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T H E CASCADE LOCKS n i U O M n . K FRIDAY. MAY Ä. ltWt» Thornton W Burgess : . . . 4 4 4 u u j à O iÉ É — LITTL E M ITE STEALS AN EGG ¥ ? P E T E R RABBIT could have * known how Reddy Fox had been sitting so close to little Mite, the lost baby of Danny Meadow Mouse, th at his tail w as over him and th a t he did not know it at all. P e te r would sim ply have laughed in his sleeve instead of being angry and anxious as he saw R eddy com ing in his direction. Not th at P e te r was afra id for him self. Oh. m y. no! He had seen Reddy in plenty of tim e and he knew th a t his long legs would tak e him to safety. W hat m ad e him anxious was the thought th a t R eddy would be su re to poke around and try to find out w hat P e te r had been doing. Now, you know P e te r had been try in g to find the lost baby of Danny M eadow Mouse so as to tak e him back hom e, and w hat he w as afraid of now was th at R eddy's keen little U 4 â 4 à AA44Aê * seen and he d id n 't know ju st w hat i to m ak e of them . With an o th er hasty look to see ' th a t all was safe, little Mite crept ; in and touched one of \he queer, speckled things. It was very smooth and rolled a little when he touched i t He w ondered if it was good to eat. The only w ay to find out was to bite it and find out. At first it slipped aw ay from his sh a rp little teeth. He clutched it in both hands and tried again. This tim e his teeth w ent through, and inside was som e thing sim ply delicious! He sucked it all out and it seem ed to him that he never had tasted anything quite so good. You see. he w as very hungry. He had ju st reach ed for another | of the little speckled things when w ithout any w arning a t all som e thing sh a rp hit him on the head. •'O uch!” cried little M ite and s ta r t ed to run. And then It seem ed as if a hundred enem ies w ere striking at him from all sides, and the air w as filled with shrill, an g ry cries. Somehow he couldn't fight back. All he could do w as to run and run. At la st the te rrib le blows stopped. But little M ite didn’t. He w anted to get i as fa r aw ay as he could. So he ra n until he could no longer h ear the an g ry voice behind him . It was the voice of L ittle F riend, the Song Sparrow , for it w as L ittle F rie n d 's n est th at he had found and one of L ittle F rie n d 's eggs th a t he had stolen. C T. W . B u r g e s * . — W N U S e r v ie * . Collarless Type So he ran until he could no longer h e a r the angry voice behind him . b lack nose m ight find w hat P e te r s eyes had been unable to find. So P e te r d id n ’t h u rry aw ay as fast as he would h av e otherw ise. In fact. P e te r took chances He actually tried to tem p t R eddy to ch ase him so th a t he m ight lead him aw ay from th a t place. He m ad e faces a t Reddy and called him nam es. But R eddy had found out from one of the M erry L ittle B reezes, who had been thoughtless, the se c re t of the lost little Meadow Mouse, and he paid no attention w h atev er to P e te r. In stead he began to run this w ay and th at way, with his nose to the ground, sniffing and snuffing for som e tra c e of M eadow Mouse, and all the tim e he was going fa rth e r and fa rth e r from w here little Mite was. Now. ju st as soon as little Mite thought it w as safe to rr}ove, he beg an to run in the opposite d ire c tion He w anted to get Just as fa r as he could from th at dangerous neighborhood. It w as h ard work pushing through the g rass, for there w ere no little paths there, but he w as too frightened to m ind the hard w ork and k ept rig h t on. One thing he had learn ed , and th a t was the w isdom of keeping perfectly still when an enem y was n e a r and h ad n 't y et seen him . It was one of the m ost im p o rtan t lessons he would ev e r learn, though he d id n 't know it at the tim e. A fter w hat seem ed to him like a v e ry long tim e he cam e to a tiny p ath . It w a sn 't as good a path as th e p riv a te little path s th at Danny M eadow M ouse m akes, bu t still it w as a re al little path, and. of course, th at m ean t e a sie r going. He h u r ried along it and then quite un ex p ectedly he ca m e to a little house hidden in the g rass. He stopped sh o rt and eyed it suspiciously. It looked som ething like his own d e a r hom e in the m iddle of the pile of old co rn stalk s, for it w as m ade of d ried g ra sse s It w a sn 't quite to big and it h ad no roof, L ittle Mite looked this way and looked th at way. He co u ld n't see anyone about, so he cre p t up and peeped Into the little g rass bouse. Inside w ere four little, speckled, shiny things They w ere the q u ee rest things he had ever 1'AC.K THUKM I l o w » S E W T^WO pockets on the inside of 1 this p a n tr y door a r e used for lish tow els—th e u p p e r for cle a n ow els; the lower for soiled ones. The p ockets th e m s e lv e s a re m a d e rom four d ish towels with bright ,ed b o r d e r s and a r e hooked onto .he door w ith b r a s s rings All the lim en sio n s for c utting, and direc- ions for m a k in g a r e given h e re in he sk etch. If toweling by the roc KIT j th at h a v e been te s te d by thou sa nds of h o m e m a k e rs . Book 2. Clifts. 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RU TH W YETH S a fety T a l k s ) D r i v in g A b i l i t y T ' H E N ational S afety council re- * po rts th a t a u tom obile d r iv e r s r e a c h the peak of their skill and ability a fte r 20 y e a r s of age. R ecent studies, said the council, indicate th a t d r iv e r s u n d e r 20 y e a rs of age h a v e the highest a c cident rate. This ra te d e c re a s e s quite steadily to the age of about 50, and then in c re a s e s sh arply. 1. What is m e a n t by the R o a r ing 40's? 2. Who had the " fa c e that launched a th o usand s h ip s" ? 3. How fast could W alter John son throw a ball? 4. Is th e re su c h a thing as a double - join t ed pe t son ? 5. H as anyone e v e r seen the o ther side of the moon? «. What is the d ifference betw een a thief and a robber? 7. How m uch oil does the Queen M ary burn? 8. W hat is the origin of the Sicilians, and u ie they Italians? 9. How m uch does the E m p ire S ta te building sw ay? 10. What c ountry form erly re quired that a m a n w aving a red Hag should p re c e d e e v e ry iiutomo bile? T he A nsw ers 1. The s tre e ts of New York be tween F o rtie th an d Fiftieth, esi>e cially the T im e s S q u a re district. un u tely 225 b a rr e ls of oil in u 24- hour day. 8 Sicily, a d e p a r t m e n t of Italy, h a s a population of about 4,000.000. The island ha s been colonized by v arious peoples including t h e P hoenicians, G re e k s, H om ans. S a ra c e n s , S p a n ia rd s , F re n c h , e tc., m its history but the Sicilians of to day a r e r e g a r d e d as Italians. 9. The building is c o n s tru c te d to w ithstand a m a x i m u m sw ay of 13 inches but tests show th a t the sw ay is r a r e ly g r e a t e r than two inches. In the s to r m of S e p te m b e r 21, 1038, in a 110 m ile wind, ttie build ing sw a y e d four inches. 10. E ngland thought so little of the value of the new m a c h in e and considered it such a da n g e ro u s a g e n t that a law, enforced until 180«, forbade autom obiles to speed nt m o re th a n four m iles un hour, a n d req u ired th at a m a n wuving a red Hag should p rec e d e ev e ry pow er-driven vehicle. S H ilm of Ti oj had tho "faca th a t launched a tho u sa n d s h ip s .” 3. A test m a d e at the Hetning ton A rm s Co., showed that W alter Johnson threw a ball at the r u t r of 122 feet per second. 4. No. Loose or s tre tc h e d liga m e n ts give the a p p e a ra n c e . H e rV a good ml tie* for a w om an du rin g h#f 5. In h a b ita n ts of the e a r t h can change tusually from 8H to 6 « ), w ho feani •hsi'li low» l»*»r apj>r«l to m rn , w ho w orri«* not see the other side of the moon, ftbotlt hot Man hi*, Iona of |»c|», <liaA> ApwlU, b e c au se the moon ro ta tes on its ujmn I narvtw am i nm o.lv apwlla. t«at m u re fr«wli a ir , H hr». » ia e p a n d If y o tf Good Counsel uxis nt the s a m e ra te thut it r e n # # d a «« m m I g « n e r » l a y a t r m ( o n ie t a k a l. y d i a volves around the e a rth . T h e r e K . I M n k h a m a V o f r U b l a ( 'o m i x n i n d , in a d a #«!>* «.i lie /<>r mutnen. I l hrljMi N a U ir w b u ild No m an is so foolish but he m a y fore, it a lw a y s keeps the s a m e ui> p h y a lr *1 r r a ia t a n r * . t h u a h r lp a g l v a m t* give another good counsel s o m e face to w a rd s the cu rth . v i v a c i t y t o e n jo v U fa a m i aaalat c a lm in g Jlttw ry t ie r vrm a m i d la t u r liin g a y m p t o m s t h a t 6. A thief is one who deprived tim es, and no m a n so w ise but he o fte n a r r o m t m r iy e h a itg « of Ufa. W KLX m ay easily e r r , if he ta k e s no a n o th e r of p ro p erty se cre tly or WORTH T RY I N G ! other counsel th an his own. He without open force, as opposed to that w as tau g h t only by h im se lf a ro b b er who uses open force or In A nticipation had a fool for a m a s t e r . —Ben violence. Ix iokm g f o r w a i d to u p le a s u r e 7. The Queen M a ry uses a p p ro x is a ls o u p le a s u r e . Ia ssm g . Jonson How Women in Their 40’s Can Attract Men ' you SURE ARE SOLD ON CAMELS In terestin g co n trasts in suits con tinue to be a fashion highlight. Here is a suit p resen ted a t a style clinic held In the M erchandise M art in Chicago, which is p a rtic u la rly note worthy In th a t It tops a black skirl with a color-drenched tw eed J a c k e t A m ost likable fe atu re about the ja c k e t is th at it is of the sim ply styled collarless type. Hat Shapes Most Important Item This spring the shape of a hat will be m ore im p o rtan t than its trim m lng. S traw s a re sp read in g out. enorm ous brim s in odd sh ap e s—pa lettes, or shovels o r fans. O thers halo style, are tied on with ban danas. m am m y style. Doll h a ts —il you still like ’e m —in straw with suflly starch ed veils; the inevitable school girl sailo r; felts, th eir crowns blocked in odd shapes; straw s with b rim s lixe royal crowns, will all be good. ' ( r you BET I A M ! I NEVER ( REALIZED HOW MILD AND TASTy A SMOKE COULD BE ’ UNTIL I CHANGED TO CAMELS I W e Specialize in All Classes of Commercial Printing— Be Sure and Get Our ------ ■ - ~ Rates Before Going Elsewhere ■ _ —J------