys and a girt "
A K ic k
Brodaay ra n e d hoaM la a cab.
T h e chalrsaan e f the
tee Mghed.
"W haCa the snottev t o w r aaaed
Thought D ead
P M adelpnaa.—O lv re ap as dead by
hia fam ily, a fte r he had maspprered
w kl-e an a trip to Coney IMand four
months ag- B e m a l Tust,bon. th irry- j
F ie yrere addi a BrtwAiyn
waa -c-ated » fhe priante a
T h ete J a*.* T t
t f D r H l . Kaada, at O r e t n u t M O
tzewAe— Gceh* aia t ’ hat
He waa Id re - Bed at ’ he eaaatoriam woeideyfnl w ith Ma trepe?
bp M e baci lun a, a f.
T hat's na<
thaka the i ’ oey hnOenn en my spaia
Freak W W h
M re in l, The
edal wostwd
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