E a s ily B u i l t B ir d H o u s e
A n d F e e d in g S t a t io n
F you want to turn your spara
time Into a useful and produc­
I tive
hobby, make up this birdhouse
and feeding station. You’ll have
fun building these attractive houses
and will be agreeably surprised to
see what a professional job you
can do using only hand tools.
Sine* aech component part of the house
)• reproduced full size on ths printed ixp er
patterh. all the mystery uaually aaaociated
with woodworking is dispelled. You merely
eut each piece of wood according to the
shape and site of ths patters, then fasten
each part together in exact position Indi­
cate«!, Decorating the finished house Is fu r­
ther simplified by merely tracing the fu ll
sise decorating guidea directly on the house.
The outlines nrs then painted the colors
pattern specifies.
I f your youngster is Interested in develop­
ing a part-tim e business, get him to make
up one or two of these houses or feeding
stations. Almost every homeowner is inter­
ested in attracting birds and they w ill be
delighted to buy these two houses.
Ths Pattern specifies exact else and
amount of materials needed. Much of the
wood can be salvaged from grocery boxes,
crates, etc. Send 20c each for Bird House
Pattern No. 10 and Feeding Station Pattern
N o. 9 to Easi-Bild Pattern Company, De­
partment W , Pleasantville, N . Y.
F IC T Corner
IO N
TT was still early and the beach was
•t deserted except for a few lone
bathers far around the shoreline.
J Merry finished her splashing in the
chilly waters and climbed on a rock
by the lakeside, the only rock in
view anywhere on the sandy beach.
It made a nice spot to sit and dry ns
the morning sun grew warmer,
j Spreading her beach robe over the
, rock to protect her new green bath­
ing suit she rubbed her arms and
legs briskly with a towel, then cast
it aside and rummaged in the can­
vas beach bag for her brush and
comb, and a hand mirror. She had
just finished shaking the water from
her long, blonde hair and was
brushing it to a golden sheen when
a masculine voice beside her told
her she was no longer alone.
"Ah. a m erm aid!'’ said the voice,
and there stood a bronzed young
man in bathing trunks. He was tall
and dark and broad-shouldered, and
just the sort of young man a girl
dreamed of meeting on her vacation,
only he had appeared much too soon.
She blushed and groped for an an­
swer. She shivered and sneezed.
’•Well,’’ commented the young
man. "I don't know mermaid lang­
uage but kerchoo, yourself.”
Without waiting to be asked, ne
had seated himself on the sand be­
side the rock and not knowing what
else to do Merry went on awkwardly
brushing her hair.
"What's your nam e?” he asked.
"Mine's Terry Thornton. Staying
with some cousins at that cottage
down the line.”
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I green, blue, silver or gray, accord­
ing to the light. The office, with its
irritations, seem ed fur away.
"Hello, there!" It was Terry. Sho
sensed his presence before he spoke.
"Care for a swim?"
She shook her head. "Fve already
been in,” she said.
"Well," he persisted, "You can
go in again.”
"No,” said Merry. "I like it here
on the beach.”
"Okay.” Terry shrugged. "Suit
yourself, I’m going to take a swim,
then I've got to go to the village. Be
gone all day. You ought to come
along.”
"No,” said Merry. "Thanks any­
way.”
She was sorry to sec him go, yet
happy, too. He would %e gone nil
day! As soon as he was completely
other, she managed to avoid Terry
and keep on with her attempts to
swim. "I don't know why I don't
tell him," she thought. "He prob­
ably would teach me himself but he
might think I am awfully stupid, the
way I don't make any progress.
Somehow, I am ashamed to let him
know.”
She went on practicing strobes
and kicks, swallowing water and
floundering in despair—and then,
one day, one day of days, it hap­
pened! She swam! Only a few
feet at first, then farther and
farther and farther with practice.
Bobby, her IB-year-old teacher,
jumped up and down and shrieked
with Joy. and they had a water-
fight to celebrate. After that, noth­
ing could stop her. It waa just an
easy sidrstroke hut It was swlm-
miug!
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"Tell you what," said Bobby. "I’ll
take the rowbout and row along­
side in case you need me. and I
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" M e rry ,” she ad m itte d unhappily.
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"Not Mary; Merry, like in Merry
Christmas. Only my last name’s |
Day. My mother had original ideas.” I
"Hmm." Terry mused. "Well, on I
you it turned out all right, though (
she took a chance. Supposing you
were one of those grave, sober |
people who go around frowning all |
the time? But with those dimples |
and that smile it suits you.”
Merry blushed again. It was dis­
concerting to have a strange young
She had just finished shaking the water from
man studying her face so closely,
and was brushing It to a golden sheen when a n
but it was funny, too. She laughed.
her told her she was no longer alone.
"Merry,” he repeated. "I like that.
Merry and Terry. Makes a good
"Can you swim. Olga?” called think by now you can easily make
I combination. Hey! Where you go­ Merry.
it as far as the raft.”
ing? Don't jump back in the water,
"No,” answered Olga, "but I can
"All right,” Merry agreed brave­
j mermaid. I'll only swim right after
float.” She lay back, easily, on the ly. "Til do it.”
: you!”
surface of the water and continued
She lay on her side, taking slow,
“Breakfast,” said Merry, gather­ eating her apple, gazing unconcern­
easy strokes, watching Bobby in the
ing up her belongings. "We haven't edly up at the sky.
boat. The water felt wonderful—she
eaten yet. They’re expecting me at
"That's wonderful!” said Merry. felt wonderful herself! Hardly out
i the cottage.”
She tried it but sank immediately,
"Well,” said Terry reluctantly, and sat up, gasping and blowing of breath at all, she reached the
j •• ’Bye, then, for now.
See you water out of her nose. A peal of raft.
"HurrayI” shouted Bobby. "You
again.” He walked over to the deep laughter rang out and she looked
end of the pier, waved, dived clean­ into the face of a 10-year-old boy made it!”
"Hurray!” echoed another voice,
ly and, as Merry left the beach, she who was swimming about like a
"Three cheers for the merry mer­
saw him swimming with long, sure porpoise.
m aid!”
strokes out to the raft. If only, she
"Here's the w ay,” he said, and
And there on the raft, outlined
thought, he hadn't come along quite
like Olga. "Gee!” he said. against the sun, was Terry. E a c e r lv
j so soon! Now she would have to go floated
"Don’t you know how to swim ?”
to the beach even earlier.
"No,” Merry admitted, sadly.
"Terry Thornton?” said Mrs. "I’ve never been around water,
White, with whom Merry was board­ much. I've always lived in the city,
ing during her vacation. "Why, yes. and I just never did learn.”
He comes up here summers to visit
"It's easy," said the boy.
Watch
relatives in one of these cottages here.”
down the row. One of the best swim­
So the lessons began.
Hopeful
mers around here. Regular fish.”
and hopeless by turn. Merry kicked
Merry’s heart sank but she ate
and splashed.
Her freckle-faced
heartily of the blueberry muffins
tutor was a hard taskmaster and
and decided nothing was going to
a m erciless critic. They kept at it
spoil this vacation of hers. She
most of the day but Merry still
had planned too long and worked
couldn’t stay on top of the water.
too hard for it, and now she was
"Looks like I’ll never learn!” she
going to enjoy every minute.
LETS TALK
thought, but early the next morn­
It was not much fun, going in the ing she was at it again. She man­
water- so terribly early, but she aged to be lying on the beach when
AB O U T
splashed determinedly the next Terry dropped by. She turned down
morning, then spread her beach robe 1 his invitation to go on an all-day
----- BY CHARLES B R O T H ------
on the sand and lay there on her boating
I
trip with some friends. "An­
stomach, soaking up what sunshine i other day,” she thought hopefully.
A G ood C o nversation u lint
there was. Head cradled on elbow, ] Her young instructor turned up
That the man I have just spent
she gazed dreamily at the lake. It again
i
that afternoon, as enthusiastic
week with has mastered one of
was always changing color, like the as
t Merry was determined.
the most important of all human
stone in a ring she used to have—
Day after day, by some ruse cr arts, there is no doubt. Wherever
we went he charmed those we met,
charmed them by his personality,
his graciousness, his poise, but prin­
cipally by his conversation.
For he seemed to know exactly
what to say to everyone to whom
we talked. I mentioned It to him.
"Oh, It's sim ple.” he replied, "all
I do is talk to them In terms ci \
Grace Noll Crowell
interests—their interests—their SPE­
E W Y - E Y E D and shining­
CIAL INTERESTS.”
faced the m orning
Every human being, as you know, '
Is starting on its journey o f today,
has certain subjects in which he is
Its old wounds healed and seemingly
especially interested—his business,
forgotten,
his hobby, his family, some outside
Its old scars wiped sway.
accomplishment, politics, something
that especially interests.
T h is brave new w orld! H o w staunchly
it arises
Anything that appeals to a per­
From out the darkened covers o f the
son’s special Interests, Identifies
nig h t}
you with-him , will get and hold
H o w v aliently it girds itself to enter
his attention—and if you get and
T h e splendid ways o f lig h tl
hold anyone’s attention he will
find
you an engaging personality.
So would I shake the darkness from my
If you want your personality to ap­
eyelids,
peal to .others, all you have to do is
So would I don m y garments with the
follow the few simple rules which
dawn,
my friend explained to me.
T h e old wounds healed, the old scars
"The first thing you have to do is
unrem em bered,
to find out what your person’s in­
A nd thus I would move on
terests are.” he began. “And that
In to the w aiting ways o f light and
is not hard. Listen to anyone talk.
splendor,
We
all talk most about what inter­
M y heart’s bright banner lifte d and
ests us most. You can also ask
u n fu rle d ,
others about the interests of the
T h a t I may be a valiant marching
person you are going to meet. It
comrade
isn’t hard to get information.”
T o this, the brave new w orld.
"Then,” he continued, "acquire
knowledge on the subject.” None
of us likes to talk to an ignoramus,
but you can read up on any subject
and get a passable knowledge of it.
"Then—and this is the last r u le -
all you have to do is show him you
are interested in the subject, too.
Then in his eyes you become irre­
sistibly interesting. See how easy
It is?"
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